At least 100 people are killed and many others are injured as a Spanair passenger plane swerves off a runway during take-off at Madrid's Barajas airport, regional officials tell the BBC.

Convicted paedophile and former pop star Gary Glitter is refused entry to Hong Kong after being deported from Thailand.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt adds the 200m crown to his Olympic 100m title in an incredible new world record time of 19.30 seconds.

The US and Poland sign a deal to locate part of a controversial US missile defence shield on Polish territory, angering Russia.

Council workers are staging a 24-hour walkout over pay, disrupting schools, bin collections and ferries in Scotland.

The Competition Commission says BAA may have to sell three of its seven UK airports - two in London and one in Scotland.

A man who was caught on camera repeatedly punching a friend's sleeping baby has been jailed for six months.

The former Labour MP Leo Abse, who championed gay rights, has died at the age of 91.