>> Jonathan Ross to keep job as Radio 2 executives take blameJonathan Ross is to keep his job at the BBC after the corporation’s governing body ruled that senior Radio 2 executives were to blame for the broadcast of obscene telephone calls to the actor Andrew Sachs.

>> Sienna Miller wins £50,000 payout from paparazziSienna Miller has won £53,000 damages from paparazzi photographers in a landmark action under antiharassment laws designed to tackle animal rights protesters.

>> British sailor rescued after four days on life-raftA British sailor was rescued after spending four days in a liferaft off the coast of Spain after his wife alerted coastguards in England.

>> Briton found guilty of throwing lover off Sydney cliffThirteen years after a young model's body was found at the bottom of a 180 foot cliff in Sydney, her British boyfriend has been convicted of her murder.

>> Britain braced for an icy blast from the Arctic CircleThis weekend is a time for thick pullovers and woolly hats as a taste of winter spreads over much of Britain. Raw winds sweeping down from far inside the Arctic Circle, even from the North Pole, will send a collective shiver through the country today, with heavy snowfalls in Scotland and parts of East Anglia.

>> Pope asked to pick from four names as Archbishop of Westminster steps downThe Pope is to be asked to consider four top English bishops as successor to the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor.