Jersey and Guernsey should work together in light of the current global finance problems, a minister says.

BBC News Online charts the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula over North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions.

US space tourist Richard Garriott will follow in the footsteps of his astronaut father when he blasts off into space on Sunday.

People in part of Lincolnshire get a chance to see local artists at work during special events being held.

The 58th British National Ploughing Championships take place in the Kent countryside.

The US is to remove North Korea from its list of countries sponsoring terrorism, officials in Washington confirm.

The death of Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider came as he enjoyed renewed prestige, says Bethany Bell reports.

A woman accused of stalking actor John Cusack accepts a plea deal that will allow her to avoid state prison.

Police recover quantities of class A and class C drugs during an operation in a County Armagh village.

A library sets up temporary home while its main building undergoes essential maintenance work.

Official status should be given to the Irish language, says an Irish language organisation at a rally in Belfast city centre.

Supporters of a torture survivor from Burundi demonstrate in Nottingham against his deportation.

US President George W Bush says the serious global financial crisis demands a serious global response.

Four people are trapped when high winds blew stalls onto them at an Italian market in Edinburgh.

Up to 150 students and members of the Socialist Workers Party protest in London's Square Mile.

Belgian Luc Costermans breaks the world blind road speed record, reaching 308km/h on an airstrip in France.

Readers share concerns about Guernsey savings

A pedestrian is said to be critically ill in hospital after he is hit by a car which fails to stop on Leeds' Inner Ring Road.

A series of exhibitions go on display showing detailed plans for a controversial relief road through Dorset.

Anglers fearing their club will be made "homeless" if their lake-base is auctioned are given the chance to buy it.

Six cows are trapped for almost two hours after a trailer overturns on a main road near Dundee.

A chronology of key events

Wakefield city centre is to get a new £3.5m public library, which will form part of the £210 Trinity Walk development.

More people are approaching drug treatment services in the East Midlands, a study reveals.

Visitors in contact with victims of a stomach bug are warned to stay away from a hospital.

A hurricane set to hit the west coast of Mexico has strengthened and become "life-threatening", meteorologists warn.

A 58-year-old dog walker dies after being struck by a motorcycle in Blackpool.

Key facts, figures and dates

HM Revenue and Customs make £2.33m available to vulnerable people in the East to reduce debts.

A British man who lost his wife and one of his twin daughters in flash-floods in Spain describes the tragedy.

A road has been closed to allow workers clean up an "unsightly" rail bridge in Shropshire.

A 27-year-old man is attacked from behind in Leicester city centre.

Sustainability Minister Jane Davidson confirms she will stand down as an assembly member at the next election to Cardiff Bay.

About 450 people fall ill in southern China after drinking water contaminated by a metal factory, state media report.

Noah's Ark Zoo Farm welcomes a new pair of agouties from South America.

Four people are led to safety by emergency crews after a fire underneath a block of flats in Southampton.

A Russian sailor whose body was pulled out of a West Sussex harbour is identified by police.

Topshop and BHS owner Sir Philip Green is in talks to buy UK stores from Iceland's retail group Baugur, it is reported.

The mother of murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling is told to appear before authorities in Goa, India, over neglect claims.

News in brief from Northern Ireland

The county council is to consider improving support services for thousands of carers in Northamptonshire.

Vandals damage a £300,000 play area in Leicestershire, months after it is opened.

Glasgow Airport car bomb hero John Smeaton remains in intensive care after suffering an asthma attack.

A man dies in hospital after being rescued by firefighters from a house fire in Blackpool.

An international jury will judge choristers from around the world at a festival in Jersey.

A 16-year-old youth is found seriously injured in the Glenside area of Dumbarton.

A civic parade is taking place in Oxfordshire to honour 13 Olympic medallists from the same rowing club.

A new astro turf pitch for pupils and community groups opens at Bridlington Sports College.

A 17-year-old pedestrian is killed in a collision with a car in St Helens in Merseyside.

Restoration work will start on a crumbling memorial to soldiers from a Sussex town who died in the world wars.