BBC News

24 May 2013 Last updated at 12:40 ET

Wife expected soldier 'to be safe'

The wife of the soldier murdered in a London street says she expected her husband to be safe in the UK.

Two men are held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after RAF jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan Airlines plane in UK airspace.

The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".

Features, analysis and background on the killing of a soldier outside a London barracks

Stoke make contact with Hughes

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Calls grow for 'snoopers' charter'

London Mayor Boris Johnson adds his voice to suggestions the Communications Data Bill could be revived after the murder of a soldier in a London street.
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House of Commons Watch

MPs approve same-sex marriage plans at third reading despite significant opposition.

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Woolwich mourns

Disbelief and mourning engulfs district after killing
Skin deep

Scientists discover why we scratch an itch
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The book group that can crush an author's hopes or find a bestseller
Newspaper review

Woolwich victim remembered in papers