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	Wednesday, 28 April, 2010, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Parties face cut plans scrutiny The parties are set to face increased scrutiny of their spending plans amid claims they are hiding the scale of likely cuts.
	Police chief defends MP's arrest The former police chief who arrested Tory MP Damian Green in a leaks probe has defended his actions.
	Senate panel grills Goldman boss Goldman Sachs' chief executive has denied his bank contributed to the US financial crisis by betting some of its own investment products would fail.
	Banks slated over customer gripes The UK's biggest High Street banks are criticised by the City regulator for the poor way they deal with customer complaints.
	Call for bowel cancer screening A five-minute, one-off screening test could prevent thousands of people dying from bowel cancer every year, experts say.

WORLD
	Senate panel grills Goldman boss Goldman Sachs' chief executive has denied his bank contributed to the US financial crisis by betting some of its own investment products would fail.
	Markets hit by Greece junk rating World markets slide as Greece's debt is downgraded to junk status amid fears over its economic crisis.
	Growing concerns over US oil leak The US Coast Guard says if leaks from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico are not stemmed soon, they could cause one of the worst spills in US history.

AFRICA
	South Sudan rival challenges poll Lam Akol, leader of Southern Sudan's second largest party, vows to challenge in court the "massive rigging" in the recent elections.
	Tunisia dissident reporter free Taoufik Ben Brik, a journalist critical of Tunisia's president, leaves prison after serving a six-month sentence for assault.
	UN backs tougher stance on piracy The UN Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution aimed at making it easier to prosecute and imprison Somalia pirates.

AMERICAS
	Senate panel grills Goldman boss Goldman Sachs' chief executive has denied his bank contributed to the US financial crisis by betting some of its own investment products would fail.
	Growing concerns over US oil leak The US Coast Guard says if leaks from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico are not stemmed soon, they could cause one of the worst spills in US history.
	France keeps Noriega in detention Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is to be held in French custody until his trial, a judge in Paris rules.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Australia shelves climate scheme Australia says a key emissions trading scheme will not start until 2013 at the earliest, after it was repeatedly blocked in the Senate.
	China lifts ban on HIV carriers China has lifted travel restrictions for foreigners who suffer from HIV and AIDS.
	Britons urged to avoid Thailand The Foreign Office warns Britons to avoid all but essential travel to Thailand amid increasing tension there.

EUROPE
	Markets hit by Greece junk rating World markets slide as Greece's debt is downgraded to junk status amid fears over its economic crisis.
	Chaos as Ukraine votes on fleet Chaos erupts in Ukraine's parliament as members vote to extend the lease on a Russian naval base in Ukraine.
	France keeps Noriega in detention Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is to be held in French custody until his trial, a judge in Paris rules.

MIDDLE EAST
	Hezbollah 'has improved missiles' US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns that Hezbollah now has more rockets and missiles than most governments.
	Iraq impasse 'heightens violence' Continuing political uncertainty in Iraq is contributing to a rise in the number of civilian deaths, Amnesty International warns.
	Israel army disciplines soldiers Israel's top military commander disciplines four officers involved in the deaths of four Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.

SOUTH ASIA
	Pakistan suicide bomb kills four Four policemen die in a suicide car bomb at a checkpoint in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.
	India holds diplomat for 'spying' India arrests one of its diplomats on charges of spying for Pakistan as the two countries' leaders prepare for a regional summit.
	Briton is jailed in Afghanistan A British man found guilty of corruption is sentenced to two years in one of Afghanistan's most notorious prisons.

UK
	Parties face cut plans scrutiny The parties are set to face increased scrutiny of their spending plans amid claims they are hiding the scale of likely cuts.
	Police chief defends MP's arrest The former police chief who arrested Tory MP Damian Green in a leaks probe has defended his actions.
	Banks slated over customer gripes The UK's biggest High Street banks are criticised by the City regulator for the poor way they deal with customer complaints.

ENGLAND
	Women win millions in equal pay Birmingham City Council may have to pay tens of millions of pounds to 5,000 women who have won equal pay claims.
	Man charged over canal murders A man is charged with murdering two women whose bodies were found in canals in London and Rotterdam.
	New British moth is world first A moth new to science and found nowhere else in the world has been formally recognised as living in the UK.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Two charged over Chicago attack Chicago police charge a man and a woman with a baseball bat attack in which a County Armagh student and a friend were injured.
	Flats buyer 'rushed by solicitor' A buyer who failed to complete on three apartments following the house price crash was not told by his former solicitor he could be held liable for the full amount, the High Court hears.
	Trust admits baby case liability A health trust admits liability in an action brought by the family of a Tyrone woman left brain damaged at birth in a Belfast hospital in 1985.

SCOTLAND
	Tory suspended over gay comments Conservative election candidate Philip Lardner is suspended for making "deeply offensive and unacceptable" comments about homosexuality.
	Rangers investigated on tax issue Rangers confirm that the club is under investigation by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs over payments made into offshore accounts.
	Ash chaos committee on 'stand-by' The Scottish Government Resilience Room moves to "stand-by" mode after the flights disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud subside.

BUSINESS
	Markets hit by Greece junk rating World markets slide as Greece's debt is downgraded to junk status amid fears over its economic crisis.
	Senate panel grills Goldman boss Goldman Sachs' chief executive has denied his bank contributed to the US financial crisis by betting some of its own investment products would fail.
	Spending cuts 'deepest since 70s' The UK faces the deepest spending cuts since the 1970s, regardless of the election result, a leading think tank says.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Allwright to stand in on One Show Presenter Matt Allwright and comedian Paul Merton will stand-in as hosts over the next two weeks for the BBC's One Show.
	Wood set for Eric and Ernie drama Comedian and actress Victoria Wood is to star as comedian Eric Morecambe's mother in a TV drama about the early years of Morecambe and Wise.
	US dramas feature in poll race The director of US real-time TV drama 24 and the star of The Wire feature in the UK election campaign.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Australia shelves climate scheme Australia says a key emissions trading scheme will not start until 2013 at the earliest, after it was repeatedly blocked in the Senate.
	New 'heart' for particle detector An anti-matter detector to be installed on the space station is to have a key component changed in order to help it spend longer in space.
	New British moth is world first A moth new to science and found nowhere else in the world has been formally recognised as living in the UK.

TECHNOLOGY
	Police investigate iPhone blogger The editor of gadget blog Gizmodo has his computers seized after obtaining an iPhone prototype left in a Californian bar.
	Nokia launches open source phone The first handset to use the Symbian operating system since it became open source is announced by Nokia.
	UK seeks cyber security experts A government-backed competition has been launched to find Britons who can help protect the nation from cyber threats.

HEALTH
	Call for bowel cancer screening A five-minute, one-off screening test could prevent thousands of people dying from bowel cancer every year, experts say.
	Patient expectations 'too high' Patients expect miracles and are too quick to launch legal action when they do not happen, nurses say.
	New pill for men to 'last longer' A drug to tackle the problem of premature ejaculation goes on sale in the UK.

EDUCATION
	Student attack on fees 'secrecy' Top universities are concealing their plans for tuition fees until after the election, Oxford University students claim.
	Cameron tackled on special needs Tory leader David Cameron is tackled by the father of a boy with spina bifida over the inclusion of disabled children in schools.
	Primary schools places pressure Primary schools in some parts of England are facing a surge in demand for places this autumn.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1986: Soviets admit nuclear accident The Soviet Union acknowledges there has been an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.
	1996: Gunman runs amok in Tasmania At least 32 die when a man opens fire indiscriminately on a crowded tourist area of Tasmania, Australia.
	1945: Italian partisans kill Mussolini Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy until his downfall in 1943, has been killed by partisans along with his mistress, Clara Petacci, and some close associates.

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