A plane travelling from the Canary Islands carrying 188 passengers overshoots the runway at Newcastle Airport.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh fly to Oman for the second leg of a five-day state visit of the Gulf.

England seamer James Anderson finally creates the breakthrough but Australia continue to dominate on day two of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.

Police in Essex begin a theft inquiry after a man left £80,000 on top of his car then drove off.

The result is due of the first by-election in the Irish Republic since it sought a bail-out from the EU and the International Monetary Fund.

France is to resume searching for the flight recorders from an Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009, killing all 228 people on board.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says sorry to the club's fans for the way his recent contract talks were handled and states he had no intention of joining Manchester City.

The European Commission announces a ban on the use of the chemical Bisphenol-A in the manufacture of plastic baby bottles.