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	Friday, 29 February, 2008, 1:00 GMT 09:00 +08:00:Asia/Shanghai

Soldier prince
Prince Harry's wishes for active service come true

Revealing the past
The children's home long accused of hiding a dark secret




TOP STORIES

	Prince Harry on Afghan front line Prince Harry has been on the front line in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, the Ministry of Defence says.

	Immigration points system begins The UK's immigration system is overhauled with the launch of a points-based system for foreign workers.

	Dave Clark Five singer Smith dies Mike Smith, lead singer with 1960s British pop group The Dave Clark Five, dies aged 64, his US agent confirms.

	Kenya rivals agree to share power Kenya's rival leaders sign a power-sharing deal mediated by Kofi Annan to end the country's post-election crisis.

	Conrad Black must start jail term A court has told the former media boss Conrad Black he must report to jail on March 3 to start his sentence.




WORLD

	Kenya rivals agree to share power Kenya's rival leaders sign a power-sharing deal mediated by Kofi Annan to end the country's post-election crisis.

	Cuba signs human rights pledges As communist Cuba signs legally binding UN covenants on human rights, critics call for dissidents to be freed.

	China to log its worst polluters The Chinese government is to survey the country's major sources of pollution and compile a national census.




AFRICA

	Kenya rivals agree to share power Kenya's rival leaders sign a power-sharing deal mediated by Kofi Annan to end the country's post-election crisis.

	Child shot dead in Cameroon drama Gendarmes disperse Cameroon protesters using children as human shields, leaving a boy shot dead.

	S Africa video was 'play-acting' A video showing white South African students bullying black staff members was "play-acting", lawyers say.




AMERICAS

	Fears grow for Farc sick hostage Concern for the health of kidnapped Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt prompts fresh calls for her release.

	Cuba signs human rights pledges As communist Cuba signs legally binding UN covenants on human rights, critics call for dissidents to be freed.

	Bush urges wiretap immunity law US President George W Bush urges Congress to pass a law to allow warrantless wiretaps of suspected terrorists.




ASIA-PACIFIC

	China to log its worst polluters The Chinese government is to survey the country's major sources of pollution and compile a national census.

	Emotional return for ex-Thai PM Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra returns home, 17 months after being deposed in a military coup.

	Fisherman swims 10 hours to shore A fisherman swims for more than 10 hours to seek help for his crew mates after their trawler sank off Australia.




EUROPE

	Six held in Nordic 'terror raids' Police in Sweden and Norway make six arrests in a co-ordinated operation targeting terror suspects.

	Prince Harry on Afghan front line Prince Harry has been on the front line in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, the Ministry of Defence says.

	Kosovo partition scheme opposed The EU and US are adamant Kosovo will not be split in two because of the divide between ethnic groups




MIDDLE EAST

	US warship sails towards Lebanon The US orders a warship into position off the coast of Lebanon as a "show of support for regional stability".

	Four children die in Gaza strike Four Palestinian children are killed in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, medics say.

	Woman to conduct Egypt marriages Egypt appoints its first female notary to assist at the weddings of Muslim couples, in Qinayat east of Cairo.




SOUTH ASIA

	Nepalese group set to end strike The Nepalese government reaches agreement with a southern ethnic group that is set to end a general strike.

	Prince Harry on Afghan front line Prince Harry has been on the front line in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, the Ministry of Defence says.

	Hundreds of Pashmina goats dead Some 600 rare goats that give the wool for Kashmir's prized Pashmina shawls have reportedly died of starvation.




UK

	Prince Harry on Afghan front line Prince Harry has been on the front line in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, the Ministry of Defence says.

	Immigration points system begins The UK's immigration system is overhauled with the launch of a points-based system for foreign workers.

	Dave Clark Five singer Smith dies Mike Smith, lead singer with 1960s British pop group The Dave Clark Five, dies aged 64, his US agent confirms.




ENGLAND

	Poison plot wife given 30 years A woman who tried to kill her husband by putting anti-freeze into his curry and wine is jailed for 30 years.

	Major gas terminal blaze put out Firefighters tackle a major fire at one of the largest gas terminals in the UK after an explosion.

	Home Office CD in auction laptop A highly confidential Home Office disk is found inside a laptop computer bought on an internet auction site.




NORTHERN IRELAND

	Twin tried to save dying sister The twin of the girl who died after a lorry crashed into a bus describes how fellow pupils tried to save her life.

	Livestock import suspension move The Stormont executive approves a week-long suspension of the import of breeding animals.

	Blaze destroys thatched roof pub A major blaze in County Antrim destroys one of Ireland's largest thatched roof pubs.




SCOTLAND

	Clegg sets target for Lib Dem MPs The Liberal Democrat leader is to set his party the task of doubling its tally of Scottish MPs within six years.

	MSPs vote to scrap endowment fee MSPs vote to scrap the endowment charge currently paid by Scottish students after they graduate.

	Trump 'disappointed' over inquiry Donald Trump describes as "disappointing" the decision to hold a public inquiry into his £1bn golf resort application.




WALES

	'Best practice' of E.coli butcher A butcher at the centre of an E.coli outbreak had featured in a government publication promoting businesses.

	OAP denies killing partner in bed The 72-year-old partner of a woman found bludgeoned to death in bed tells a jury he did not kill her.

	Hoaxer free as 999 therapy fails A woman escapes another jail sentence for hoax 999 calls because electric shock therapy failed.




POLITICS

	Passholder held over Commons demo A Parliamentary passholder is arrested over the protest staged on the roof of the Houses of Parliament.

	12,000 jobs cut in Whitehall dept The Department of Work and Pensions is to cut 12,000 jobs in three years to meet spending restrictions.

	Police chief seeks Conway answers Scotland Yard asks the Commons standards chief why the Derek Conway case was not referred to its detectives.




BUSINESS

	Conrad Black must start jail term A court has told the former media boss Conrad Black he must report to jail on March 3 to start his sentence.

	Oil price hits a new record high Oil prices hit another record level because of the weakening dollar and US economic slowdown fears.

	Rogue wheat trader costs $141.5m A rogue trader dealing in wheat contracts has caused his company more than $140m (£70m) in losses.




ENTERTAINMENT

	Arctic Monkeys land NME hat-trick Arctic Monkeys win three gongs, including best British band, at this year's NME Awards in London.

	Dave Clark Five singer Smith dies Mike Smith, lead singer with 1960s British pop group The Dave Clark Five, dies aged 64, his US agent confirms.

	Boy George denies chaining charge The former Culture Club frontman appears in court to deny falsely imprisoning a male escort by chaining him to a wall.




SCIENCE/NATURE

	No impact from Energy Saving Day The UK's first Energy Saving Day ends with no discernible reduction in the country's electricity consumption.

	Scientists advance 'drought crop' Scientists make a breakthrough in plant genes that could lead to crops that can survive drought.

	UK astronomers on 'rollercoaster' Britain is re-instated as a full Gemini Observatory member, giving it continued access to two major telescopes.




TECHNOLOGY

	Legal aid for whistle-blower site Rights groups help whistle-blowing site Wikileaks fight attempts to keep it offline.

	Web desktop targets 'cybernomads' A system which offers 'personal desktop' to 500 million who access the web every day via cybercafes

	Ofcom set to ban 'unfair' charges Telecom and internet firms will soon have to stop levying extra charges that are unfair, the regulator Ofcom says.




HEALTH

	Dramatic rise in C. diff deaths The number of Clostridium difficile deaths in England and Wales has soared, official figures show.

	NHS dentist access 'gets harder' The government's reforms of NHS dentist care in England do not seem to have improved access, figures suggest.

	New clue in motor neurone puzzle Researchers say the discovery of a genetic mutation is the most significant breakthrough for Motor Neurone Disease in 15 years.




EDUCATION

	Children's mags 'damage writing' Children's ability to write is being damaged by lightweight fiction and magazines, a report suggests.

	Slight rise in female professors The proportion of women in top university roles in the UK has increased, new statistics show.

	Memory issue 'hits 10% of pupils' Researchers say one in 10 schoolchildren may underachieve because of a "working memory" impairment.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES

1960: Thousands dead in Moroccan earthquake
A huge earthquake devastates the southern Moroccan city of Agadir killing thousands.

1996: Siege of Sarajevo is lifted
The siege of Sarajevo is officially over - four years to the day since Bosnian Muslims and Croats voted in a referendum to break away from Yugoslavia.

2000: Appeal for Mozambique flood victims
International aid agencies in Mozambique say they need extra helicopters to rescue thousands trapped by rising flood waters.




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