Pakistan's governing coalition's decision to impeach President Musharraf aroused a mixed response in the press.

A colony of an endangered species of crayfish which lived in a Staffordshire river is wiped out.

The BBC's Geeta Pandey reports from Indian-administered Kashmir, where tourists are visiting in ever bigger numbers as the security situation improves.

Newspaper columnist Miles Kington has died at the age of 66 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

It's easy to dismiss those befuddling formulae supposed to identify the most joyful/hateful/distrustful (delete as appropriate) day of the year, but yesterday's events suggest disturbing evidence to the contrary.

The family of a Northern Ireland QC who died after a yachting accident start a charity for the hospital that cared for him.

The battles in Belgium to form a government and questions over Britishness illuminate issues of identity.

A new sculpture made from steel is created after two mathematicians suggest a piece based on the chaos theory.

The BBC's competition for Africa explores the continent's identity.

"Inquisitive and determined young minds" are needed to solve the environmental problems facing the world.

Schools Minister Lord Adonis marks Black History Month with a call for changes in history teaching.

The BBC's Renu Agal on why Indian soldiers are taking their own lives.

The BBC's Binoo Joshi in Jammu discovers that militancy in Kashmir has helped conserve rare wildlife.

With religion increasingly polarised, is there any benefit in not knowing if there's a higher power? One man - an ex-vicar - explains why agnosticism is his creed.

Can gardening help rehabilitate habitual drug abusers? Celebrity gardener Monty Don has taken a group of ex-offenders under his wing, and two years into this pioneering project, is starting to see rewards.

A group of teenagers are rescued in the Peak District after getting lost in bad weather.

US-led and Afghan forces say they have retaken two Taleban-held towns in southern Afghanistan.

A woman attacked by a dog in Plymouth is in a stable condition following emergency surgery.

A man stabs a dog to death after coming to the rescue of two women it attacked outside a house.

Two women are receiving treatment in hospital in Plymouth after being attacked by a dog.