Shane Warne, the Australian spin bowler, is to retire from international cricket at the end of the ashes. Just one wicket away from taking 700 international wickets, he has just two more test matches to put him over that land mark

Daisy barked. Owner sets off alarm. Robbers get nothing.

A second man has been arrested in connection with the killings of five woman in the Ipswich (England) area. The man, as yet unnamed, is a 48 year old living in Ipswich. He was arrested at his house at 5am (GMT) this morning.

In a fit of drunken stupidity, Kevin Craswell fell asleep on the mainline to London railtracks. Using the rail as a pillow he slept through passing trains, an over head helicopter and threat of a live rail inches from his feet.

The UK's Crown prosecution service (CPS) has suggested that worst offences of 'Death by reckless driving' should be tried as manslaughter cases.

Corporal Bryan Budd has been awarded the UK's highest military honour after giving his life to save seven comrades. Corporal Budd took on seven Taleban fighters in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.

E-music user, Michael Brennan, downloaded the 100th million song from the site, and gets his name used in a Barenaked Ladies track.

In the space of just over a week, three bodies have found near the busy Suffolk town of Ipswich. All three women have been found naked, with no obvious injuries or signs of a sexual assault. All three worked as prostitutes in Ipswich.

Yvonne Renton, 39, has been jailed for 18 months for indecently assualting two under aged boys. Renton, a business woman from Kent, England, denied the charges, but has been found guilty and will be placed on the Sex Offenders register.

The UK Christmas Number One is an important cultural event.... in Britain at least. This year, The Killers try to make it to the top with a single where profits will go to fight AIDS.

A UK Police force have started posting videos of their officers in action to YouTube to help recruitment new officers. Clips are trying to help the police improve their image.

Trailed for a whole now, IKEA are hoping to sell their first flatpacked houses in Gateshead, UK. BoKlok, the arm making the homes, are expected to sell for less £100,000.

Microsoft's latest flagship product, the new Windows Vista, went on sale this morning to business users.

The 2006 Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction award has won by Ian Hollingshead for a section of his novel TwentySomething. The award, now in it's 14th year is awarde to the writer who makes the most ham-fisted attempt of literary sex.

Allen Carr who gave up smoking 23 years ago died aged 72 from lung cancer. He came up with the EasyWay method, and went from 100 a day habit to 0. His methods have cured over 10 million smokers, by his estimation.

Back in September, online Wine trading company Uvine was declared bankrupt with debts of £10 million. The directors now face charges for wrongful trading. There are parallels with this and the Farepak bankruptcy.

Google, everyone's favourite search engine/web services/media provider/internet behemoth is extending it's Google Foundation. This branch of Google looks at ways to solve the world's largest problems.

Australia have won the first Ashes test match by a resounding 277 runs.

Former Italian PM, Silvio Berlusconi collapsed in front of supporters during a speech in Northern Italy. Media Mogul Berlusconi is Italy's richest man, but is on trial facing fraud and money laundering charges.

England are under the cosh after day 2 of the ashes, slumping to 53 for 3 at the close of play in reply to Australia's first innings total of 602 for 9 declared.