David Doyle

Spare a thought for the Clangers, of 1970s children’s TV fame, who could now find their home overrun by tourists after a US company announced it would be offering commercial flights to the moon.

Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi calls for a meeting with the opposition on Saturday to defuse a political crisis, after violent clashes leave five dead and hundreds injured.

A pregnant Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, leaves hospital following treatment for acute morning sickness.

PR guru Max Clifford, arrested on suspicion of sexual offences, says the allegations are “damaging and totally untrue” and “very distressing for myself, my wife, my family and loved ones.”

A police pay committee recommends cutting the starting salary for officers to £19,000 as a part of the most radical overhaul of police remuneration in 30 years.

“Stability is our foundation” said Gordon Brown in 2006 as he gave an autumn statement predicting future years of sustained economic growth – but a lot has changed since then.

Police in Lancashire have charged veteran BBC commentator Stuart Hall with three counts of indecent assault.

George Osborne unveils a real-terms cut in working age benefits in his autumn statement in a bid to boost the UK’s struggling economy.

Protestors and supporters of Mohamed Mursi are reported to have thrown petrol bombs at each other in clashes over constitutional reform.

Ongoing turmoil is blamed for African and Middle Eastern countries being named as the worst places to live in the world, with European cities the best.

Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper for the iPad era, The Daily, shuts after less than two years, as News Corporation also announces the departure of Tom Mockridge from News International.

The Leveson inquiry came about after some wrong decisions made by figures in the media – but do you think you could handle the pressures of being a top editor? Take the quiz.

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David Cameron’s Eurosceptic headache continues as one of his campaign chiefs warns the Conservatives may need to form a pact with the UK Independence Party.

Mark Carney, the current governor of the Bank of Canada, is announced as the surprise replacement for the governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King.