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A plane makes an emergency landing at Belfast International Airport after it develops technical problems taking off.

Retail expert Mary Portas is invited to Northern Ireland to advise on the content of an action plan to regenerate the country's town centres.

The Press Complaints Commission was made a scapegoat over phone-hacking at the News of the World, its former chairman tells the Leveson Inquiry.

The Information Commissioner says efforts to inform people whether they may have been illegally targeted by private investigators will be speeded up.

It is not yet clear whether Russian scientists have succeeded in their quest to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, reports suggest.

Thirteen people are rescued from their homes by police marine unit boats when a burst water main floods an Essex street.

Two teenagers are detained by police over a blaze which led to a man being rescued from the 14th floor balcony of a Glasgow tower block.

The Met Police should have warned people - including ex-Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott - they were victims of phone hacking, a judicial review rules.

Pro-government crowds in Syria give the Russian foreign minister a hero's welcome in the capital Damascus, amid rising violence in the country.

A Syrian and a German-Lebanese man are arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying on opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's government.

The ability of English councils to consider their finances when assessing people for social care is being challenged at the Supreme Court.

Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.

A recruitment drive for academic staff at Aberystwyth University is described as one of the most ambitious it has ever undertaken.

Gary Barlow says he wants to represent "the whole world" at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in June.

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers.

The Brazilian government files a lawsuit against Twitter, demanding it block material that helps motorists evade drink-driving traps.

Budget Day political broadcasts have been axed, under new BBC rules.

A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan has been freed and flown to Kenya, a statement from Sudan's foreign ministry says.

Events are taking place in the UK and across the world to mark the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.

A Plaid Cymru MP leads calls for a new law making stalking a specific offence in England and Wales to stop harassment resulting in violence.