Teddy bears blast off into space

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

Four teddies have taken a giant leap for bear-kind after being blasted to the edge of space by university boffins.

Santa punch-up park is closed

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

A Christmas Lapland style attraction dubbed a "glorified car boot sale" by disgruntled visitors has closed.

Brown defends mortgage break scheme

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the Government's plan to give struggling homeowners a two-year mortgage payment holiday would make people "feel more secure in the downturn".

Smith defends police call decision

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has defended the decision to call in the police to investigate leaks from the Home Office.

Soldier shot in head in Iraq

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

A British soldier has died in southern Iraq after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.

Bank cuts interest rates by 1%

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

Interest rates stand at their lowest level since 1951 after the Bank of England took more drastic action to prop up the UK economy.

Menezes family in courtroom protest

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes staged a courtroom protest - just minutes before jurors were sent out to consider their verdicts.

Baby Faith remains seriously ill

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

A baby girl remains seriously ill in hospital after her conjoined twin died following emergency surgery to separate them.

Shannon mother guilty of kidnapping

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

The mother of Shannon Matthews has been condemned as "pure evil" and told she faces a substantial jail sentence after being found guilty of kidnapping her own daughter.

Britons win DNA landmark decision

5:43pm Thursday 4th December 2008

Nearly a million innocent people could have their records removed from the national DNA database after a court ruled holding them breached their human rights.