Britain will be stronger, says PM
Gordon Brown insists Britain can come through the economic downturn as he chairs the cabinet meeting in Birmingham.

Mortgage bail-out rallies markets
Financial markets rally as the US government takes over troubled mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Murray eyes historic Slam title
Andy Murray will become the first British man to win a Grand Slam since 1936 if he beats Roger Federer in the US Open final.

Cuba hammered by Hurricane Ike
Giant waves and torrential rain from Hurricane Ike are battering Cuba but the storm has now weakened to a Category Two.

Unions vote for mass pay protests
The Trades Union Congress backs demands for a nationwide campaign over public sector pay.

Sarkozy leads EU trio to Moscow
French President Nicolas Sarkozy leads an EU mission to press Russia to honour the terms of a peace plan for Georgia.

Flood fears ease as rains lighten
Flood fears are easing as showers replace persistent rain across England and Wales and river levels stabilise, but warnings remain.

Foreign Office 'lied over murder'
The father of a British woman murdered in Kenya 20 years ago accuses the Foreign Office of obstructing efforts to find her killer.

Minister rejects migrant cap plan
Immigration minister Liam Byrne casts doubt on calls for a cap on the number of foreign workers allowed to settle in the UK.

Want a date? The direct approach may make you seem sexier
Telling someone you fancy 'I really like you' could make him or her find you more attractive, research suggests.

Ferdinand in reckoning for Zagreb
Rio Ferdinand will travel to Croatia after coming through Monday morning's training session.

McLaren to fight Hamilton penalty
McLaren intend to appeal against the penalty that resulted in Lewis Hamilton being demoted from first to third in the Belgian Grand Prix.

Simmonds and Roberts star in pool
Teenager Eleanor Simmonds becomes Britain's youngest ever individual Paralympic gold medallist while Dave Roberts wins his eighth swimming title.

What do you want to talk about?
What do you want the world to talk about?

Pay row
TUC delegates meeting in Brighton have their say

End is nigh
Why are people so fond of predicting the world's end?

Great Scot
Why do Americans think Andy Murray is English?

Green stuff
Why has the price of broccoli dropped by so much?

Under threat
Nigerian spirit-god festival at risk from commercialisation

Now we are 10
As Google turns 10, it looks to its next decade

Meehan denies child porn charges
The former partner of Shannon Matthews' mother says indecent images of children found on his computer were not his.

'Dozens' of under-16s have STIs
A total of 281 children under the age of 16 contracted a sexually transmitted infection last year, new figures reveal.

Escaped killer raped schoolgirl
A man who had killed his baby stepbrother admits raping a 14-year-old girl, hours after escaping from a secure private hospital.

Man charged with fatal car crash
A man is charged in connection with a road crash which killed a Downpatrick man and injured his partner and three children.

'Vote-rigging' mars Angola poll
An EU observer reports seeing vote-rigging in Angola, where the ruling MPLA is expected to win a landslide.

US to review Afghan attack case
US forces in Afghanistan are to review an inquiry into an air raid as video evidence suggests scores of civilians were killed.

Cairo rockslide death toll climbs
At least 47 people are known to have died and many more are missing in a rockslide at a shanty town in Egypt's capital, Cairo.

Hong Kong democrats keep veto
Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp does better than expected in legislative elections, and retains key powers of veto, say reports.

Iraq Palestinians head to Iceland
About 30 Palestinians from a refugee camp along the Iraqi-Syrian border are due to leave for resettlement in Iceland.

Nano car plant protest suspended
Opposition groups blocking work at a Tata Motors plant suspend protests after the government agrees to return land.

Nationwide rescues small lenders
The Nationwide Building Society says it will merge with two smaller rivals, the Derbyshire and Cheshire Building Societies.

Tories to 'review economic plans'
The "mess" in the public finances means the Tories must review their economic plans, George Osborne says.

Weekly diabetes jab hopes raised
It may be possible to replace twice a day jabs for diabetes with a shot given just once a week, research suggests.

Balls hints at end to Sats tests
The Sats tests could end next year and be replaced by individual level tests, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has hinted.

Hugging benefits fractious chimps
A new study provides the first evidence that consolation in primates, such as hugging and stroking, can reduce stress levels after a fight.

Spears dominates MTV awards show
Britney Spears steals the show at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, winning three prizes.

'Tough choices' for UK broadband
The cost of converting the UK to fibre-based broadband could top £28.8bn, says a report.