One of the biggest news stories of the past few months hit on Thursday, with unconfirmed rumours of Colonel Gaddafi's death in his home city, Sirte. People were cautious in reporting the news, as rebel information about capturing the sons of Gaddafi has turned out to be wrong in the past. However, amateur video footage emerged of the dictator's corpse lying in the street. Libyan rebel supporters took to the street and celebrated by shooting their guns into the air triumphantly. Hundreds of people have been queuing to get a glimpse of Gaddafi's body, which is being kept in a freezer.
The National Transitional Council has announced that there will be an election within 9 months, and that the body of Gaddafi will be handed back over to his family. No decisions regarding his funeral have been made, although it is unlikely his grave will be made public in a fear that it may become a shrine for his supporters.
Eyes will be on the new emerging state in Libya, to see how rebuilding the country will happen. But with all the new business opportunities - such as in the oil industry, they won't be short of friends.
Finally, after weeks and months of appeals in the High Court, Basildon council managed to begin their removal of the travellers at Dale Farm in Essex today. It's a very debated subject, many people for and against the traveller community, and others just wondering what will happen to the children living on the site.
Police moved in at about 7am on Wednesday morning, met with missiles thrown from protesters. One protester was tasered, drawing criticism for the police, with travellers saying police were using too much force.
The site has has the scaffolding tower removed and properties were served with removal notices. Travellers and protesters staged a mass walkout, as bailiffs moved in.
The Queen started her latest tour of Australia this week, her last visit was in 2006 - which was tipped to be her last trip to the country. In recent years republicans have been urging for the Queen to be removed as head of state. However they were unsuccessful in their campaigning, although this hasn't detered them. Even so, one republican this week said that they respected the Queen, that she represented something that Prince Charles doesn't hold with the public. He claimed that not even Prince William appeals to the Australian people like his grandmother. So far the tour has proven successful, with the Queen and the Duke receiving a warm welcome.
And finally, this week saw the news about the mummification of a taxi driver from Torquay, Devon. In the past scientists and historians have had to guess much of how the Ancient Egyptians achieved their results. Recent research has lead to new ideas of the embalming process and the only way they could prove their finding was to have a real human body to work on. Alan donated his body to research into the embalming process and mummification of the Ancient Egyptians. Alan responded to an advert for a volunteer, as he was suffering a terminal illness. Channel 4 have made a documentary following the mummification of Alan, testing out the new theories and will be broadcast this Monday coming.
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