All the key stories, pictures and analysis from the UK general election campaign.

As-it-happens coverage on day six of the travel crisis caused by ash from the Iceland volcano.

A 20-year-old woman who falsely claimed she had been raped in Botanic Gardens in Belfast has been jailed for nine months.

A Manchester bride-to-be appeals for tickets or information to help fly her stranded fiance back to the UK for their wedding.

Afghanistan begins registering thousands of candidates for parliamentary polls due to be held in September, officials say.

An eBay trader who bid on his own items to increase their price faces a fine of £50,000 after pleading guilty to 10 offences.

A council says it has had numerous inquiries from British citizens living abroad about how to vote next month.

At-a-glance: Scottish Trade Union and Socialist Coalition manifesto

A coalition party of left-wingers have launched their manifesto in Dundee for the 2010 general election.

Two men aged 25 and 23 appear in court in Aberdeen in connection with the newly-banned drug mephedrone.