Remembrance services take place across Devon to mark the sacrifices made by those who died in armed conflict.

Keep up with the drama of US election day on 4 November on the BBC News website.

Work to repair the lead on the roof of Canterbury Cathedral's south-east transept starts.

John McCain speaks at the Republican conv 2130 BBC North America editor Justin Webb:A strange part of th speech now where he’s talking about changing Washington – does he think President Bush has been a good thing or a bad thing? It’s one of the questions he’s going to have to address in the speec. It’s almost as if the enemy has been in power in Washington for the last eight years. ention.

Compensation is to be claimed for four war memorial bronze plaques which were stolen from Plymouth Hoe.

Russia's position in its conflict with Georgia found little support among other ex-Soviet states, the BBC's Bridget Kendall argues.

A profile of Mitt Romney, who could become the first Mormon vice-president of the United States.

The London 2012 Olympics organisers will be picking a mascot in the next year, possibly through a public competition. But how can you avoid an Olympic mascot disaster?

A Russian film about Genghis Khan invades the Cannes Film Festival.

Stars come out for the launch of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in Cannes.

A toddler remains 'stable but poorly' after falling about 100ft (30m) from an escalator in Liverpool's Primark store.

Here is the full text of Justice Secretary Jack Straw's statement to the House of Commons on his reform proposals.

The government did not fully consider the implications of the Iraq invasion, admits a senior aide to Tony Blair.

EU leaders are upbeat on the bloc's response to the climate change and financial turmoil challenges, says the BBC's Paul Kirby.

BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin looks at how green taxes became a difficult issue for politicians.

Train and road traffic is disrupted by maintenance work on three bridges on the A5 near Daventry.

Fog, pavements and depression. The colour grey has dreary associations but a new exhibition recasts this ashen shade as one that suggests an intelligent perspective on the complexities of life.

A profile of Mitt Romney, who hopes to become the first Mormon president of the United States.

Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, examines the row over race between the Clinton and Obama election campaigns.

It's often said that Santa's red and white robes were the creation of a Coca-Cola advertising campaign. Is that true?