The US presidential candidates begin their second debate, in Nashville, Tennessee, after days of bitter barbs from both camps.

Schools in England are given advice on how to protect pupils from being recruited by supporters of violent extremism.

Oasis star Noel Gallagher, who was attacked on stage a month ago, shakes off his injuries to launch the band's UK tour.

The head of a Greater Manchester school says a teacher-training weekend held in Barcelona was the "cheapest option".

A Tennessee boy who crashed a van driving at 90mph is 10 years old, local police say.

Asian markets plummet in early trading after Wall St stocks closed at their lowest levels for five years.

The NHS needs a network of flying doctors to cope with the closure of A&E units, experts say.

Live video and running commentary on the second debate between US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.

Turbines along British canals and rivers could power 45,000 homes within five years under new plans.

A cross-party group of MPs is trying to force through a ban in England and Wales on smacking of children.

A fruit drink TV advert which showed a girl running away from home with her "cactus" boyfriend has been ordered off the air.

'Friendly' bacteria found in yoghurt and health drinks have no effect on the symptoms of eczema, evidence suggests.

There is no hard evidence that circumcision protects gay men from contracting HIV, research shows.

Homeowners in the Borders are encouraged to take more responsibility for protecting their property from floods.

A council pay package for thousands of workers is withdrawn due to fears it would provoke compensation claims.

A ban on the feeding of deer in winter and an increase in the numbers culled is proposed to revive forests.

Scottish health boards which treat children with psychiatric problems on adult wards may be breaking the law.

Union leaders are to meet Network Rail bosses in a bid to avert a second day of strike action by signal workers.

How the south east of England air ambulance service is saving lives thanks to its flying doctors.

The BBC's Michael Voss reports from the Cuban town of Los Palacios, still reeling from the effects of two huge hurricanes, one month on.

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Ammon Shea spent a year reading the Oxford English Dictionary - 20 volumes, 21,730 pages and 59 million words - and he rates poring over a dictionary as enriching as a novel. Why?

A man is charged with murdering a 21-year-old pedestrian who died in a road crash in Surrey.

Troops are on the streets of Bangkok after the Thai capital's worst anti-government protests for 16 years.

A subsidiary of UK defence giant BAE Systems has agreed to pay millions of dollars to the US government over defective body armour.

The White House criticises a US judge who ruled 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay should be freed into the US.

Doctors say an East Sussex man who chopped off his arm with a chainsaw may be able to use his hand again.

Explosives were discovered inside a soldier's locker at an Army base, a police officer tells a court.

The UK government is poised to announce details of a comprehensive £50bn rescue package for the banking system.

Students in Leicester have been ordered out of their flats which have been declared unsafe.

Controversial plans to downgrade a West Sussex hospital are postponed while a merger between two health trusts is discussed.

Mexico extradites former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo to his home country to face corruption charges.

US President George W Bush calls for co-ordinated action by industrialised countries to tackle the worldwide credit crunch.

A Berkshire father says his adopted daughter is stuck in South Korea because of a legal wrangle over visas.

James Dyson says he has abandoned plans to build a multi-million pound school of design in Bath.

The financial crisis sends US stocks to their lowest levels in five years despite earlier gains on European markets.

The Isle of Man's Treasury Minister Allan Bell MHK announces a new level of protection for people with deposits in banks on the island.

The stars of High School Musical 3: Senior Year arrive for the film's UK premiere in London.

A motorcyclist from Lancashire dies after the bike he was riding was in a collision with a car on Merseyside.

Fishing communities in the north-west of England are blaming unusually heavy rainfall for a reduced catch of shrimp.

An estate agency in Merseyside puts up signs naming and shaming people who have not paid their rent.

A jury accuses the police of "institutionalised complacency" after an officer is convicted of careless driving following a fatal crash.

A union has warned of strike action after being told that 40 support jobs at the London fire authority will be axed.

A new orphanage founded in Sri Lanka in memory of a Leicestershire schoolgirl is ready to take in its first children.

The day's developments in the global financial crisis.

Torrential downpours cause serious flooding problems in the Isle of Man.

BA gives assurances that further Scottish operations will not be affected after it announced plans to close a Glasgow base.

Four people are rescued following a blaze at a three-storey block of flats in Ballynahinch, County Down.

The family of a 12-year-old cyclist killed in Hampshire say he was a keen sportsman whose "first love was cricket".

Four men are held on suspicion of attempted murder after a man suffers multiple stab wounds.