News of the World - Europe

A police investigation is launched into the death of a child in the Clackmannanshire
area of central Scotland.

Ceremonies will honour the Munich air crash victims 50 years after 23 people died in the disaster.

England’s Michael Owen is set to be on the bench against Switzerland but Ashley Young and David Bentley may earn starts.

Belfast bus drivers plan to stage a series of protests throughout the city in a row over dedicated bus lanes.

The Scottish Government’s £30bn budget faces a crucial vote as Alex Salmond says he will quit if it is not passed.

The Ministry of Defence is due to confirm that more than 1,000 Scottish troops are to be sent to Afghanistan.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland warns of an “increased terrorist threat” from dissident republicans.

The French trader blamed for causing losses at French bank Societe Generale speaks out.

Gordon Brown welcomes the US secretary of state for talks on bolstering support for the war in Afghanistan.

Police question singer Amy Winehouse in connection with a video apparently showing her smoking crack.

People in Wales with muscle wasting illnesses lack specialist services to prolong their lives, a charity says.

Jobs at Northern Rock will be cut if Virgin Group ends up controlling the troubled bank, the BBC learns.

A new £30m passenger train link between Ebbw Vale and Cardiff opens 46 years after services were cut.

An independent review into use of intercept evidence in court cases will say it should be used, the BBC learns.

Thousands of staff at Tesco will share a £175m ($344m) payout from the company’s save as you earn scheme.

A poster claiming that gay people want to “abolish the family” is criticised by the advertising watchdog.

Gordon Brown welcomes the US secretary of state for talks on bolstering support for the war in Afghanistan.

The former wife of a man who killed his son in a hotel balcony fall calls for a prosecution when he returns to Britain.

Lancashire Police force is facing an £80,000 damages bill after a High Court judge ruled they unlawfully seized a horse.

Water bills will depend on the size of customer homes under a new billing system from Thames Water.

A BBC radio presenter bullied a man he met at a party before drugging and raping him at his flat, a court hears.

A father loses his disability benefit for doing a sponsored bike ride after his twin sons recovered from cancer.

Material from a man accused of killing five women matched that found on his alleged victims, a court hears.

Skunk, which is three times stronger than other cannabis, now dominates the UK market.

Social housing tenants should look for work or risk homelessness, the new housing minister says.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown orders all Labour MPs to declare “as soon as possible” any relatives they employ.

Planners opposed a private developer’s scheme for a visitor’s centre at the Giant’s Causeway, it emerges.

A woman given an epidural in her arm instead of her back was unlawfully killed, an inquest rules.

The lawyer for Luke Mitchell, jailed for killing his girlfriend, tells an appeal court he did not get a fair trial.

The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, has heard about a photo journalist who owned a white Fiat Uno.