Relatives of knife-crime victims Damilola Taylor and Ben Kinsella visit Manchester school as part of a national anti knife-crime initiative. [more]
Plans for a world class sports and leisure complex are on the way to Eastlands. [more]
We talk exclusively to David Beckham as he arrives in Manchester. [more]
Two brothers who called themselves 'The Blackburn Resistance' and filmed al-Qaeda style propaganda in a park have been convicted of terrorist offences. [more]
William Hague has admitted he was wrong to claim Tory donor Lord Ashcroft would pay "tens of millions of pounds" more in tax on becoming a peer. [more]
The first person to be convicted of murder using pioneering dog DNA technology has been jailed for life for the murder of a teenage boy. [more]
A 10-year-old British boy has had his windpipe rebuilt from his own stem cells during groundbreaking surgery. [more]
A murder inquiry has been launched after the body of a young man was pulled from the River Thames. [more]
A fair amount of rain will fall overnight into Saturday morning in Britain and Ireland. [more]
Millets owner Blacks Leisure Group has rejected as "wholly inadequate" a £26.4m takeover bid from rival Sports Direct. [more]
Hugh Grant has reportedly ended up with chocolate cake smeared down his shirt after a row at a celebrity birthday party. [more]
Former Coronation Street star Bruce Jones has admitted drunkenly trying to crash his Mercedes while his wife was driving at high speed. [more]
Robbie Williams attempted to make light of his former bandmate's personal woes joking it was "nice" that he was not the one in trouble. [more]
Katie Price's former manager has accepted "substantial" slander damages over a claim she had an affair with the glamour model's ex-husband Peter Andre. [more]
Lewis Moody will captain England in Saturday night's Six Nations showdown with France. [more]
There was an big upset in the feature race at Cheltenham as Imperial Commander won the Gold Cup, ahead of the two stablemates and favourites, Kauto Star and Denman. [more]
England bowler Stuart Broad is expected to be fit for the Second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur. [more]
Manchester United and Arsenal have avoided each other in the Champions League quarter final draw and could face each other in the final if they get that far. [more]
Police in New York have appealed for the public's help in tracking down a man who allegedly bit a taxi driver several times during an attempted robbery. [more]
Drivers who fancy travelling in royal style now have a unique chance to become part of the motoring elite. [more]
Police have reopened an investigation after amazing footage emerged of a lorry careering at 60mph along a motorway with a car trapped sideways on its front bumper. [more]
A fisherman is recovering from serious injuries after he was attacked by a saltwater crocodile off the coast of northern Australia. [more]
Austria's world-famous Spanish Riding School has been forced to cancel performances over this weekend and next because some of its elegant white stallions have caught a cold. [more]
A five-year-old boy took his mother's 4x4 on a four-mile joyride that included a dual carriageway, despite being too short to reach the pedals. [more]
A tourist in Australia who spent six days in jail on drugs charges has been released after police admitted she had nothing more than lemon-flavoured iced tea in her possession. [more]