Prolific mystery author Donald E Westlake dies of a suspected heart attack while on holiday in Mexico.

Sir Allen Stanford is to consider the future of the Super Series but pledges to continue working with the England and Wales Cricket Board.

What did critics make of Edward Bennett, David Tennant's stand-in for Hamlet at the Novello Theatre, in London's West End?

Regular commentator Bill Thompson on living in an increasingly networked world.

A cross-channel ferry operator and French officials are in talks over the seizure of a vessel over unpaid taxes and fees.

A cross-Channel fast ferry is seized in northern France in a dispute over unpaid taxes and dues.

Andy Murray beats Fernando Verdasco in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters.

The family of murdered UK student Meredith Kercher call the guilty verdict for a 21-year-old man the first step to justice.

An AM makes a complaint about a local authority releasing details about how she pays council tax.

Tim Franks explains why Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni gave up on efforts to form a new Israeli coalition and chose the tricky path towards early elections.

BBC Look East business correspondent Richard Bond outlines how the economic downturn was just waiting to happen.

BBC News Online charts the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula over North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions.

An American student accused of murdering Briton Meredith Kercher was not involved at all, her father says.

The Mystery Jets vow to push on despite having to cancel important summer dates due to serious illness.

Two US men say they have found the body of a Bigfoot, the legendary ape-like creature that has been subject of decades of hoaxes.

Dr Who star David Tennant faces the critics as he plays Hamlet in a Royal Shakespeare Company production.

Tee times for the second round of the USPGA Championship at Oakland Hills.

And will there be one in London in 2012?

Gordon Brown talks policy in the Midlands in the wake of the election defeat in Glasgow East.

Polish people in Britain are being told the weather is a good subject with which to strike up a conversation with a stranger. But is it? The Magazine's Tom Geoghegan puts the theory to the test.