A brief history of the Loch Ness Monster's influences on Hollywood, advertising, some of its famous sightings and theories.

Sailor Mike Golding is set to start on his third round-the-world Vendee Globe sailing race, the toughest and most prestigious event in the sailing calendar.

With his skinny jeans, back-combed hair and dandyish manner, Russell Brand has always looked an outsider on the comedy stage. To many people his style of humour is just as alien. So what's the appeal of Russell Brand's humour?

A doctor accused of planning terror attacks says his co-accused joked about "martyrdom", a court hears.

A Devon donkey sanctuary celebrates the birth of a new foal, the 10,000th animal it's cared for.

A Birmingham woman who cares for orphaned gorillas and chimpanzees in Cameroon says her passion began in childhood.

A puppy's health is on the rebound after a vet's X-ray revealed a rubber ball in his intestines.

The Mars Phoenix Lander is in a race against time and temperatures as it struggles to resolve some key questions about the Red Planet.

BBC webcams in Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve catch some remarkable pictures of lions in action.

A victim of the priest who sexually abused boys at a Roman Catholic boys' school speaks of his "stolen childhood".

Boris Johnson brings the house down at the Tory conference after describing Arnold Schwarzenegger as a "monosyllabic Austrian cyborg".

Images from the 2008 Jerwood Drawing Prize go on display in London.

A look at what is making the headlines in Friday's morning newspapers.

A British soldier serving in Iraq describes killing a colleague when he was "messing about" with a sniper rifle.

The stars and film-makers talk about hit 1960s television series Get Smart's makeover for the big screen.

Three rotating trees installed in the middle of a busy city road junction are the latest addition to Liverpool's artistic landscape.

A cat which hid in a crate in Italy is discovered five days later when workers unpack the container in Greater Manchester.

The image of ex-Bosninan Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in court in the Hague is on the front of many of Friday's papers.

Two litters of one of the Britain's rarest animals make their first public appearance.

Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger reveals the band's plans for world domination, three years after their debut.