US manufacturing growth slowed more than expected in September - its sharpest drop in over a year - official figures show.

Programme Editor Clive Edwards marks the 40th anniversary with a look back at investigations and revelations.

You may have seen him on Celebrity Big Brother having 'full and frank' discussions with George Galloway.

A Cornish pasty firm is celebrating the opening of its fortieth shop outside the county.

Will the withdrawal of Israeli settlements lead to a revival of the economy of the Gaza Strip, part of the territory of the Palestinian Authority.

Repairs to the rail line into Whitby mean steam services are resumed to the North Yorkshire port.

Palestinian papers mark the fortieth day since the death of Yasser Arafat with praise for his vision of the Palestinians' future.

Swazi coach Dumisa Mahlalela drops seven players for next week's friendly against Malawi following the 5-0 drubbing by Zimbabwe.

Former MPs are gathering at a reception in Westminster as part of their campaign to get better financial support after leaving the Commons.

US politicians, manufacturers and labour unions accuse China of unfair trade and are calling for action to protect US jobs.

The Social Democrat party conference gets under way with the German chancellor facing opposition on reforms.

Taxpayers will be contributing an extra £25m over the next three years to make up the shortfall in the pension fund for MPs.

Excerpts of statements by Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schroeder to mark the fortieth anniversary of their countries' friendship treaty.

On day nine of his development summit diary, BBC News Online's Alex Kirby finds he is bewildered by some bizarre confrontations.

The UK's pensions crisis is brushed off by MPs as they vote themselves bigger pensions, which will be partly paid for by the taxpayer.

Amazing facts about Her Majesty the Queen.

Five people are arrested at a rally in Aberystwyth marking the Welsh Language Society's first protest there in 1963.

The Italian tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, is going on trial today in his home-town of Modena, charged with making false tax declarations.

The president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, has addressed tens of thousands of supporters on the fortieth anniversary of his declaration of socialist rule.

On 17 April 1961, around 1,300 exiled Cubans stormed the island's beaches in an attempt to overthrow the revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro. Considering Cuba a Communist threat America's CIA trained the men, but the President Kennedy-approved mission was a failure.