General Teaching Council bans a teacher who used a picture of a child with a noose around the neck to control pupils in Essex.

Australian officials warn Cyclone Yasi, approaching Queensland with winds of up to 295 km/h (183 mph), could be the deadliest storm in living memory.

An advert for an Yves Saint Laurent perfume is banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for appearing to show a woman simulating drug use.

Swiss bank accounts held by Haiti's ex-leader Jean-Claude Duvalier are blocked as a new law takes effect in Switzerland.

Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry for a third time, in the last of its scheduled public hearings.

Queensland residents in vulnerable areas are urged to flee quickly before Cyclone Yasi strikes with winds of up to 295km/h (183mph).

Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe says a visit to London has inspired him to come out of retirement in a bid to compete at the 2012 Olympics.

The crew of the Mars500 simulated mission to the Red Planet have gone into "orbit" around their target.