A woman's body has been found on the beach at the seaside resort of Teigmouth in Devon.

A memorial service is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of a plane crash in Downend which claimed the lives of 15 people.

One of the country's biggest hunts is out in force on the first official day of the hunting season.

Two South West sailors leave the start line in France and head for Brazil in the Transat Jacques Vabre yacht race.

Many stallholders at Bath's Farmers' Market say they are unhappy about plans for expansion.

Frankie Gavin becomes England's first ever World Amateur Champion with victory over Domenico Valentino.

Justin Rose is on course to claim the European Order of Merit crown despite a rollercoaster day at the Volvo Masters.

BILLY FORSYTH, dance director for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, has received an MBE for services to Highland dancing, taking the opportunity to show off some of his prize-winning footwork in the Buckingham Palace quadrangle.

The mother of a Belfast boy who committed suicide says drugs and dealers must be taken off the streets.

Martin Meehan, a Sinn Fein councillor and formally a major figure in the IRA, dies aged 62.

The SDLP is to set up a working group to look at all-Ireland political links with other parties.

Alliance leader David Ford says Northern Ireland's four main parties of having no interest in ending segregation.

A homeless man appears in court charged with stealing money and a mobile phone.

The government will publish a new criminal justice bill next week setting out its plan to end 50% remission.

Glentoran go top of the Carnegie Premier League on goal difference by beating Institute 4-0.

A man is arrested under the Terrorism Act after potentially explosive materials were seized at a house in England.

Two robbers force their way into a flat and steal thousands of pounds worth of property.

A 38-year-old man dies at the scene after his car hits a tree in Renfrewshire.

A Portuguese crewman is airlifted to hospital after an accident on a fishing boat.

Generous football fans are praised for their efforts to make Georgian kids smile with new strips.