Oxford students Patrick Foster, 20, and Roger Waite, 21, have been suspended for hacking into the university's computer system to expose security problems in an article for the Oxford Student.
Union calls off Gatwick strike
A 48-hour baggage handlers' strike at Gatwick airport this weekend was called off after the Transport and General Workers Union said it had reached agreement with Servisair over the suspension of a union steward and new working practices.
Fallen masonry inquest verdict
A verdict of accidental death has been returned on Debra Exton, 45, who was killed by a 25kg (55lb) block of stone dislodged by high winds from All Saint's church, York.
Silcott guilty of shoplifting
Winston Silcott, 35, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during the Broadwater Farm riots in north London but served 18 years for another murder, has been given a six-month conditional discharge after admitting shoplifting more than £550 worth of clothes while clinically depressed.
Late pardon for killed witches
Prestonpans, East Lothian, is to mark Halloween by pardoning 81 witches executed more than 400 years ago under feudal powers due to be abolished.
First-class attendance
Post worker Rowland Fox, of Monmouth, south Wales, who has worked for 25 years without a sick day, has won the first £600 monthly Royal Mail award for exceptional attendance.
