UK News: Former bishops make switch to Catholicism

The Archbishop of Westminster will today ordain three former Church of England bishops as Roman Catholic priests as a new Vatican scheme for disaffected Anglicans gets under way.

The Most Rev Vincent Nichols will ordain Andrew Burnham, Keith Newton and John Broadhurst.

Review into hacking case

Prosecutors are to trawl through all the Scotland Yard material linked to the News of the World phone-hacking scandal in a move which could spark fresh prosecutions.

Reporter Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were jailed in January 2007 after they admitted intercepting messages.

'Historic' 10bn BP deal is from Russia with love

BP has unveiled a "historic" agreement with the Russian government in a 10 billion deal which will open up unexplored Arctic reserves.

The "groundbreaking" global alliance will see the UK oil giant own 9.5 per cent of Russian government-owned Rosneft's shares, while Rosneft will take a five per cent stake in BP.

BP chief executive Bob Dudley said: "I do believe this is a historic moment for BP, our industry, Russia and the wider world of energy globally."

Miliband savours poll win

Ed Miliband will today insist he does not intend to "gloat" over Labour's defeat of the Liberal Democrats in Thursday's Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election.

But Mr Miliband will say the result, which saw Labour extend its majority to more than 3500 despite having its former MP thrown out for lying, showed that Nick Clegg had made a "tragic mistake" in joining the Conservatives in coalition.

Dannatt pleads for unity

Sir Richard Dannatt, the former head of the army, has called for military charities to work better together after it was revealed 2000 armed services fundraising groups have a joint income of 800 million. The number of new charities set up to support the military has tripled each year since 2005.

London: Police were today expected to question a 14-year-old boy in connection with the throwing of a petrol bomb during a student protest.

The teenager was detained less than 24 hours after Scotland Yard released images of a hooded figure running across Parliament Square and throwing a flaming bottle across a crowd of protesters.

East Sussex: A 27-year-old man will appear in court today charged with murder.

Peter Bicks, 57, was found dead at his home in Dorset South Road, Bexhill, on Tuesday night. A post-mortem examination found he died from severe head trauma.