Snowmail: questions over Shannon

How did she come to be held for 24 days, less than a mile away from her home? And why has she been taken into care rather than returned home? Nick Martin is in Dewsbury where's he's been following all the developments.

Massive Albania blast

A series of large explosions at an Albanian army base on the outskirts of the capital Tirana has injured up to 160 people and killed around 60, including several Americans.

The explosions are believed to have begun while three teams were dismantling munitions stored at the base. John Sparks reports.

Tibet protests spread

Anti-Chinese protests have spread from Tibet to areas of China with large Tibetan populations. Lindsey Hilsum reports from one such region; while I've been getting an eyewitness account from James Miles - one of the few foreign journalists inside Lhasa.

Chinese riot police are controlling the streets and patrolling rooftops but only after another day in which the passions of ordinary Tibetans saw further attacks on Chinese owned businesses.

BAA: lapdog or watchdog?

Terminal 5 may have been unveiled in all its gleaming newness with royal sanction, but the gloss is fast wearing off BAA's monopoly of most British and all London airports.

A lapdog, not a watchdog, is the accusation from Virgin Atlantic over the way the Civil Aviation Authority has presided over what many passengers regard as disastrous BAA management. (Think of the chaos after new security rules were introduced following an alleged terrorist plot; the lost luggage and the queueing in freezing marquees during fogs at the peak of the holiday getaway season).

As it emerges that the Commons transport select committee are recommending that BAA be forced to sell one of their London airports to introduce much needed competition, Tom Clarke reports on how airlines, too are unhappy with the current situation.

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