Eye-catching images from around the world on 29 December.

A gang of masked men steal computers after forcing staff at a business park in West Sussex into an office.

The commander of Zimbabwe's air force is shot and wounded in what officials are calling an assassination attempt.

Plymouth Albion full-back Geoff Griffiths reflects on missing the trip to his former club Rotherham and not missing the cold weather.

Martha Kearney examines how serious Labour MPs are in their desire to unseat Gordon Brown.

Science writer and broadcaster Sue Nelson reports from the BA Science Festival in Liverpool.

England seal a six-wicket consolation victory over South Africa at The Oval to hand Kevin Pietersen a winning start to his reign as Test captain.

BBC Scotland news website readers keep a diary of their spending across a week to let us know their views on the cost of living.

England make South Africa bat twice but suffer an emphatic loss on day four of the second Test at Headingley.

A nightclub manager offers a £50,000 reward for information on a gang who bungled an attempt to rob and abduct him.

A man stabbed eleven times at the T in the Park music festival is making "good progress" in hospital.

A police dog led officers to the beaten body of a murder victim after picking up her scent three days after her death, a court hears.

A girl tells a jury she heard three youths accused of the murder of a student talk about getting rid of their clothes.

Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal are in superb form as they reach the fourth round, as defending champion Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic also advance.

A murder jury hears of a "brutal and sustained" attack on a dog walker by a youth she had not met before.

New Zealand are 202-4 when bad light stops play on day one of the second Test.

BBC News looks at how Portsmouth kept the FA Cup safe when the club held the trophy throughout WWII.

A security guard is robbed of cash from a Swindon garage, by three men who escaped on foot.

After 61 years of Colorado Party rule, Paraguay is the second-poorest country in South America. What chance is there of a fresh start under the new President-elect, former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo?

Ivory Coast's Arouna Kone dismisses all suggestions of wanting to leave Sevilla despite a tough first season.