News coverage and analysis of the Concorde crash near Paris.

News about the Breitling Orbiter III round the world trip.

BBC news article on the possibility that Mayans were cooking with chocolate as early as 900 B.C.

Report on the injuries to 10-year-old Joe Armstrong after an accident involving petrol when trying to recreate a "Jackass" stunt.

Thousands of Britons receive an e-mail saying the Star Wars Jedi religion will be legally recognised if it has enough census mentions.

A campaign to get people to write the entry on their census forms has succeeded in the term being included on the list of religions for the 2001 UK census.

You may be a fan of the Star Wars films, but are you a follower? Moves are afoot to have the fictitious Jedi philosophy the movies espouse recognised as a proper religion.

BBC news story about police in Queensland, Australia, who arrested dozens of nude sunbathers in a crackdown to enforce public decency laws.

The similarities and differences in hunting with hounds in various countries all over the world. Story and audio clips. [RealMedia]

Workers at Ground Zero receive therapy and a grief outlet in the shape of a golden retriever called Nikie - the site's only certified therapy dog. Other dogs helped at the city's family assistance centres. [BBC News]