Spain's Eta 'declares ceasefire' - Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it has decided not to carry out "armed actions" in its campaign for independence, the BBC learns.

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'Banish Pakistan trio if guilty' - Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan says the three cricketers accused of spot-fixing should receive life bans from cricket if found guilty.

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Cell assault sergeant facing sack - A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.

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UK soldier killed in Afghan blast - A British soldier from The Royal Scots Borderers has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

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Gove defends free school numbers - Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".

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Burnt golf course body was a man - Police trying to identify a badly-burnt body found on a golf course in East Sussex believe the young man was murdered elsewhere.

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'US troops' repel Iraq attackers - US forces have helped repel an attack on an army base in Baghdad in which seven people died, security officials tell the BBC.

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SNP rethink Scots referendum plan - The Scottish government is set to shelve plans for an independence referendum before next year's election.

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Ex-army head attacks Labour PMs - Former head of the Army Gen Sir Richard Dannatt accuses Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Archbishop backs papal visit cost - The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales says taxpayers should help fund the Pope's visit because it is an official state event.

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