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Cricket: England 'can win Cup'

Paul Collingwood tells BBC Sport that England are still genuine contenders for next year's World Cup.

Rugby: Players in England debut

Anthony Allen and Shaun Perry will make their England debuts against New Zealand at Twickenham on Sunday.

MP urges Goonhilly commitment

A Cornish MP is urging BT to continue its commitment to the largest satellite communications station in the world.

Bull shot dead by police

Police marksmen shoot a bull which was running loose on one of the busiest roads in Devon.

Barrage debate aims to get views

Protesters and supporters of a barrage across the River Severn get the chance to put their points of view forward.

Ramblers oppose army on moor

Ramblers raise their objections to military training on Dartmoor amid a crucial consultation on the issue.

Police lose Ј290K in merger costs

Police in Devon and Cornwall lose nearly Ј300,000 for their work on the failed super-forces merger.

Police officer hurt by car thief

An off-duty police officer is injured as he tries to stop a car being stolen in Bristol.

Probe into dead woman's lifestyle

Police investigating the death of a woman in Northumberland attempt to piece together her last movements.

Trio charged with man's abduction

Three men appear in court in connection with the alleged abduction of a Glasgow shopkeeper.

Substation copper thieves hunted

Crimestoppers joins forces with an electricity firm to target thieves who steal copper from substations.

Campaigners halt demolition work

Campaigners obtain an injunction to stop plans to demolish homes for a dual carriageway going ahead.

Man admits killing photographer

A 20-year-old man admits murdering an amateur photographer found stabbed to death on Tyneside.

Pair face extradition over attack

Two British holidaymakers will be extradited to Greece over a bottle attack, a judge orders.

Teenager dies in bike crash

A 17-year boy is killed and another teenager injured in a motorcycle crash on an off-road biker track.

Sliced cables restored after raid

Engineers restore service to thousands of telephone customers cut off after thieves deliberately sever cables.

Reward offered in murder hunt

A Ј5,000 reward is offered for information about the death of a man found in his flat seven months ago.

Argument over pickers intensifies

A union and management at the centre of a row over working practices at a Herefordshire farm fail to find common ground.

Bulldozers clear travellers' site

Bulldozers move in to clear 17 illegal plots on a travellers' site in Cambridgeshire at a cost of Ј80,000.

Protesters unfurl anti-M1 banners

A protest group unfurls banners along the M1 calling for an end to motorway expansion.

Stone Age findings at sewage site

Evidence of a Stone Age settlement is uncovered by a water company planning to extend a sewage works.

Man subjected to sexual assault

A man is subjected to a serious sexual assault in a Southampton underpass, police say.

Public transport plan for Games

Organisers of the 2012 Olympics in London say there will be no car-parking facilities at the main site in east London.

Second runway at Gatwick 'crazy'

Campaigners against a second runway at Gatwick say such a development would be "crazy and irresponsible".

Christmas pub murder man jailed

A man who killed a Christmas reveller by glassing him in the neck is jailed for life.

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