AS 2013 closes, here is my countdown of what were the stories that left the most impression on me during the year.

The fiancee of murdered soldier Lee Rigby said last night that she was “devastated” by his loss and has been moved by all the tributes to a “great man”.

A LONDON jury has convicted one of Britain’s most notorious serial rapists, who preyed on the elderly for nearly two decades and may have assaulted scores of victims.

TWO doctors charged with trying to bomb a Glasgow airport and London’s West End will be portrayed by prosecutors as terrorists in thrall to a fundamental form of Islam, a jury in London heard yesterday.

PAUL McCARTNEY has turned down his practice sessions at the Millennium Dome after residents complained of a hard day’s night.

THE son of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs said yesterday his father would go to the European Court of Human Rights within weeks after his case was dismissed in a British court.