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• Basic rate taxpayers to get £120 - The row over the abolition of the 10p tax band leads to a tax cut which will see basic rate taxpayers gain £120 this year.
• Rescuers reach Chinese epicentre - Rescue teams finally break through to the epicentre of China's earthquake, where an estimated 60,000 are missing.
• Pair arrested over Oxford St murder - Two teenagers are arrested by police investigating the fatal stabbing of a man on London's Oxford Street.
• Clinton 'wins' W Virginia primary - Hillary Clinton wins West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary by a large margin, according to US media projections.
• Man arrested over bakery killing - Police investigating the murder of 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen in south-east London arrest a 19-year-old man.
• Jury shown airline 'bomb impact' - Jurors see a video showing the likely impact of materials it is alleged eight men wanted to use to blow up transatlantic planes.
• Bombings rock Indian tourist city - At least 60 people are killed after a series of bomb blasts in the historic city of Jaipur in western India, police say.
• Rangers fans in Manchester invasion - The tension mounts for Rangers fans as up to 100,000 are expected in Manchester for the Uefa Cup Final.
• Vatican says aliens could exist - The chief astronomer of the Roman Catholic Church says intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space.
• '20th hijacker' - Why were 9/11 charges dropped against a suspect?
• Ties to Turkey - Nicholas Witchell on the background to the Queen's visit
• Sadness but hope - London's Chinese community praises quake aid efforts
• Classics lessons - What can the Spartans teach Boris about politics?
• Cannes log - Our reporter gets set for the world's top film festival
• Disasters reaction - Bridget Kendall assesses contrasts in Burma and China
• Boy detained after 110mph chase - A 14-year-old boy is sentenced after stealing a car and driving it at more than 110mph in a police pursuit.
• Sunbed operators try to stop ban - Sunbed parlours attempt to stop a ban on the use of coin-operated tanning machines by teenagers.
• Lodger 'watched father stab son' - A woman watched a drunken man repeatedly stab his son following a row over chips, a murder trial hears.
• SDLP hits out at new exam plans - A new post-primary transfer test for schoolchildren in NI would be a "climbdown", according to the SDLP.
• Arrests follow Malawi 'coup plot' - Malawian police arrest four opposition officials and ex-security chiefs, after claims of a plot against the president.
• Key 9/11 suspect charges dropped - The US drops charges against a Saudi held at Guantanamo, who was allegedly part of the 9/11 plot.
• Lebanon army 'ready to use force' - The Lebanese army says it is prepared to use force to disarm gunmen and restore order across the country.
• UN calls for Burma aid corridor - The UN urges the setting up of an air or sea corridor to channel aid to the victims of the cyclone in Burma.
• EU top aid man granted Burma visa - EU Aid Commissioner Louis Michel is to travel to Burma after ministers called for free access for relief workers.
• Government in turmoil for Pakistan - Ministers from one of Pakistan's main parties, the PML-N, resign, just months after elections.
• UK inflation jumps to 3% in April - UK consumer inflation hits 3% in April, its highest level in 13 months, on food and fuel costs, official figures show.
• Ministers' housing fears revealed - House prices could fall "at best by 5-10%" this year, photos of a minister's briefing notes reveal.
• Hospitals' care standards 'vary' - Most hospital inpatients are satisfied with their care, but there are problems in certain areas, a survey suggests.
• Students claim survey dishonesty - League tables intended to help youngsters to choose universities are being falsified, claim students.
• Europe could get manned spaceship - EADS Astrium plans a variant of its space station truck, the ATV, that could fly European astronauts.
• Four artists up for Turner Prize - The four artists nominated for 2008's Turner Prize are revealed, with sculpture and film dominating the line-up.
• Virtual telescope opens night sky - Microsoft launches a free tool that allows amateur star-gazers to explore the universe from their computers.
• No lazy bones? Sloth's sleepy image a myth, say researchers - The sloth's popular image as a lazy creature that sleeps for most of the day has been called into question.
• PM approached as TV show judge, minister's papers reveal - Producers have apparently approached Gordon Brown to star in an Apprentice-style TV show, it emerges.
• Bristol City reach play-off final - Extra-time goals from Lee Trundle and Michael McIndoe help Bristol City beat Crystal Palace 4-2 on aggregate and reach the Championship play-off final.
• Smith urging Rangers final push - Rangers manager Walter Smith says his side have the firepower to beat Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa Cup final.
• What do you want to talk about? - What do you want the world to talk about?