Here's what's making the headlines across the country.
Dropped by the BBC after an "unprovoked" attack on a colleague, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is now facing possible police action over the assault that has ended his long-running career with the Beeb.
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The families of three Britons killed in the French Alps plane disaster have spoken of their devastating loss.
Those who died in the Germanwings' Airbus A320 crash included seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres from Manchester who was killed alongside his mother Marina Bandres Lopez Belio, aged 37, originally from Spain.
Senior quality manager Martyn Matthews, aged 50, from Wolverhampton - who worked at Tipton, also lost his life on the ill-fated Barcelona to Dusseldorf flight, along with Paul Andrew Bramley, aged 28, originally from Hull, who was studying hotel management in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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The UK and Scottish Governments have apologised to NHS patients infected with hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood during the 1970s and 1980s.
Prime Minister David Cameron also confirmed £25 million of funding to improve financial support for the victims of the contaminated blood scandal.
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