Mortgage lending 'at record high' - (18/01/2007 11:29:17)

Mortgage lending falls by 10% in December, but is still at record levels for the month, figures show.

Fury at Australia cleric comments - (18/01/2007 11:22:57)

Australia's government condemns a Muslim cleric's comments about jihad and Jewish people.

China rejects new Scorsese film - (18/01/2007 11:06:30)

Hollywood thriller The Departed will not be released in China, after it was rejected by the state-run distributor.

Washington 'snubbed Iran offer' - (18/01/2007 10:55:31)

Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was rejected, a former top official tells the BBC.

Uganda's mystic rebel leader dies - (18/01/2007 10:38:14)

The woman who began the insurgency in northern Uganda, Alice Lakwena, 50, dies in exile in Kenya.

Burglars lock women in bathroom - (18/01/2007 10:22:22)

Three women are tied up and locked in a bathroom by a gang who rob their County Down home.

Storms cause chaos across England - (18/01/2007 10:20:55)

Gales and downpours batter much of England, leaving one man dead and causing travel chaos.

Lohan enters rehab centre - (18/01/2007 09:52:45)

Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan confirms she has entered a treatment centre to take care of her "personal health".

UK electoral fraud 'widespread' - (18/01/2007 09:50:49)

The UK's electoral system has become much more vulnerable to fraud, sleaze watchdog Sir Alistair Graham warns.

Hammond crash pictures released - (18/01/2007 09:32:29)

BBC magazine reveals pictures of the high-speed crash involving Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond.