1991: Britain expels Iraqi diplomats The Foreign Office is expelling eight Iraqi embassy officials from the UK following threats of attacks on Western targets.
1977: Jenkins quits Commons for Brussels Former Home Secretary Roy Jenkins announces he is leaving Westminster politics to become Britain's first President of the European Commission.
2000: Art theft was 'professional' job Police say the Cezanne painting taken from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on New Year's Eve was probably stolen to order.