Brucie discovers ‘bigamist’ in family
Bruce Forsyth traces his family tree and discovers that his great-grandfather, Joseph Forsyth Johnson, was married to two women at the same time.
Kylie flies in to see Dannii’s baby
Pop star Kylie Minogue has touched down in Australia to visit her new nephew.
Karzai in security handover call
Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells a key conference in Kabul his country wants control of its own security by 2014.
Cameron agrees Lockerbie meeting
Prime Minister David Cameron agrees to meet four US senators to discuss allegations BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
Iraq war ‘raised terror threat’
Ex-MI5 chief Baroness Manningham-Buller says Iraq posed only a “very limited and containable” threat to the UK – but the war increased the threat from terrorism.
Crime fight ‘at risk from cuts’
Big cuts to police budgets could harm the ability of forces in England and Wales to combat crime unless they undertake radical reform, a report says.
Leaks near BP well may be natural
Seepages on the sea floor near the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well may be unrelated to the well itself, the government’s incident commander says.
Crime victims are ‘poor relation’
The first commissioner for victims of crime in England and Wales says the criminal justice system is treating them as a poor relation and afterthought.
UK tax system ‘to be simplified’
Chancellor George Osborne launches the Office for Tax Simplification to tackle the “spaghetti bowl” of UK tax laws.
Vaginal gel ‘slashes HIV risks’
A vaginal gel significantly cuts the rate of women contracting HIV from infected men in a South African experiment, researchers say.
Parliament Square campers evicted
Peace protesters who have been camping in Parliament Square since May are evicted.
Flybe announces £850m plane order
European airline Flybe announces an £850m ($1.3bn) order for 35 new Embraer planes as part of its expansion plans.
