1.   He was eventually convicted of committing an injurious act, a misdemeanor, police said.

2.   She was later picked up on a country road by a passing citizen, police said.

3.   The lightning bolt hit the house in Kingsteignton, south Devon, but no-one was hurt, said police.

4.   I said armed police, put your hands up.

5.   What have the police said about the break-in?

6.   There are reports of severe tailbacks for southbound motorists but northbound traffic is moving normally say the police.

7.   Again, say the police, speeding motorists were to blame.

8.   EMERGENCY telephones have been vandalised and automatic barriers damaged at a level crossing at Moira railway station, police said today.

9.   Clacton Aeroclub members raised the alarm when they realised the pilot was in difficulty, but no-one was hurt, said police.

10.   A PALESTINIAN stabbed to death a Jewish man and wounded a woman at a Jerusalem bus stop yesterday before fleeing to a nearby Arab area, Israeli police said.