Unilateral action warning
The Chancellor has warned to European leaders not to risk worsening the economic crisis by taking unilateral action to protect their own banks.
Alistair Darling said it is essential EU governments must avoid passing on problems to other member states.
This came after the German, Danish and Greek governments guaranteed depositors their savings would be fully protected in the event of a bank collapse.
Police chief died of exposure
Police chief Michael Todd died from exposure on Mount Snowdon after taking drink and drugs as his personal life unravelled, an inquest has heard.
The probe was told that Mr Todd's last text message said: "I'm sorry for what I've done, forgive me in another life."
Recording a narrative verdict, the coroner said there was not enough evidence for a ruling of suicide or an accident through misadventure.
Menezes death 'awful tragedy'
The policewoman who led the operation that ended in Jean Charles de Menezes's death choked back tears as she said she thinks about what happened every day.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick "felt terrible" when she learnt he had been shot dead by police marksmen after being mistaken for a terrorist.
She described Mr de Menezes's death as "an awful tragedy" - but told his inquest officers did nothing wrong.
Clergyman condemned over blog
A clergyman has been condemned by his own diocese after he wrote gay men should be forced to have "sodomy" warnings tattooed on their bodies.
The remarks by the Rev Peter Mullen, 66, who ministers to Church of England parishes in the City of London, were contained in a series of blog comments.
Diocese officials met Mr Mullen and it was agreed the comments, which he claims were a joke, should be removed.
Police use Taser gun on ram
Police have come under fire for turning a Taser stun gun on a runaway ram which got loose on a busy dual carriageway.
Drivers watched as the rogue ram -since dubbed "Sparky" by locals - was stunned by a Taser gun used by a North Wales policeman on the A55 at St Asaph.
The RSPCA is investigating the matter but has hit out at the force for failing to find a more humane method of dealing with the problem.