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	Sunday, 18 October, 2009, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Royal Mail to hire 30,000 temps Royal Mail plans to recruit up to 30,000 temporary staff to deal with upcoming strikes by postal workers and the Christmas rush.
	Father charged over child murders Police have charged a 37-year-old man with the murders of his two children found unconscious at a Manchester flat.
	US balloon parents 'face charges' Colorado police say the parents of a boy mistakenly believed swept away by a weather balloon will face charges.
	Arrests in power station protest At least 80 people are arrested and a police officer is airlifted to hospital during protests at a Nottinghamshire power plant.
	Probe into jail transfer claims Claims that senior staff at two jails transferred vulnerable prisoners before visits by inspectors are to be investigated.

WORLD
	US senator warns on Afghan troops US Senator John Kerry says it would be "irresponsible" to send more US troops to Afghanistan before election results are clear.
	Rio police die as helicopter hit Two Brazilian policemen die after their helicopter crashes in Rio de Janeiro amid clashes between police and drug gangs.
	US balloon parents 'face charges' Colorado police say the parents of a boy mistakenly believed swept away by a weather balloon will face charges.

AFRICA
	Guinea embargo over 'atrocities' West African states order an arms embargo on Guinea over the mass shooting of opposition supporters last month.
	Ivorian dumping report published A scientific report into the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast by oil company Trafigura has been released after a bid to gag it was abandoned.
	Guns given to Somali quiz winners The winners of a quiz organised by Somali Islamists are given weapons and ammunition as prizes.

AMERICAS
	Rio police die as helicopter hit Two Brazilian policemen die after their helicopter crashes in Rio de Janeiro amid clashes between police and drug gangs.
	US senator warns on Afghan troops US Senator John Kerry says it would be "irresponsible" to send more US troops to Afghanistan before election results are clear.
	US balloon parents 'face charges' Colorado police say the parents of a boy mistakenly believed swept away by a weather balloon will face charges.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	North Korea gulags 'hold 150,000' North Korea holds more than 150,000 political prisoners in six prison camps across the country, a South Korean MP says.
	Iraq cabinet ratifies oil deals Iraq's cabinet ratifies a deal with a British and a Chinese energy company to develop the giant southern oilfield in Rumaila.
	Ageing plane hits Manila suburb A propeller-driven plane, reportedly from the 1930's, crashes in the Philippines, killing at least four people.

EUROPE
	Big anti-abortion rally in Spain Hundreds of thousands take part in a march in Madrid to oppose government plans to liberalise Spain's abortion law.
	UK looks to break climate logjam The UK hopes to bridge divides over tackling climate change at a meeting representing the world's major economies in London.
	Czech leader resigned to treaty Czech President Vaclav Klaus compares the Lisbon Treaty to an unstoppable speeding train, saying he may have to sign it.

MIDDLE EAST
	Iraq cabinet ratifies oil deals Iraq's cabinet ratifies a deal with a British and a Chinese energy company to develop the giant southern oilfield in Rumaila.
	Newsweek reporter freed in Iran An Iranian-Canadian journalist arrested during the protests that followed Iran's disputed presidential election is freed.
	Court claim over camel 'beauty' A Saudi camel owner sues oil giant Saudi Aramco for $250,000 after a prized beast falls into a hole in the desert.

SOUTH ASIA
	US senator warns on Afghan troops US Senator John Kerry says it would be "irresponsible" to send more US troops to Afghanistan before election results are clear.
	Pakistan launches Taliban assault Fierce fighting is reported as the Pakistan army opens its long-awaited offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan.
	Maldives cabinet makes a splash Maldives government ministers hold an underwater cabinet meeting to highlight the effects of global warming.

UK
	Royal Mail to hire 30,000 temps Royal Mail plans to recruit up to 30,000 temporary staff to deal with upcoming strikes by postal workers and the Christmas rush.
	Father charged over child murders Police have charged a 37-year-old man with the murders of his two children found unconscious at a Manchester flat.
	Probe into jail transfer claims Claims that senior staff at two jails transferred vulnerable prisoners before visits by inspectors are to be investigated.

ENGLAND
	Father charged over child murders Police have charged a 37-year-old man with the murders of his two children found unconscious at a Manchester flat.
	Strangled woman found after fire A murder inquiry starts after the death of a 29-year-old woman whose body was found after a fire at a flat in Brighton.
	Arrests in power station protest At least 80 people are arrested and a police officer is airlifted to hospital during protests at a Nottinghamshire power plant.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Girl's death 'swine flu related' The health minister confirms that a 14-year-old who died in the Western Trust area was suffering from the virus.
	Attacks drive family from village A Rasharkin man says his family are desperate to leave the County Antrim village after a series of sectarian attacks.
	Four charged with kidnap attempt Four men are charged with a number of offences over an alleged attempt to take a family hostage in County Londonderry.

SCOTLAND
	SNP call over swine flu vaccine Scotland's health secretary will use the SNP conference to urge vulnerable groups to take the swine flu vaccine when it becomes available.
	Prince to attend statue memorial The Duke of Rothesay will attend a special re-dedication service marking the restoration of a famous memorial to the Black Watch.
	Aquarium worker bitten by shark A 23-year-old staff member is bitten by an angel shark at North Queensferry's Deep Sea World aquarium.

POLITICS
	Bomber compassion 'like Gandhi' Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond compares his justice secretary's actions to Indian peace champion Mahatma Gandhi.
	Legg 'had worries' on MP expenses The civil servant who carried out the MPs' expenses audit had warned about a lack of clarity in the rules, the BBC is told.
	'Toxic waste' report gag lifted Lawyers for oil trading firm Trafigura end attempts to keep secret a report about toxic waste dumping in the Ivory Coast.

BUSINESS
	Royal Mail to hire 30,000 temps Royal Mail plans to recruit up to 30,000 temporary staff to deal with upcoming strikes by postal workers and the Christmas rush.
	Tough new lending rules expected New rules to make sure banks and credit card companies only lend to people that can afford the repayments are to be introduced.
	Germany defends Opel deal Germany says European Commission concerns about state aid in the sale of carmaker Opel do not put the deal at risk.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Boyzone star in tribute to Gately Boyzone singer Ronan Keating breaks down during his funeral tribute to former bandmate Stephen Gately in Dublin.
	Polanski moved for medical tests Film director Roman Polanski has been moved from a Swiss prison to undergo medical tests, his lawyer says.
	Calzaghe dances out of Strictly Former boxer Joe Calzaghe has become the latest celebrity to depart BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing show.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	UK looks to break climate logjam The UK hopes to bridge divides over tackling climate change at a meeting representing the world's major economies in London.
	Maldives cabinet makes a splash Maldives government ministers hold an underwater cabinet meeting to highlight the effects of global warming.
	LHC gets colder than deep space The Large Hadron Collider experiment has reached its operating temperature, colder even than deep space.

TECHNOLOGY
	Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay Uruguay has given 362,000 primary children laptops which run on a Linux desktop.
	ISP in file-sharing wi-fi theft TalkTalk has been an outspoken critic of UK government piracy plans and now it sets out to prove why.
	Confused message on UK broadband As Finland makes broadband 'a legal right' the UK government appears to toughen up its broadband plans.

HEALTH
	Warning over fibroids treatment UK doctors are warning that one of the newer treatments for heavy periods caused by fibroids can seriously harm any subsequent pregnancy.
	'No post-jab paracetamol' advice Routinely giving paracetamol to babies after vaccinations may lower the effectiveness of the immunisation, research suggests.
	Foetal kick charts 'inaccurate' Foetal kick charts, used to check a pregnancy's healthy progress, are inaccurate and should not be used, Irish researchers say.

EDUCATION
	Delay formal lessons 'to age six' A major review of primary education calls for children's formal learning to be delayed until they reach the age of six.
	Open-plan school hearing problems The acoustics of new schools will have to be improved after warnings open-plan designs make hearing difficult.
	Fewer than half get GCSE minimum Just under half of teenagers who took GCSEs this summer in England got five "good passes" including maths and English.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1989: East Germany leader ousted The Communist leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker, is forced to step down as leader of the country after a series of health problems.
	1963: Aristocrat is new prime minister A Scottish Earl, Lord Home, wins a bitter contest for the leadership of the Conservative Party to become Britain's new prime minister.
	1967: Soviets glimpse beneath clouds of Venus The Soviet Union sends a space probe beneath the cloud cover around Venus for the first time.

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