Eggs and shoes are thrown at the former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he attends a book signing in Dublin.

Scottish event rider Nicola Malcolm is airlifted to hospital after falling from her horse during the Burghley Horse Trials.

A badly-burnt body is found in undergrowth between the 17th and 18th holes of an East Sussex golf course.

Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls says the home secretary should make a statement about claims of phone tapping by the News of the World.

A 26-year-old man from the Irish Republic is among nine people killed in a plane crash in New Zealand.

Vending machine companies warn cheaper "steel" 5p and 10p coins being considered by the Treasury could cost the industry millions of pounds.

England and Tottenham defender Michael Dawson will miss the game with Switzerland after being ruled out for at least six weeks.

The funeral is held of singer Charles Haddon from Northamptonshire who died in a fall in Belgium.

Chief Constable Peter Fahy says it was "not right" that TV broadcasters covered the last hours of gunman Raoul Moat on a live rolling basis.

GB prefer a trio of youngsters to the experienced Katy Livingston and Mhairi Spence for next week's World Championships in China.

An amateur gardener grows what he believes to be the largest potato in the world.

Police say they are treating the death of a man in Glasgow's east end as murder, following a post mortem examination.

John Toshack says Wales' October clash with Bulgaria is a must-win after the Montenegro loss as his managerial future is queried.

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

The outer building of a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester is to be demolished.

Some 77% of Britons think taxpayers should not help pay for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Scotland and England, a survey suggests.

A bendy bus catches fire outside Victoria railway station in central London causing travel disruption.

Two police officers who crashed a sports car seized from a suspected drink-driver could face prosecution.

England coach Andy Flower says he is satisfied with spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed's role within the team despite previous links with illegal bookmakers.

A lawyer for the three Pakistan players at the centre of allegations of corruption says they are keen for a "timely and satisfactory outcome" to the affair.