Plans are afoot to give greater protection to trafficked prostitutes working in the UK. But how big is the current problem? It's hard to know, although that hasn't stopped some people from thinking they do.

Fire chiefs demand a public inquiry into the delayed opening of the regional fire control centre in Taunton.

Sexy songs sung by mosquitoes in courtship could be key to curbing the spread of dengue fever, say scientists.

Key facts, figures and dates

People campaigning for controlled parking in parts of Bristol say they have received threats.

The spirit of John Major's cones hotline lives on in the government's latest public service reform proposals.

Key facts, figures and dates

Key facts, figures and dates

A chronology of key events

A chronology of key events

A chronology of key events

A chronology of key events

A profile of the Gaza Strip, including its main population centres, refugee camps and border crossings.

An ambulance controller meets the father she helped over the phone with the delivery of his baby at home.

Sri Lankan troops are at the southern outskirts of a key rebel-held pass to the northern Jaffna peninsula, the military says.

An infectious disease which can devastate farmed Atlantic salmon stocks has been detected on Shetland.

A driver dies when he becomes ill at the wheel and loses control of his car.

Liverpool beat Preston 2-0 in the day's final third-round FA Cup tie after Nottm Forest shock Man City, Hartlepool knock out Stoke and Chelsea are held by Southend.

Hundreds of patients in the East Midlands will use free tennis balls to help them improve their muscle control.

Austria takes control of Bank Medici after the private bank was hit by the Bernard Madoff investment scandal.