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	Thursday, 01 April, 2010, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Company bosses back Tories on tax More than 20 business leaders voice support for Tory plans to scrap part of a planned National Insurance rise if they win power.
	Snow strands passengers on train A rescue train is sent to collect 107 rail passengers stranded for nearly six hours when their train hits a snowdrift.
	Rise in £100,000 council workers The number of UK council bosses earning £100,000 or more rose by 14% last year, according to a campaign group.
	Society 'risk-averse' on parole Large numbers of people remain in jail because society is too "risk-averse" to their release on licence, a parole chief says.
	PM admits migration data 'misuse' Gordon Brown admits he "misused" immigration figures after being criticised by the statistics watchdog.

WORLD
	UN Haiti pledges surpass targets Aid pledges totalling nearly $10bn are made for earthquake-hit Haiti, exceeding the target set at a donor conference.
	Key candidate quits Sudan polls Southern Sudan's main candidate for national president pulls out of the race, casting doubt on the electoral process.
	Confession over US mission attack A man held over a recent fatal attack on US consular staff in Mexico confesses to participating in the murders, officials say.

AFRICA
	Key candidate quits Sudan polls Southern Sudan's main candidate for national president pulls out of the race, casting doubt on the electoral process.
	ICC to investigate Kenya violence The International Criminal Court allows its prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes against humanity after Kenya's 2007 poll.
	Ugandan man admits to tomb fire A man turns himself in to Uganda's police, confessing to starting the fire which destroyed five Buganda royal tombs.

AMERICAS
	UN Haiti pledges surpass targets Aid pledges totalling nearly $10bn are made for earthquake-hit Haiti, exceeding the target set at a donor conference.
	Obama eases ban on oil drilling Barack Obama proposes ending a decades-old ban on new offshore oil drilling, in a bid to cut US dependence on imports.
	Confession over US mission attack A man held over a recent fatal attack on US consular staff in Mexico confesses to participating in the murders, officials say.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Weather halts Korea ship search South Korean search teams have suspend their efforts to reach missing sailors on a sunken warship, because of poor weather conditions.
	China arrests over dumped babies Two hospital workers are arrested and several suspended after 21 dead babies are found on a river bank in northern China.
	'Cyber attacks' on Vietnam sites Web giant Google says malicious software has been used to spy on online critics of bauxite mines in Vietnam.

EUROPE
	Chechen rebel claims Metro blasts Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov says he ordered the attacks on the Moscow Metro, as Russia buries blast victims.
	Belgian board votes for veil ban A committee of Belgian MPs votes to prohibit face-covering Islamic veils, paving the way for the first such ban in Europe.
	US offers to extend jet deadline The Pentagon says it will extend the bidding deadline for a new fleet of US air refuelling tankers, if EADS makes a formal request.

MIDDLE EAST
	Call to bar Iraq election winners Six of the winning candidates in Iraq's elections should be disqualified because of alleged ties to the former Baath government, a vetting panel says.
	Iranian scientist 'defects to US' An Iranian nuclear scientist who has been missing since June has defected to the United States, a media report there says.
	Death 'looms for Saudi sorcerer' The lawyer for a Lebanese TV host sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft appeals for international help to save him.

SOUTH ASIA
	Sri Lanka leader to visit Jaffna Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to make a rare visit to Jaffna, the cultural capital of the country's Tamil minority.
	Afghan market bombing kills many A bomb in a busy Afghan market kills 13 people as the top US military official visits Kabul ahead of a new offensive.
	Mumbai attacks trial concludes The trial of the man alleged to be the sole surviving gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attacks concludes, with a verdict expected in May.

UK
	Girl killed as heavy snow hits UK A 17-year-old girl is killed in a school coach crash as heavy snow and strong winds hit parts of the UK.
	Company bosses back Tories on tax More than 20 business leaders voice support for Tory plans to scrap part of a planned National Insurance rise if they win power.
	Rise in £100,000 council workers The number of UK council bosses earning £100,000 or more rose by 14% last year, according to a campaign group.

ENGLAND
	Policeman cleared of G20 assault A police officer accused of striking a woman with a metal baton at a G20 protest in London is cleared of common assault.
	Heathrow armed raid gang jailed A Heathrow warehouse robber is sentenced to 20 years in prison at the end of a historic trial without a jury.
	Tagged pet shop owner 'stunned' A pet shop owner says she was stunned to be electronically tagged after selling a goldfish to a 15-year-old boy.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	PSNI search Gilligan firm office Police officers search the offices of a company linked to Northern Ireland Policing Board chairman Barry Gilligan.
	30,000 homes still without power About 30,000 homes remain without power after an ice-storm knocks out parts of Northern Ireland's electricity network.
	Robinson 'must provide answers' Martin McGuinness says Peter Robinsons has "questions to answer" after reports he and his wife bought valuable land for £5.

SCOTLAND
	Snow strands passengers on train A rescue train is sent to collect 107 rail passengers stranded for nearly six hours when their train hits a snowdrift.
	Thousands without power overnight Thousands of homes across Scotland are spending the night without power after heavy winds and snow battered the country.
	Council debates Purcell departure Glasgow City Council will discuss an SNP motion on the controversial departure of its former leader Steven Purcell later.

POLITICS
	Company bosses back Tories on tax More than 20 business leaders voice support for Tory plans to scrap part of a planned National Insurance rise if they win power.
	PM admits migration data 'misuse' Gordon Brown admits he "misused" immigration figures after being criticised by the statistics watchdog.
	Rise in £100,000 council workers The number of UK council bosses earning £100,000 or more rose by 14% last year, according to a campaign group.

BUSINESS
	US offers to extend jet deadline The Pentagon says it will extend the bidding deadline for a new fleet of US air refuelling tankers, if EADS makes a formal request.
	New carbon emission scheme starts A new scheme to cut carbon emissions from big businesses and other organisations comes into effect.
	EMI ends talks to sell US rights EMI abandons talks to license out the rights to its records in the US and Canada, a deal it hoped would raise vitally needed funds.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Reunited Libertines play pub gig The Libertines play together for the first time since 2004 and pledge to stay together for their summer festival dates.
	Kapoor designs 2012 Orbit tower A spiralling sculpture designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor is chosen as the monument to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games.
	Bullock's husband 'seeking help' The husband of Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock has checked into a treatment facility, according to US reports.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Blueprint of the songbird genome Scientists create a "blueprint" of a songbird genome, revealing evolutionary clues about vocal communication.
	Climate science 'openness' urged MPs investigating the recent climate change e-mail row demand greater transparency from climate scientists.
	Toads can 'predict earthquakes' Common toads can sense an impending earthquake, fleeing their colony days before seismic activity strikes.

TECHNOLOGY
	Phones knocked out by flood at BT A flood at a BT exchange in Paddington has affected thousands of broadband and phone customers in the UK.
	Opposition mounts to digital bill The government publishes a new draft of a controversial clause of the Digital Economy Bill as critics argue it should not be rushed through parliament.
	Ordnance Survey offers free data Mapping agency frees up more data for re-use by the public as part of a Government initiative.

HEALTH
	Top hospitals face tough censure A dozen NHS trusts meant to be among the elite have been told to improve or face tough sanctions.
	Cheap holidays 'skin cancer link' The advent of cheap package holidays in the 1970s has led to a "generational shift" in the rates of skin cancer, a charity warns.
	Prostate cancer prevention clue A drug already used in men with enlarged prostates seems to cut the risk of prostate cancer, an international study has shown.

EDUCATION
	Children 'need more school trips' More funding is needed to send school pupils in England on educational trips outside the classroom, according to a report by MPs.
	Tory free schools 'barking mad' A teachers' leader has described Conservative plans to allow parents to set up and run their own schools in England as "barking mad".
	Majority of women in university For the first time, more than half of young women are now entering university, figure reveal.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1957: BBC fools the nation The BBC receives a mixed reaction to a spoof documentary about spaghetti crops in Switzerland.
	1990: Rioting inmates take over Strangeways Up to 1,000 prisoners run amok at Strangeways Prison in Manchester in a violent protest against overcrowding.
	2001: Ex-Yugoslav leader arrested after siege Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is arrested and taken to prison

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