Four animal rights activists are convicted after a long campaign of intimidation. Sandra Laville has the background on the case.
In his end-of-year speech, Pope Benedict calls on the church to protect the order of creation. Religious affairs correspondent Riazat Butt attempts to decipher what he meant.
Newry in Northern Ireland, once in the frontline of the Troubles, is booming with shoppers flooding across the border from the Irish Republic. Henry McDonald reports.
Some Yorkshire families whose homes were flooded in summer 2007 are facing a second Christmas away from home. Martin Wainwright visits the victims.
The renowned Monteverdi choir is helping young singers find their way in the difficult world of professional singing. Peter Kingston talks to its founder, John Eliot Gardiner.
