Two brothers succeed where an English power lifting champion failed, in picking up a giant stone in a Gwynedd town.

A new record is set for the highest temperature recorded in October - at 29.9C (85.8F)

Nato announces the arrest of a senior leader of the Haqqani network, blamed for a string of attacks in Afghanistan, and accused of ties to Pakistan.

Anderson's header sends Manchester United on the way to a victory over Norwich that keeps them top of the Premier League.

England manager Martin Johnson says World Cup quarter-final opponents France should not be underestimated.

Texas governor Rick Perry says he would consider US military intervention in Mexico's drug conflict if he were to win the US presidency in 2012.

A Red Cross team visits the Libyan city of Sirte, still held by Gaddafi loyalists, and reports a desperate need for medicines as fighting continues.

About 500 people from the Occupy Wall Street protest movement are arrested as they try to march across New York's Brooklyn Bridge.