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	Sunday, 07 February, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Expenses MPs warned over defence The Tory and Lib Dem leaders urge MPs facing expense claim charges not to use Parliamentary privilege as a defence.
	Snowstorm paralyses US east coast The most severe snow storms for decades hit eastern US, paralysing transport, and bringing Washington DC to a standstill.
	Jazz star Sir John Dankworth dies Sir John Dankworth, a mainstay of the British jazz scene for more than 60 years, has died, his family has confirmed.
	Tories plan school powers shift Local authorities in England could lose many of their planning powers regarding schools if the Conservatives win the election.
	Brown makes social care promise Gordon Brown has promised reforms in the social care system to stop the financial worry of old age.

WORLD
	G7 pledges to cancel Haiti debt The world's top seven industrialised nations vow to cancel Haiti's debts in the wake of its devastating earthquake.
	Snowstorm paralyses US east coast The most severe snow storms for decades hit eastern US, paralysing transport, and bringing Washington DC to a standstill.
	Sarah Palin addresses Tea Party Sarah Palin urges a return to common-sense conservatism in a speech at the first national Tea Party convention.

AFRICA
	Zuma apologises over love-child South African President Jacob Zuma apologises for fathering an illegitimate child, after a national outcry.
	Delays mar Nigeria regional poll Voting for a new governor in Nigeria's volatile Anambra state is delayed as police refuse to escort ballot papers.
	Mass protest at Togo football ban Over 10,000 people rally in Togo against a ban from the next two African Cup of Nations tournaments.

AMERICAS
	Snowstorm paralyses US east coast The most severe snow storms for decades hit eastern US, paralysing transport, and bringing Washington DC to a standstill.
	G7 pledges to cancel Haiti debt The world's top seven industrialised nations vow to cancel Haiti's debts in the wake of its devastating earthquake.
	Sarah Palin addresses Tea Party Sarah Palin urges a return to common-sense conservatism in a speech at the first national Tea Party convention.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Australia in huge China coal deal An Australian firm signs a $60bn deal to supply coal to Chinese power stations from a mine to be built in Queensland.
	Freed US man leaves North Korea US activist Robert Park arrives in Beijing after being freed from detention in North Korea, reports from South Korea say.
	Dinosaur footprint haul in China Scientists in China say they have discovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, all facing in the same direction.

EUROPE
	Ukraine braces for run-off poll Ukrainians are to vote in a presidential election run-off, after a bruising campaign and warnings of mass street protests.
	French aid worker freed in Chad A French aid worker seized in Chad last year is released unharmed, the Red Cross says.
	Portugal police find 'Eta cache' Portuguese police seize half a tonne of explosives they suspect belonged to Basque separatist group Eta.

MIDDLE EAST
	West questions Iran nuclear claim Western powers respond with scepticism to Iran's claim that a deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel could be close.
	Iraq video 'shows US contractor' A Shia militant group in Iraq posts an internet video showing a man who appears to be a missing US military contractor.
	Iran severs British Museum links Iran's national museum is to cut ties with the British Museum amid a dispute over the loan of an ancient Persian treasure.

SOUTH ASIA
	Thousands mourn Karachi bomb dead Mourners attend funerals for more than a dozen people killed in bomb attacks targeting Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi.
	Afghan villagers shot 'in error' Afghan police shoot dead seven young men near the Pakistani border after mistaking them for insurgents, a police official says.
	India US death sentences upheld A court in India upholds death sentences for two men convicted over a 2002 shooting attack on a US centre in Calcutta.

UK
	Jazz star Sir John Dankworth dies Sir John Dankworth, a mainstay of the British jazz scene for more than 60 years, has died, his family has confirmed.
	Tories plan school powers shift Local authorities in England could lose many of their planning powers regarding schools if the Conservatives win the election.
	Man seriously hurt at Stoke match An arrest is made after a man is found unconscious and suffering a head injury at a Stoke City Premier League home game.

ENGLAND
	Man seriously hurt at Stoke match An arrest is made after a man is found unconscious and suffering a head injury at a Stoke City Premier League home game.
	Prayers said after family deaths Prayers are to be said in a Shropshire town where the bodies of a mother, father and daughter were found two days ago.
	Man 'harassed' actress Knightley A 41-year-old man appears in court charged with harassing actress Keira Knightley.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	INLA disposes of weapons caches The Irish National Liberation Army which killed Tory MP Airey Neave and more than 120 other people decommissions its weapons.
	Durkan makes last leader address Mark Durkan delivers his final address to the SDLP as party leader at its annual conference in Newcastle, County Down.
	Royal Mail sorry for result delay Royal Mail apologises for problems delivering some exam results for the controversial Northern Ireland grammar school entrance tests.

SCOTLAND
	Call to cut caffeine in alcohol Legal limits should be placed on the amount of caffeine in alcoholic drinks such as Buckfast, Scottish Labour says.
	Salmond cancels auctioned lunches First Minister Alex Salmond cancels four Holyrood lunch appointments sold at auction to raise funds for the SNP.
	Campaign launched against cuts Scotland's largest public service union, Unison, is holding a rally in Glasgow to campaign against local service cuts.

POLITICS
	Tories plan school powers shift Local authorities in England could lose many of their planning powers regarding schools if the Conservatives win the election.
	Expenses MPs warned over defence The Tory and Lib Dem leaders urge MPs facing expense claim charges not to use Parliamentary privilege as a defence.
	Brown makes social care promise Gordon Brown has promised reforms in the social care system to stop the financial worry of old age.

BUSINESS
	Goldsmith backs BAE Systems deal The former attorney general says he "strongly supported" the plea bargain made by BAE Systems to end corruption investigations.
	Tax staff expose IT failures More problems with the HMRC computer system; the 'low risk' investment strategy that turned sour; volatile global markets; changes to the basic state pension.
	Debt and job worries hit shares Global shares fall sharply for the second straight day amid continued concerns about government debt levels.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Jazz star Sir John Dankworth dies Sir John Dankworth, a mainstay of the British jazz scene for more than 60 years, has died, his family has confirmed.
	Actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89 Actor Ian Carmichael, who starred on TV as Bertie Wooster and in films including I'm All Right Jack, dies aged 89.
	Man 'harassed' actress Knightley A 41-year-old man appears in court charged with harassing actress Keira Knightley.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Shuttle to deliver giant window The shuttle Endeavour is set to lift off from Florida on a mission to carry a giant bay window to the space station.
	Climate scepticism 'on the rise' The British public has become increasingly sceptical about climate change, a poll for BBC News suggests.
	Dynamic Pluto revealed in images Images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the icy dwarf planet Pluto undergoes dramatic seasonal changes.

TECHNOLOGY
	Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug A 17-year-old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft's February security update.
	US objects to Google books plan The US Department of Justice says that it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow Google to build a vast digital library.
	Pirate bill could 'breach rights' An influential group of MPs and peers says the government's approach to illegal file-sharing could breach the rights of net users.

HEALTH
	Premature birth gene clue found DNA differences which appear to affect the risk of giving birth early have been found by US scientists.
	Artificial pancreas diabetes hope Scientists in Cambridge show that an "artificial pancreas" can be used to regulate blood sugar in children with Type 1 diabetes.
	Transplant first in kidney sister A pioneering procedure has allowed a British woman to get a new kidney from her sister - even though the organ would normally be rejected.

EDUCATION
	Tories plan school powers shift Local authorities in England could lose many of their planning powers regarding schools if the Conservatives win the election.
	Teachers 'lack violence training' A union calls for compulsory training on dealing with violence in class as a study suggests new teachers are ill-prepared.
	Open University curbs Tesco deal The Open University is scaling back a scheme which allows students to pay for courses with Tesco clubcard points.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1945: Black Sea talks plan defeat of Germany Plans are being drawn up by London, Washington and Moscow for the final phase of the war against Germany.
	1964: Beatlemania arrives in the US Four members of the British hit band, the Beatles, arrive in New York at the start of their first tour of the United States.
	1974: Heath calls snap election over miners Prime Minister Edward Heath announces a general election and appeals to the miners to suspend their planned strike.

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