Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, goes on trial in Los Angeles, charged with involuntary manslaughter of the singer.

A miner is rescued following a roof fall in a North Yorkshire pit while search teams continue to free a second.

Marks & Spencer is fined £1m for failing to protect staff and customers from possible exposure to asbestos while refurbishing stores in Reading and Bournemouth.

The number of anti-depressant drugs being prescribed to people in Scotland continues to rise, according to the latest figures.

Ex-motorsports boss Max Mosley's appeal against a failed bid to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives is rejected by judges.

Nasa now says its six-tonne UARS satellite re-entered Earth's atmosphere far from any major landmass, north-east of the Vanuatu archipelago.