Salt baby mother 'could not cope' - (14/09/2006 20:31:38)

A court hears a mother may have poisoned her son with table salt as she was having difficulties caring for him.

Ex-president blasts Blair US role - (14/09/2006 20:27:42)

Ex-US President Jimmy Carter criticises Tony Blair's "subservient" relationship with the White House.

Truancy pair get suspended terms - (14/09/2006 19:54:21)

A couple from King's Lynn are given suspended jail terms after two of their children played truant.

No let up in NHS reform - Blair - (14/09/2006 19:40:05)

Tony Blair says there will be no let up in the push to modernise the NHS, despite criticism from unions.

US academic deported on arrival - (14/09/2006 17:52:57)

A US academic who arrived in Belfast to take up a new post at Queen's University is refused entry to NI.

Microsoft Zune out for Christmas - (14/09/2006 17:43:04)

Microsoft announces that its Zune digital music player will be released in the US in time for Christmas.

Canada college gunman named - (14/09/2006 17:27:03)

Canadian police name the gunman who killed a young woman in a killing spree at a Montreal college.

Short in Labour explusion threat - (14/09/2006 17:13:54)

Ex-minister Clare Short faces disciplinary action for saying she wants a hung Parliament after the next election.

Mother's plea over cocaine death - (14/09/2006 17:00:09)

The parents of a woman who died after collapsing after taking cocaine with her boyfriend are angry he will not answer questions.

US Iran report branded dishonest - (14/09/2006 16:57:00)

The UN nuclear watchdog protests to the US over what it calls an "erroneous" report on Iran's nuclear programme