UN appeals for Palestinian funds - (07/12/2006 18:40:50)

The UN launches an appeal for $450m to counter a worsening humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories.

Nigerian VP spurns ruling party - (07/12/2006 18:13:04)

Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will not be running for president for Nigeria's ruling party next April.

Plastics 'poisoning world's seas' - (07/12/2006 18:10:29)

Microscopic plastic debris could be poisoning the world's oceans, according to a British team of scientists.

DJ 'Fluff' Freeman laid to rest - (07/12/2006 18:06:30)

Friends and fellow broadcasters attend the funeral of veteran DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman in London.

Litvinenko associate 'in coma' - (07/12/2006 17:48:22)

A Russian businessman who met ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko falls into a coma, a Russian agency reports.

Mary J Blige leads Grammys list - (07/12/2006 17:42:56)

R&B star Mary J Blige leads the nominations for the American music industry's Grammy Awards.

Diana inquest hearing in public - (07/12/2006 17:19:34)

The coroner in charge of the Princess Diana inquest is to hold a hearing in public next year.

Football: Premiership picks - (07/12/2006 17:18:56)

Mark Lawrenson's verdict on this weekend's Premiership games

Manhole error left OAP paraplegic - (07/12/2006 16:56:10)

A drainage company is fined £16,000 after a pensioner was paralysed when he fell down an uncovered manhole.

Payout after Krankie accident - (07/12/2006 16:39:46)

A theatre is paid a six-figure sum after Janette Krankie was injured in a fall from a pantomime beanstalk.