Three MPs and a peer plead not guilty in court to charges of false accounting in relation to their expenses claims.

Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are announced by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.

A 64-year-old man is found dead outside his home in Greater Manchester after police receive reports of youths causing trouble.

UK forces are to hand security powers in the Afghan district of Musa Qala to US troops, the defence secretary says.

The Foreign Office says a five-year-old boy from Oldham kidnapped in Pakistan has not been released.