Ivybridge professional kitesurfer Jo Wilson finishes sixth in the sport's world championships.

Millions of customers with the Halifax and Bank of Scotland will see big changes to their current accounts in the New Year.

More than 1,800 people return questionnaires in a public consultation over plans for a new ice rink in Bournemouth.

Following news that Bradford & Bingley is set to be nationalised, how is the Yorkshire town of Bingley coping?

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has no worries over Carl Ikeme as the young keeper prepares to make his full league debut.

The transfer window closes, with Man City swooping to sign Robinho and Man Utd sealing a last-gasp deal for Dimitar Berbatov.

A council says procedures were followed at a property where a wall collapsed onto a three-year-old girl, killing her.

Before Alistair Cooke began writing his famous letters home, he travelled across the US in the 1930s with a simple movie camera. The treasure trove of film reveals how the young Cooke was entranced by his newly adopted home.

The performance of brands such as Dairy Milk leaves Cadbury upbeat abut its 2008 performance.

Parents of children with Downs Syndrome tell The One Show of the worries for their children's future care.

For millions of people worldwide Yahoo remains synonymous with the internet itself, but after Microsoft walked away from buying the firm what does the future hold?

Hamas militants fire a barrage of mortars at Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing one person at a communal farm and injuring two.

Wales scrum-half Gareth Cooper vows to make the most of his international second coming in South Africa.

Nato says Russia's troop build-up in Georgia's two breakaway regions risks escalating tension in the area.

BBC Middle East correspondent Tim Franks sends the latest edition of his diary.

A look at what is making the headlines in Thursday's morning newspapers.

Two Pakistani nuclear experts have been abducted in the country's restive north-west, police say.

BBC News answers key questions after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

Some villagers are opposing plans to open a school for troubled youngsters near to their Nottinghamshire homes.

Japan backs a set of proposals to help small firms and people on low incomes cope with high oil prices.