Organisers of Lincoln's Christmas Market hope for improved visitor numbers ahead of its opening.

The Indian community in Leicester speaks of its shock at the terror attacks in Mumbai.

The Eastern European country's credit rating takes a beating ahead of November elections.

Sailors feel the cold on a troubled Royal Navy warship after the heating breaks down.

Just months ago, Russian officials were adamant that Russia was immune from the current financial crisis. Since then, the Russian stock market has plunged 70 percent, oil prices fell by two-thirds and the crisis has started to hit the real economy.

Sunderland boxer Tony Jeffries believes he is ready to turn professional and is confident his style will suit the game.

"Good enough" may be the best British forces can hope to achieve in Afghanistan, the BBC's George Alagiah discovers.

All the key points as they happened, plus analysis and reaction as the government outlines its pre-Budget report.

Chelsea, Liverpool and Man Utd all drop points and fail to score, while Arsenal lose 3-0 to Man City.

Wiltshire's Chief Constable Brian Moore makes a bold promise - to make the county the safest in Britain.

The signature of Eleanor Rigby, who inspired the Beatles' hit song, is to be auctioned for charity.

Arsenal beat Manchester United and there are wins for Liverpool, Everton, Bolton and Portsmouth in the Premier League on Saturday.

Australia close day two on 189-2 after Jason Krejza takes 8-215 in India's first innings of 441 on day two of the final Test at Nagpur.

A station guard rescues a blind and deaf 18-year-old poodle which was tied to a rail track in Cornwall.

Hauntings and vampire slayers aplenty

With one in six of North Kivu's population now displaced, the BBC's Peter Greste assesses the dire situation in eastern DR Congo.

A woman and her two children are rescued when their inflatable canoe becomes stuck on mud flats in Dorset.

Images of the cold snap by website users

A man is jailed for 11 years for his part in a robbery in which a man had boiling water poured on to his groin.

Raphael's Renaissance masterpiece Madonna of the Goldfinch is to return to public view after 10 years of restoration.