The US warned India about a possible threat before last week's Mumbai attacks, US media reports say.

Retailer Zavvi stops taking new orders for CDs, DVDs and computer games via its website after the failure of Woolworths.

An American footballer who scored the Super Bowl's winning touchdown faces criminal charges for shooting himself in the leg.

Ipswich Witches secure Piotr Swiderski and Danny King for 2009 as they continue to put together their new season line-up.

US carmakers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler present their new cost-cutting plans to Congress.

Team news ahead of Wednesday's Blue Square Premier match

Up to £10,000-worth of bikes and equipment are stolen from Derby's new BMX track.

The BBC's James Cook reports on how Vicky Hamilton's killer Peter Tobin left a trail of clues which led police to him.

The first and deputy ministers meet with President George W Bush in Washington before travelling to New York.

A year after the US-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Annapolis, the BBC looks at how things have changed on the ground and the progress made on both sides' commitments.

Former Worcester City striker Mark Owen leaves Evesham United to become the new player-coach at Stourport Swifts.

Team news ahead of the Heineken Cup encounter between Ospreys and Benetton Treviso.

Work to install new turf, drainage and sprinklers at Nottinghamshire's Trent Bridge ground is ahead of schedule.

Business confidence in the South West falls to the lowest in England and Wales, according to survey.

The EU and Russia restart talks on a new partnership agreement, after they were frozen after the war in Georgia.

Take That score the biggest first day sale of the year with their new album, The Circus, despite problems getting it into shops.

Manager Craig Levein commits himself to Dundee United with a three-year contract extension.

A new centrist coalition governmnent takes office in Austria, keeping far-right parties out despite strong election gains.

A woman fears she has wasted £3,000 on tickets to a Lapland-style theme park in the New Forest described as a "scam" by angry visitors.

News in brief from Northern Ireland