A police hunt for a gunman who shot one woman in the knee and injured two others at a hair salon in Newport is continuing.

Riot-damaged businesses are claiming for clean-up costs to both their insurers and to a taxpayer backed fund, prompting debate over the bill.

Minister Alistair Burt says he is "deeply saddened" by the death of a New Zealand special forces soldier during an attack on the British Council in Kabul.

About 60,000 places remain at universities this year, with 419,000 students already accepted, the admissions body says.

A man wanted in connection with a shooting in a hairdresser's in Newport, South Wales, is found dead in woods, Gwent Police say.

Libyan rebels face heavy fighting in Zawiya and Zlitan on either side of Tripoli, as they continue an offensive against Col Muammar Gaddafi.

The millionaire owner of the Segway company, Jimi Heselden, leaves an estate of more than £340m to his family.

The Scottish government says it has been "vindicated" over its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber two years ago.