Police are investigating claims a man with learning difficulties who died on his own doorstep in Hattersley was tormented to death. [more]
We talk exclusively to David Beckham as he arrives in Manchester. [more]
A special memorial has been held for the only Moors murder victim who's body has never been found. [more]
A 5 million pound Breakthrough Cancer Appeal launches at the Withington hospital. [more]
Tributes have been paid to Sir Brian Pitman, one of Britain's leading bankers who has died at the age of 78. [more]
Overnight, a cold wind from the north. Temperatures falling back to near freezing. Dry for many, a little rain for Scotland. [more]
The bodies of five servicemen killed in Afghanistan have returned to the UK, on the day another was buried. [more]
Bosnia-Herzegovina is demanding an apology from Britain over a former president who was arrested at Heathrow over war crime allegations. [more]
British troops are pulling out of Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan, after driving out the Taliban twice and losing 23 soldiers in the process. [more]
The Tories have promised to roll out superfast broadband to most of the country as part of a strategy to make the UK a hotbed of technological talent. [more]
British Airways is facing a second potential dispute, with the Unite union threatening to ballot ground staff over proposed changes to working practices, Sky sources say. [more]
Around 160 people have been arrested and at least eight people injured during a riot outside a Metallica concert in Bogota, Colombia. [more]
Pink Floyd have won a ruling at the High Court barring record company EMI selling single downloads from their concept albums. [more]
French first lady Carla Bruni has told Sky News that she had to marry Nicolas Sarkozy quickly to appease public opinion in the country. [more]
DVD sales of bomb disposal drama Hurt Locker have soared since the low-budget film won a surprise six Oscars. [more]
Liverpool have lost 1-0 to Lille in the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 match in France. [more]
Alastair Cook has some tough decisions to make ahead of his first match as captain when England take on Bangladesh in the first Test in Chittagong on Friday. [more]
Manchester United are through to the Champions League quarter finals after Wayne Rooney scored twice in a 4-0 win against AC Milan at Old Trafford [more]
One of England's Ashes heroes, Graham Onions, is out of the first test in Bangladesh. [more]
A skilled ship's captain has managed to squeeze a new vessel through a narrow shipyard entrance. [more]
A woman from Georgia is staking a claim to be the oldest person in the world. [more]
A wanted criminal evaded police by taking his car off-road, and through the back gardens of houses in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. [more]
Wrestlers are testing their skills against a new jaw-dropping opponent to find out who's the real Big Daddy. [more]
Pictures have been released of the baby elephant born two days after experts at an Australian zoo said it had died in its mother's womb. [more]
The world's largest casino has been rebuilt - as the world's largest-ever house of cards. [more]
A mystery knitter is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town by putting jumpers over trees and lamp poles. [more]