Championship side Derby beat Manchester United in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final at Pride Park.

Kris Commons' fierce strike gives Derby County a shock win in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester United.

Controversial plans for a warehouse complex at Greenham Common are approved on appeal.

A ban on the shooting of common seals is needed to halt an "alarming" drop in their population, a Green MSP claims.

The Czech Republic will steer EU business from 1 January, but politics is less than sweet in the land that produced the sugar cube, Rob Cameron reports.

The story of one boy whose rare genetic condition leaves him vulnerable to infections caused by many common objects, including pine trees.

Easy-going Bhutanese have more in common with the West on divorce than the rest of the region, finds Charles Haviland.

The mysteries of the viruses which cause colds and flu pose a big challenge to scientists.

Conservative immigration spokesman Damian Green has been arrested and released on bail in connection with a series of leaks from the Home Office.

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative and irreversible brain disorder that causes intellectual impairment, disorientation and eventually death and is the most common cause of dementia.

A unifying message for Lebanon's rival factions emerges from a DNA study into the genes of their Phoenician ancestors.

A weekly round-up of snippets from Westminster.

Parliamentary correspondent Alicia McCarthy looks back at the main events of recent months in Westminster, focusing on the economy, 42-day detention, the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green, and Commons modernisation.

Many pages are devoted to the admission by Robert Napper that he killed Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common in 1992.

A 42-year-old man pleads guilty to the manslaughter of Rachel Nickell who was killed on Wimbledon Common 16 years ago.

A council calls for a spending watchdog's report, which slams its housing service, to be challenged in the Commons.

What happened in the 16 years between the murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common and her killer confessing?

A man has admitted killing Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common in 1992. But why was he not brought to justice earlier?

That you can cure a hangover, lose most body heat through the head and will put on weight if eating late at night are among six myths rubbished by US researchers.

Today in Parliament reports on the last prime minister's questions before MPs break for Christmas.