George Osborne will raise the income tax allowance to give 25 million people a cut of around £45 a year in the Budget, the BBC learns.

Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi appears at a recently bombed site in Tripoli and says "we will be victorious in the end".

Lighting is restored in the control room of a badly-damaged Japanese nuclear reactor, raising hopes of reconnecting vital power to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.

Doncaster's failed Earth Centre environmental visitor attraction is sold off to become an activity centre for school children.

A report into the prison formed by merging three Isle of Wight jails finds drug use is rife, sanitation is "unacceptable" and use of force is high.

The public are invited to suggest names for five neighbourhoods to be built on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after the 2012 games.

Wales defender Gareth Bale believes his side can cause an upset against England in the Euro 2012 qualifier at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

West Indies lose three wickets in the first six overs of their World Cup quarter-final against Pakistan in Mirpur.