Amy and Pete post YouTube video
Sat, 17 May 08 13:14:46 BST
Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty post a video of themselves playing with newborn mice to YouTube.

Fans arriving for cup final match
Sat, 17 May 08 13:11:55 BST
Thousands of football fans arrive in London to see Portsmouth take on Cardiff at Wembley in the FA Cup final.

Teenager talked down from rooftop
Sat, 17 May 08 13:09:43 BST
Police negotiators are called out when a boy climbs onto a Tyneside roof and threatens to harm himself.

Parking charge system 'medieval'
Sat, 17 May 08 13:09:30 BST
Local authorities' use of incorrect traffic fines is 'close to theft' a Tory peer tells the BBC.

Thousands queue for Wembley seats
Sat, 17 May 08 13:08:12 BST
More than 6,000 Hull City fans descend on the club's KC Stadium to snap up tickets for Wembley.

Lifeguards to hand out wristbands
Sat, 17 May 08 13:07:30 BST
Lifeguards will be handing out special wristbands to parents along the coast to help stop children getting lost.

Lebanese factions at Qatar talks
Sat, 17 May 08 13:02:36 BST
Lebanon's rival leaders hold talks in Qatar aimed at pulling the country back from the brink of civil war.

Hundreds gather for Jimmy tribute
Sat, 17 May 08 13:01:10 BST
Hundreds attend a memorial service for a 16-year-old who was killed in a bakery in south-east London.

Reporter's log: Cannes 2008
Sat, 17 May 08 13:00:47 BST
BBC News entertainment reporter Mark Savage goes behind the scenes at the Cannes Film Festival.

Man cut free after train hits car
Sat, 17 May 08 12:56:45 BST
A driver is cut free from his car after a train smashes into it at a railway crossing in the Highlands.

Debt campaigners set pants record
Sat, 17 May 08 12:43:54 BST
The world record for the largest gathering of people wearing underpants is set by a group of campaigners.

China blocks entry to UK rescuers
Sat, 17 May 08 12:42:12 BST
British search and rescue specialists who flew to China to help in the aftermath of an earthquake there have been denied visas.

Fire breaks out on stricken ship
Sat, 17 May 08 12:41:59 BST
Demolition workers are evacuated from the stricken Riverdance ferry off the Lancashire coast as a fire breaks out.

Fans ready for Cardiff's big day
Sat, 17 May 08 12:38:27 BST
Cardiff City football fans across the globe are watching their club as it chases FA Cup final glory.

Fans' prediction for final score
Sat, 17 May 08 12:33:39 BST
As thousands of Portsmouth and Cardiff City fans gather in Wembley, fans tell their score predictions.

Shops closed after 'urine' attack
Sat, 17 May 08 12:25:00 BST
Two Gloucester supermarkets remain closed after a man sprayed what is thought to be urine over produce

School piglet 'set free' inquiry
Sat, 17 May 08 12:20:58 BST
The release of a piglet at a school by pupils as a prank sparks an investigation by the animal welfare group the RSPCA.

UK aid 'reaching cyclone victims'
Sat, 17 May 08 12:16:37 BST
Aid is getting through to the Burmese people despite obstructions, the agency coordinating donations has said.

Bush in Egypt for Mid-East talks
Sat, 17 May 08 12:09:24 BST
US President George Bush arrives in Egypt for talks with Arab leaders on the Middle East peace process.

999 police car collides with bike
Sat, 17 May 08 12:08:51 BST
A cyclist receives minor injuries after being in collision with a marked police car responding to an incident.

In pictures: Beichuan evacuation
Sat, 17 May 08 12:07:40 BST
Images from the quake-hit city of Beichuan in China, where rescuers and victims alike fled in panic amid rumours of a possible flood.

Burma 'guilty of inhuman action'
Sat, 17 May 08 11:57:46 BST
Gordon Brown accuses Burma's military rulers of neglecting its people by blocking aid to survivors of Cyclone Nargis.

'Plot' delays Tsvangirai return
Sat, 17 May 08 11:55:32 BST
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postpones a return to Zimbabwe due to fears about an alleged plot to kill him.

Teenage boy injured crossing road
Sat, 17 May 08 11:54:14 BST
A teenage boy is being treated in hospital for serious head injuries after he was hit by a car.

Four remanded over drugs offences
Sat, 17 May 08 11:53:50 BST
Four Chinese nationals are remanded in custody at Bellymena Magistrates Court charged with drugs offences.

Soldiers test positive for drugs
Sat, 17 May 08 11:53:47 BST
Ten soldiers serving with the Black Watch test positive for illegal drugs in a random test, the Army confirms.

Two injured in three shootings
Sat, 17 May 08 11:52:21 BST
Police investigate three shootings which happened in the West Midlands within the last 24 hours.

Bungling robbers flee chip shop
Sat, 17 May 08 11:51:42 BST
Two would-be armed robbers are chased empty-handed from a Sunderland fish and chip shop.

Man remanded over schoolboy rape
Sat, 17 May 08 11:41:55 BST
A 44-year-old man is remanded in custody after being charged with the rape of a 12-year-old boy.

Man and youth charged over thefts
Sat, 17 May 08 11:41:43 BST
An 18-year-old man and a juvenile appear in court charged in connection with a series of burglaries.

Extra time for bin body officers
Sat, 17 May 08 11:37:08 BST
Police get more time to question a man in the case of a man whose body was found inside a waste truck.

Bravery soldier in FA Cup honour
Sat, 17 May 08 11:33:18 BST
A Kent soldier who received the Military Cross for bravery is chosen to carry the FA Cup at Wembley.

French blamed over fishing gear
Sat, 17 May 08 11:32:09 BST
French fishermen are criticised in a dispute over wrecked gear off the South West coast.

Work to start on road resurfacing
Sat, 17 May 08 11:29:05 BST
A £150,000 project to resurface two miles of the A65 in South Cumbria is due to get under way.

Man charged over attack on Ripper
Sat, 17 May 08 11:27:50 BST
A man is charged after Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was injured in an attack at Broadmoor hospital.

Spain arrests 'prolific' hackers
Sat, 17 May 08 11:26:38 BST
Spanish police arrest five hackers they describe as being among the most active on the internet.

Tributes to Africa crash victim
Sat, 17 May 08 11:23:48 BST
Tributes are paid to a British charity worker who died following a road accident in west Africa.

Baron Blease dies in hospital
Sat, 17 May 08 11:23:18 BST
News in brief from Northern Ireland.

Man charged with attempted murder
Sat, 17 May 08 11:21:53 BST
A 61-year-old man is charged with attempted murder after a commuter who tried to thwart an armed robbery was shot in the chest.

Police appeal over city shooting
Sat, 17 May 08 11:17:05 BST
Strathclyde Police appeal for witnesses to a shooting incident in the Sandyhills area of Glasgow.

Fans ready for Pompey's big day
Sat, 17 May 08 11:14:28 BST
Tens of thousands of Portsmouth supporters are preparing to watch their club's first FA Cup final for 69 years.

Lease on Channel Island for sale
Sat, 17 May 08 11:07:27 BST
The lease on Herm, the smallest of the inhabited Channel Islands, is for sale.

Children rescued from house fire
Sat, 17 May 08 11:02:24 BST
Three young children and their mother had to be rescued after a fire broke out in a house in a village in Norfolk.

TV's Ellen to wed actress partner
Sat, 17 May 08 11:00:25 BST
TV show host Ellen DeGeneres is to marry Portia de Rossi after California lifted its ban on same-sex ceremonies.

Brown reveals global moral vision
Sat, 17 May 08 10:58:31 BST
Prime Minister Gordon Brown sets out his vision for a global society governed by a shared "moral sense".

Police 'shock' at gunpoint theft
Sat, 17 May 08 10:55:11 BST
Detectives in North Yorkshire describe their shock after a man is robbed at gunpoint in Scarborough.

Managers abseil for air ambulance
Sat, 17 May 08 10:54:52 BST
Managers abseil down an air traffic control tower to raise money for an air ambulance service.

Fatal road crash is investigated
Sat, 17 May 08 10:53:03 BST
One person dies and two others are taken to hospital after an early morning road accident.

Dunlop son wins 250cc at NW races
Sat, 17 May 08 10:51:47 BST
Michael Dunlop, the son of late motorcycle legend Robert, wins the 250cc race at the North West 200.

China quake victims flee 'flood'
Sat, 17 May 08 10:39:41 BST
Aid efforts in the quake-hit city of Beichuan halt after reports of a river bursting its banks spark widespread panic.

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