Police arrest a 48-year-old after a patrol car comes under attack from a man brandishing an airgun and a bow and arrow.

Two men suffer extensive burns in an explosion at a garage in Birmingham which involves a propane gas cylinder.

The death of a woman aged in her 20s whose body was found in a Nottingham alleyway is being treated as murder.

Evidence of possible phone hacking at the Sunday Mirror newspaper has been found by the BBC's Newsnight.

People in Coventry celebrate the start of the Cultural Olympiad for the 2012 London Games with a very long queue.

The main suspect in Norway's twin terror attacks admits responsibility, describing his actions as "gruesome but necessary", his lawyer says.

Britain's Amir Khan defeats Zab Judah in a light-welterweight world title fight in Las Vegas.

Eradicating fuel poverty by 2016 will be "extremely challenging" following energy price increases, the Scottish government admits.