1. Welfare bill 'to be cut by extra £4bn'
  The government is planning to reduce the annual welfare bill by a further £4bn, Chancellor George Osborne tells the BBC. Sep 9, 2010 03:58 PM
  2. Obama condemns Koran burning plan
  President Obama calls a small church's plan to burn the Koran a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaeda, while Interpol warns a violent response is likely. Sep 9, 2010 02:20 PM
  3. Soldiers 'kept Afghan body parts'
  A group of US soldiers murdered a number of Afghan civilians and took body parts as trophies, documents released by military officials suggest. Sep 9, 2010 03:33 PM
  4. MPs back new phone hacking probe
  MPs back calls for a fresh parliamentary investigation into phone hacking claims after criticism of News of the World journalists. Sep 9, 2010 02:44 PM
  5. Defence firm BAE cuts 1,000 jobs
  BAE Systems announces it is to axe almost 1,000 jobs across the UK, with 740 to go from five sites in England. Sep 9, 2010 09:29 AM