A manager at Swindon's Great Western Hospital resigns prior to a 24-hour strike by support workers.

The Duchess of Cambridge visits two schools in Oxford as part of her role as patron of The Art Room charity.

Dumped and abandoned horses are putting lives at risk, causing a major problem for police and costing councils in south Wales thousands of pounds.

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is detained for questioning by French police investigating a prostitution ring inquiry.

A Palestinian prisoner ends his 66-day hunger strike over his detention by Israel in a deal that will see him freed in April, Israeli officials say.

An unprecedented number of children - some as young as 10 - has been forced to join the ranks of Somali's Islamist militants, Human Rights Watch says.

Former Norwich City striker Leon McKenzie is jailed for six months for trying to avoid speeding convictions.

Plans for a £100m golf resort on Northern Ireland's north coast are given the go-ahead.

Mo Farah is named in a 39-strong Great Britain squad for next month's World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

Race organisers apologise after about 40 half-marathon runners were sent in the wrong direction when pranksters changed signs along the route.

The mother of Suzanne Pilley tells a court about her daughter's "turbulent" relationship with the man accused of her murder.

A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, believed to have been painted at the same time as the original, goes on display at Madrid's Prado museum.

The US commander of Nato troops in Afghanistan apologises over reports that foreign troops have "improperly disposed" of copies of the Koran.

A judge finds largely in favour of the former NUM president Arthur Scargill in his legal dispute with the union.

Rebel-held areas of the central Syrian city of Homs come under intense bombardment from the Syrian army, activists say.

Report suggests use of social messaging apps like Whatsapp instead of traditional SMS lost networks $13.9bn (£8.8bn) last year.

A leading pro-democracy activist in Bahrain is released, a week after being arrested on the first anniversary of the uprising in the Gulf state.

The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner is the first British journalist to be allowed on board an Australian Maritime Patrol Aircraft flying on a counter-piracy mission over the Indian Ocean.

European stock markets edge lower after eurozone finance ministers agree to another bailout deal for Greece.

Little Britain star David Walliams is to have his best-selling children's novel Mr Stink adapted into a BBC One comedy drama, it is announced.