Double European champion Mo Farah announces his withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games because of fatigue.

Police carry out two days of raids after a man was attacked with a power drill in North Lanarkshire.

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England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all kick off their Euro 2012 qualifying campaigns as Wales lose their opening match in Montenegro.

The justice minister David Ford says that a clerical error had no bearing in the decision to allow the McDermott brothers to return to Donagh.

The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died aged 82, his family and party confirm.

Lord Prescott says he is prepared to take legal action to find out whether News of The World journalists hacked into his phone messages.

Two police officers are suspended from driving duties after crashing a car they had seized from a suspected drink-driver.

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A County Durham woman accused of murdering her two-year-old son appears in court and is remanded to a secure psychiatric hospital.

Director general denies he compromised the BBC's independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the government's spending cuts.

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.

Andy Murray is in action against Dustin Brown at about 1920 BST on day five at Flushing Meadows, where defending women's champion Kim Clijsters is in fine form.

Nigel Farage says he will stand for the leadership of the UK Independence Party, a position he held until last year.

The BBC has denied that its director general compromised the BBC's independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of spending cuts.

Former politician Sir Cyril Smith has died at the age of 82.

A teenager pleads not guilty to murdering her 61-year-old father along with three other people.

A former MI6 worker is given a 12-month jail sentence for trying to sell top secret material for £2m.

A pathologist at the centre of a row over the death of a man during the G20 protests is suspended from the medical register for three months.

The Camerons' baby daughter Florence has made her debut on the steps of 10 Downing Streedt. She was swaddled in a white shawl which was sent to the family by a member of the public, Jane Fraser-Cross.