Protester invades Trafalgar plinth

7:39pm Monday 6th July 2009

An art project allowing thousands of people to take centre stage in Trafalgar Square overcame a wobbly start after a protester invaded the fourth plinth.

954 recalled offenders at large

7:14pm Monday 6th July 2009

Almost 1,000 criminals who should have been returned to prison are still at large, it has been revealed.

Burglars even take the kitchen sink

6:50pm Monday 6th July 2009

Burglars who plundered an historic country home in a £200,000 heist even stole the kitchen sink, police have said.

Tributes paid to five dead soldiers

6:50pm Monday 6th July 2009

Comrades, families and members of the public remembered five British soldiers killed in five bloody days of fighting in Afghanistan.

LA wants Jacksons to help with cost

6:50pm Monday 6th July 2009

The city of Los Angeles has asked Michael Jackson's family for financial help with the cost of coping with the singer's memorial, it has emerged.

Brown in £15m border control pledge

5:47pm Monday 6th July 2009

Britain has promised £15 million to tighten border controls in French ports where hundreds of would-be migrants gather in the hope of smuggling themselves into the UK.

Two more swine flu sufferers die

5:47pm Monday 6th July 2009

A man and a child have died after contracting swine flu, health officials said.

New investigation into Iraqi deaths

5:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

Lawyers have claimed a "momentous" day of victory for families seeking an independent inquiry into allegations that Iraqi civilians were tortured and killed by British troops.

Crane topples into apartment block

3:21pm Monday 6th July 2009

Residents of a Liverpool city centre apartment complex had a lucky escape when a building crane and five-ton weight smashed through it.

7/7 monument 'is truly incredible'

3:04pm Monday 6th July 2009

A striking monument to the 52 people killed in the July 7 bombings has been described as "truly incredible" by a victim's daughter.