All the key points, analysis and reaction as Gordon Brown faced his weekly House of Commons grilling.

Police arrest 16 people over an attack on an 89-year-old war veteran and his wife in their Lancashire home.

Our pictorial tribute to the Welsh boxing legend.

An 89-year-old war veteran is beaten repeatedly after confronting burglars at his home in Lancashire.

Police uncover more than 500 cannabis plants at a flat in Motherwell after a tip-off.

Leading Catholic and Muslim scholars tried to find some common ground in a new forum that met at the Vatican for the first time this week.

Has George Osborne's admission that he made a mistake done enough to end his recent troubles. Ben Wright reports.

Sachin Tendulkar became the highest run scorer in Test cricket as India looked to build a big first-innings total in Mohali on day one of the second Test.

A 2.2m euro restoration project is under way to save the iconic artwork on the remaining section of the Berlin Wall.

The stages Syria and Lebanon have passed through before an historic agreement to establish diplomatic relations.

The award of the Nobel peace prize to Martti Ahtisaari is welcomed in his native Finland though some are less happy with his domestic record as former president.

Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who has been awarded the Nobel peace prize, is a veteran peace negotiator who played an important role in the 2005 accord between Indonesia and rebels in its Aceh province.

Finnish ex-President Martti Ahtisaari wins this year's Nobel Peace Prize for three decades of mediation around the world.

Two Chinese dissidents are tipped by Nobel watchers as possible winners of this year's Peace Prize, to be announced on Friday.

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren signs up to star in a big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, says reports.

The Labour Party is holding their annual conference in Manchester. Tune in to BBC Parliament for full coverage.

Jonah Fisher relives dramatic moments in South Africa's court where graft charges against ANC leader Jacob Zuma were dropped.

A new football academy in France is aiming to turn its pupils not just into star goalkeepers, but top-class thinkers and citizens.

A champion pigeon racer speaks of "carnage" after more than 60 of his birds are killed at his loft by intruders.

Tributes are paid to a pioneer of adventure cycling who has died after a road crash in Greece