- Carmaker Toyota is recalling 400,000 hybrid cars worldwide, including 8,500 in the UK, because of braking problems. - Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, announces he is to step down as head of the City regulator. - The BBC reveals the total amount paid to its performers who broadcast on radio and television. - Iran has begun the process of enriching uranium to 20% at its plant at Natanz in defiance of the West, state media says. - The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow Airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says. - Gordon Brown is facing a backbench rebellion over plans for a referendum on changing Britain's voting system. - A man branded a "wannabe suicide bomber" will not face a retrial on terrorism charges after a conviction is quashed. - Children as young as five are being targeted in an online safety campaign. - Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne is quizzed by police for the second time in two days after a disturbance at a hotel. - Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility wanes at a certain age. - Actress Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie are to reprise the roles of Kat and Alfie in EastEnders this autumn, it is announced. - The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl is the most-watched programme in US TV history, early figures show. - Portsmouth say they are close to reaching an agreement to avoid being wound up in the High Court. - West Ham owner David Sullivan says the club faces "Armageddon" if they are relegated from the Premier League. - Mark Bowen, Manchester City's former assistant manager, says Robinho "massively underperformed" at Manchester City. - Children as young as five are being targeted in a new online safety campaign. Is this the right approach? - Why surprise plays little part in latest Afghan operation - Hero pilot on the Heathrow crash landing - Child web safety: Which browser should you choose? - Will Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko challenge outcome? - Benicio Del Toro's werewolf film goes back to basics - Metropolitan Police Commander Ali Dizaei's downfall - Police investigate the death of a woman whose skeleton was found wrapped in carpet at a Manchester building site. - An inquiry begins to establish the extent of human trafficking in Scotland and whether victims have enough protection. - New shopping centre developers are "frustrated" at trying to persuade a government agency to move from the site. - Three people are being questioned by police over the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll last year. - Nigerian senators are debating a motion demanding sick President Umaru Yar'Adua hand over power to his deputy. - Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death. - Protesters calling for the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit block Palestinian visitors to an Israeli jail. - The Philippines charges 196 people with murder over a pre-election massacre which left 57 people dead. - Members of Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc say it will contest the conduct of Ukraine's presidential vote after her reported defeat. - An alumina refinery in east India run by a UK-based firm causes pollution threatening the health of locals, a rights group says. - Activity in the UK housing market was frozen by the snowy weather although prices continued to rise, surveyors say. - Health Secretary Andy Burnham denies planning a £20,000 compulsory inheritance levy to help pay for social care for the elderly in England. - Lingering residue from tobacco smoke that clings to upholstery, clothing and the skin releases cancer-causing agents, warn experts. - MPs say entry requirements for teacher training courses in England are too low and damage the status of the profession. - The Cassini probe returns yet more data to back up the idea of a sub-surface sea on Saturn's moon Enceladus. - Actor Charlie Sheen is charged with assaulting and threatening his wife Brooke Mueller during an argument on Christmas Day. - A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.
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