| UK economy 'already in recession' Britain is already in a recession, which is worsening and requires urgent action, a survey of business leaders warns. |
| Brown critic 'ends hostilities' One of Gordon Brown's leading critics, backbench MP George Howarth, says his campaign for a Labour leadership contest is over. |
| Smoking 'costs the NHS billions' Smoking is costing the NHS in England £2.7bn pounds a year, up from £1.7bn a decade earlier, a report claims. |
| Gates says UK commander defeatest US Defence Secretary Robert Gates rejects as defeatist a comment by a top British commander that the war in Afghanistan cannot be won. |
| UK 'needs tougher climate target' The UK's official climate advisers say an 80% emissions cut by 2050 should include international aviation and shipping. |
| Dementia patients 'suffer stigma' The stigma surrounding dementia makes life much harder for many patients suffering the condition, research suggests. |
| 'Crippled' prisons risk violence The president of the Prison Governors Association is to warn of a "serious risk" of disturbances in jails because of a shortage of resources. |
| Strike to hit Scotland's railways Commuters throughout Scotland face disruption as rail signal staff stage the first of two 24-hour walkouts. |
| Dragon Jones heads skills academy Dragons' Den star Peter Jones is to become head of a skills academy to teach budding entrepreneurs tricks of the trade. |
| A really open university - Oxbridge lectures put onto iTunes Oxford and Cambridge University are to make lectures available online through downloading software iTunes. |
| Duke and Duchess of Kent consent to pay 100% of rent Prince and Princess Michael of Kent are no longer allowed to live rent free in a Kensington Palace apartment. |
| Blatter wants foreign owner rules Fifa president Sepp Blatter calls for tighter controls on wealthy foreign owners in football. |
| Owen handed England future hope England backroom coach Ray Clemence says Michael Owen still has an England future. |
| Wales suffer Ledley injury blow Wales will be without Joe Ledley for the World Cup qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Germany. |
| Robert Peston Trio of biggest banks urge Alistair Darling to act |
| Social revolution The UK's new breed of caring, sharing entrepreneurs |
| Shattered lives The deaths and misery caused by a drunk driver |
| 'Robbed' 'We lost our home to a sale and rent-back scheme' |
| Exhibit A Your photos of the sartorial sins of your childhood |
| Northern soul The culture secretary names his musical heroes |
| Smith orders police race review Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announces a nationwide assessment of ethnic minorities in the police. |
| By-elections 'happen too quickly' The speed with which by-elections happen could be preventing voters from taking part, a report says. |
| Success for plants' pest control Researchers develop a potential new method of making plants significantly more resistant to pests. |
| Rain affecting Morecambe shrimps Fishing communities in the north-west of England are blaming unusually heavy rainfall for a reduced catch of shrimp. |
| Stocks slide despite reassurances The UK's top share index has its biggest one-day points fall ever as Chancellor Alistair Darling tries to reassure financial markets. |
| Markets need morals, says Brown Gordon Brown says markets must abide by a system of "morals", including responsible risk-taking and a work ethic. |
| West of Scotland worst for cancer People in the west of Scotland are more likely to get lung cancer than the rest of the UK, a report says. |
| 'Tattoo gay men' writes priest A Church of England clergyman is ordered to remove 'highly offensive' comments about gays from his internet blog. |
| Wife forgives dead police chief The widow of a police chief found dead days after he revealed an extra-marital affair says she has forgiven him. |
| More concerns at Diploma options England's new Diplomas offer a commendable way forward but people still need to be convinced of their credibility, MPs say. |
| The rival to the Bible What is probably the oldest known Bible is being digitised, reuniting its scattered parts for the first time in 160 years ago. But it is markedly different from its modern equivalent. What's left out? |
| 'My grandfather killed himself in the '29 crash' Film-maker Roger Graef on the Wall Street Crash suicide that blighted relationships in his family. |
| Of bulbs and bubbles Students of the credit crunch should look back at the bubbles and the economic innovation of the past. |
| Market crash dominates headlines The front pages of the day's newspapers are dominated by the financial crisis devastating international markets. |
| Club gun death victim identified A 24-year-old man who died after being shot in the head inside a south London nightclub is named by police. |
| Accused 'cooked victim's flesh' The first winner of Mr Gay UK stabbed a man to death before cutting flesh from his thigh and trying to eat it, a court hears. |
| Boost for housing co-ownership A funding boost for housing co-ownership will get hundreds more people onto the property ladder, says the housing minister. |
| Aer Lingus axes up to 1,500 jobs Unions are to ballot for all-out industrial action as Aer Lingus announces plans to cut up to 1,500 jobs. |
| Wolf trap added to history record The remains of a pit used to trap wolves that once roamed the Highlands is added to a database of historic sites. |
| Pupils to devise bullying answers School pupils will attempt to come up with proposals to tackle bullying during a conference in Glasgow. |
| PO branch saved but 48 to close The Post Office confirm 48 branches across north Wales are to close although one village is reprieved. |
| Inflation bites into Wales' £15bn The rising cost of living gives ministers a headache as they budget for next year. |
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