Provided by bbc.co.uk/news
Police are questioning the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that the players implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.
A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester is partly destroyed in an explosion, which is thought to have been caused by gas bottles being used for cooking.
Senior Labour politicians urge fresh inquiries into phone hacking claims surrounding the News of the World newspaper.
The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died aged 82, his family and party confirm.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.
A former MI6 worker is given a 12-month jail sentence for trying to sell top secret material for £2m.
Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.
Two women who were arrested after trying to take a dead relative on to a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport will not face charges.
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.
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.
Nigel Farage says he will stand for the leadership of the UK Independence Party, a position he held until last year.
Somerset County Council is to cut as many as 1,500 posts by 2013 n an attempt to plug a £75m deficit in its finances.
Cheryl and Ashley Cole are granted a divorce at the High Court after four years of marriage.
Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha show off their baby daughter, Florence, for the first time on the steps of Number 10.
TV comedienne Jennifer Saunders is to write the story for musical Viva Forever - based on the songs of the Spice Girls.
Several "potential victims of human trafficking" have been rescued in raids on suspected brothels in Belfast, police say.
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.
Welsh MP Chris Bryant says he believes his answer machine messages were intercepted by journalists at a tabloid newspaper.
A teenager pleads not guilty to murdering her 61-year-old father along with three other people.
Police carry out two days of raids after a man was attacked with a power drill in North Lanarkshire.
Eleven football hooligans who took part in the worst destruction Manchester has suffered "since the Blitz" will be going to jail, a judge has said.
Two police officers are suspended from driving duties after crashing a car they had seized from a suspected drink-driver.
A former boarding school head teacher is found guilty of more than 50 counts of sexually abusing and beating boys at schools in Norfolk and Suffolk.
England coach Fabio Capello says he hopes the pressure of expectation over the team's Euro 2012 qualifier with Bulgaria will bring out the best in him.
Double European champion Mo Farah announces his withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games because of fatigue.
Britain's Andy Murray takes on Dustin Brown of Jamaica in the second round of the US Open, with the threat of Hurricane Earl hanging over New York.
Tony Blair used alcohol as a 'prop' during his time in power but how many of us do the same?
Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser reported - people of the past month.
It is the degree of choice among the Westminster elite, claiming six cabinet members and three Labour leadership contenders among its alumni. Why does Oxford's Politics, Philosophy and Economics course dominate public life?
Lord Prescott says he is prepared to take legal action to find out whether News of The World journalists hacked into his phone messages.
England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.
President Barack Obama's daughter, Malia, is now 12 years old and 5ft 9in (1.75m). But what's it like to be a young girl who's taller than the rest?
Researchers begin a three-year study to uncover the secrets of St Kilda's super-sized field mice.
David and Samantha Cameron have introduced their new daughter, Florence, on the steps of 10 Downing Street.
The Cameron's baby daughter Florence has made her debut on the steps of 10 Downing Street. She was swaddled in a white shawl which was sent to the family by a member of the public, Jane Fraser-Cross.
Robert Plant speaks to BBC Breakfast about the artists he works with on his new album, what he thinks of Led Zeppelin covers, and the possibility of the legendary band reforming again.
A rare Chinese tree has flowered for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex.
Former politician Sir Cyril Smith has died at the age of 82.
The BBC has denied that its director general compromised the BBC's independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of spending cuts.
How many books must Blair sell to beat northern comic?
Inside the Royal Navy's newest, most powerful attack submarine
Why bed-bug infestations are on the rise again
How much is a bottle of beer under new price laws on booze?
Papers discuss the existence of God
If you are holding or running an event and would like it listed
please email us events@chester.com
Find out what’s new to Chester.
Chester.com keeping you updated
On your city.
your one stop location for looking good, feeling good and general fabulousness!
