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	Wednesday, 23 December, 2009, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	University funding cut by £533m Lord Mandelson announces cuts to university funding of £533m in the annual grant letter to academic institutions.
	One dead, 48 hurt in coach crash One person is killed and another 48 are hurt, six seriously, as a coach crashes in icy conditions in Cornwall.
	'Legal high' drugs banned in UK A ban on a range of drugs, known as "legal highs", comes into force in the UK, the government announces.
	Snowfall delays Christmas getaway Snow and ice continue to disrupt travel and delay the Christmas getaway for thousands.
	A&E wait tactics 'under attack' Hospitals are "fiddling" the four-hour A&E waiting time target by using wards as dumping grounds, the Conservatives say.

WORLD
	Body of Colombian governor found A Colombian provincial governor is found dead after the most high-profile kidnapping of a politician since 2002.
	Big chill brings misery to Europe Europe faces continued transport chaos as a cold snap sweeps across the continent, causing at least 90 deaths.
	Balloon parents must pay $42,000 The US parents responsible for pretending their son was adrift in a balloon are ordered to pay the $42,000 rescue bill.

AFRICA
	Ethiopia death sentences for plot An Ethiopian court sentences five people to death and 33 others to life in prison over a plot to kill government officials.
	Cash for Liberia whistle-blowers Liberia's president issues a decree to pay and protect whistle-blowers as part of her campaign to tackle corruption.
	Sex intervention combats malaria Scientists believe it may be possible to combat malaria by interfering with the sex lives of the mosquitoes which spread the disease.

AMERICAS
	Body of Colombian governor found A Colombian provincial governor is found dead after the most high-profile kidnapping of a politician since 2002.
	US appoints cybersecurity chief The White House appoints former Microsoft executive Howard Schmidt as it cyber tsar, following a seven month search.
	US woman held over Obama 'threat' US Secret Service agents arrest a woman accused of threatening to kill Michelle Obama during a family break to Hawaii.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Trial for Chinese dissident Liu Prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is facing trial in Beijing on charges of subversion, amid Western criticism.
	Australian rains bring kangaroos Farmers in northern Australia say kangaroos are overrunning their land, as a cull is suspended further south.
	Man jailed for eating rare tiger A man is jailed for 12 years for killing and eating an extremely rare Indochinese tiger in southern China.

EUROPE
	Big chill brings misery to Europe Europe faces continued transport chaos as a cold snap sweeps across the continent, causing at least 90 deaths.
	Auschwitz theft 'ordered abroad' A Polish prosecutor says the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from Auschwitz was ordered from abroad.
	Germany refuses Nefertiti return Germany has said an ancient bust of Queen Nefertiti is too fragile to return to Egypt - even temporarily.

MIDDLE EAST
	Iran's Mousavi loses public post Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is fired as head of Iran's Arts Institution, one of two public posts he holds.
	World 'failed Gaza over blockade' Aid agencies criticise the international community for failing to help end Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.
	Iranian crowd frees condemned men A crowd in Iran frees two men just before they are executed, officials say, though the convicts are later captured.

SOUTH ASIA
	Pakistan press club hit by bomber A suicide bomber kills at least three people outside a club for journalists in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar.
	Pakistan court orders ear cutting A Pakistani court orders that two men have their noses and ears cut off, after they did the same to a woman they abducted.
	Bengali 'should be UN language' The assembly in India's West Bengal state passes a resolution backing Bangladesh's call for Bengali to be an official UN language.

UK
	Snowfall delays Christmas getaway Snow and ice continue to disrupt travel and delay the Christmas getaway for thousands.
	University funding cut by £533m Lord Mandelson announces cuts to university funding of £533m in the annual grant letter to academic institutions.
	One dead, 48 hurt in coach crash One person is killed and another 48 are hurt, six seriously, as a coach crashes in icy conditions in Cornwall.

ENGLAND
	One dead, 48 hurt in coach crash One person is killed and another 48 are hurt, six seriously, as a coach crashes in icy conditions in Cornwall.
	Parents make 1979 abduction plea The parents of a teenager abducted from London 30 years ago make a final appeal for information about his fate.
	Funeral for war's 100th casualty The funeral of the 100th soldier to die in Afghanistan in 2009 is to be held in his home town in Suffolk with a guard of honour.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Adams' brother hands himself in A brother of Gerry Adams, who is wanted in connection with allegations he abused his daughter, has turned himself into Irish police.
	Disruption to flights continues Flights due into Northern Ireland from snowbound airports across the United Kingdom are still being hit by delays.
	Bank interested in mutual society Talks with a bank interested in taking over the PMS are at an advanced stage, Jeffrey Donaldson says.

SCOTLAND
	Scotland's bad weather continues Further disruption is expected on Scotland's roads because of the continued adverse weather.
	Fresh plea over missing man case The family of a man who went missing from his Glasgow flat on Christmas Eve 25 years ago make a public plea for help.
	Music tuition 'vital' for schools A teaching union contacts every school in Scotland in a bid to promote and support music tuition and calls for funding.

POLITICS
	A&E wait tactics 'under attack' Hospitals are "fiddling" the four-hour A&E waiting time target by using wards as dumping grounds, the Conservatives say.
	University funding cut by £533m Lord Mandelson announces cuts to university funding of £533m in the annual grant letter to academic institutions.
	Hutton admits 'PM disaster' jibe Ex-defence secretary John Hutton admits he was the cabinet minister who said Gordon Brown would be a "disaster" as PM.

BUSINESS
	Bank charges challenge is dropped The Office of Fair Trading has decided to drop its investigation into the fairness of bank overdraft charges.
	Long-term unemployment 'doubles' The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for more than a year has nearly doubled, the TUC says.
	Fiat unveils one million car plan Fiat unveils plans to increase annual car production in Italy to one million, but says it will still shut its Sicily factory.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Ronnie Wood cautioned for assault Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, 62, is cautioned by police for common assault following an incident in Surrey earlier this month.
	Probation fights Boy George plea Boy George barred from Celebrity Big Brother because the Probation Service fears a media attack, his lawyers say.
	Avatar races to top of UK chart James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar tops the UKand Ireland box office in its first weekend of release.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Bird-like dinosaur was 'venomous' A bird-like dinosaur that prowled an ancient forest 125 million years ago used venom to subdue its prey, according to a new theory.
	Soyuz docked with space station A spacecraft carrying an international crew docks with the International Space Station, Russian mission control says.
	'Bumper year' for botanical finds Almost 300 species - including giant trees and tiny fungi - have been described for the first time by UK botanists in 2009.

TECHNOLOGY
	Firefox for mobile ready to debut The first version of the Firefox web browser for mobile phones is "days away" from launch, the head of the project says.
	Microsoft patent verdict upheld A US appeals court upholds a $290m (£182m) verdict against Microsoft in a patent dispute with Canadian company i4i.
	US appoints cybersecurity chief The White House appoints former Microsoft executive Howard Schmidt as it cyber tsar, following a seven month search.

HEALTH
	A&E wait tactics 'under attack' Hospitals are "fiddling" the four-hour A&E waiting time target by using wards as dumping grounds, the Conservatives say.
	Low hormones 'make birth harder' Expectant mums who are low in thyroid hormone are more likely to struggle with labour, findings suggest.
	Old heart patients 'over-drugged' People over the age of 80 are being treated too aggressively for high blood pressure, researchers claim.

EDUCATION
	University funding cut by £533m Lord Mandelson announces cuts to university funding of £533m in the annual grant letter to academic institutions.
	Pair quit amid student loans row Two directors at the Student Loans Company have resigned in the wake of a damning report on payment delays, the company confirms.
	Pupil complaints service revised Pupils and parents in England can now complain about schools to an ombudsman service.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1972: Earthquake wreaks devastation in Nicaragua Ten thousand people are feared dead after a two-hour earthquake rips through the Nicaraguan capital, Managua.
	1956: Jubilation as allied troops leave Suez The United Nations Emergency Force takes over in Egypt after British and French forces withdraw from Port Said and Port Fuad ending the Suez Crisis.
	1992: Queen's Christmas speech leaked The BBC investigates a leak which led to the Queen's Christmas speech being published in a national newspaper.

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