Politics

Union members among Virgin Atlantic's cabin crew will vote on strike action in a dispute over pay.

AC Milan's Brazilian playmaker Kaka wins France Football's prestigious Golden Ball award.

David Cameron accuses Gordon Brown of trying to "spin his way out" of the Labour funding row.

Russians vote in elections set to be dominated by President Putin's party, amid opposition claims of rigging.

Actress Dame Helen Mirren wins best actress at this year's European Film Academy awards.

Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto will meet fellow opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and discuss a possible election boycott.

Italy, Holland and France are all drawn in the same group for the Euro 2008 finals.

The British ambassador to Sudan visits UK teacher Gillian Gibbons, as two Muslim peers lobby for her release.

RFC rebels in Chad clash with government troops, reports say, throwing more doubts over a ceasefire.

The dangers of smoking, overeating and excessive sunbathing will be highlighted by a £130m cancer survival drive

The south coast of England is issued a severe weather warning ahead of winds that are expected to reach 70mph.

Venezuelans vote on a raft of controversial constitutional changes proposed by President Hugo Chavez.

Muttiah Muralitharan equals Shane Warne's Test wicket record as England slide to 186-6 against Sri Lanka in the first Test.

A book said to be bound in the skin of a Jesuit priest accused in the Gunpowder Plot is up for auction.

The leader of the Scottish Labour party faces continued pressure over donations to her leadership campaign.

Two of Hong Kong's leading female politicians face off in an election seen as a referendum on reform.

More than 1,000 drivers a month have been given fines since tougher penalties were introduced.

A 17-year-old male youth becomes the sixth person to die on Northern Ireland's roads this weekend.

A man is accused of killing a 29-year-old whose body was found on a Merthyr Tydfil housing estate.

A 77-year-old Italian man is arrested after shooting dead his wife as she lay in hospital with Alzheimer's disease.