- Thursday's gossip column
Terry Venables rejects the chance to take over as Newcastle boss, plus other rumours
- Law lands council with £1.6m bill
A London council must buy a park for more than 100 times its true value because of an obscure wartime law.
- Baby death nursery case in court
Bosses of a nursery where a 10-month-old girl choked to death on a piece of apple will appear in court next month.
- Receiver to sell 'thug's' assets
A court appoints a receiver to handle the financial affairs of a wealthy criminal jailed for grievous bodily harm.
- Film-makers sued for house damage
A businessman who hired out his house for a film starring James Bond star Daniel Craig sues the production company for nearly £100,000 damages.
- Appeal into future of care home
The future of a private care home threatened with closure by a health watchdog is being decided.
- Bodyguard apologises to Rushdie
A former police officer apologises to Sir Salman Rushdie for false claims he made in a book about the author.
- Tax break for turbine case couple
Council tax on a home near a wind farm is reduced because the property's value has dropped.
- Baby death nursery is prosecuted
A firm that ran a nursery where a girl choked to death is being prosecuted under Health and Safety laws.
- Buncefield blast worker negligent
Oil companies at the Buncefied depot deny liability for Britain's biggest peacetime explosion but admit a supervisor was negligent.
