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Posted: February 29th, 2012, 10:56pm EST
The aftermath of a storm
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Posted: February 29th, 2012, 4:47pm EST
Singer of 1960s group the Monkees has died
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Posted: February 29th, 2012, 8:31am EST
Labour leader Ed Miliband has told the government it is digging its own "burial at the next election" through the proposed NHS reforms, but Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted there is support for the bill amongst health professionals.
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Posted: February 29th, 2012, 7:50am EST
24 hours of news photos: 29 February 2012
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 7:09pm EST
The Dow Jones industrials average closes above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008, before the financial crisis, reflecting growing confidence in the US economy.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 7:07pm EST
Being compassionate should be as important as being clever when it comes to the recruitment of staff to care for the elderly, experts say.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 6:57pm EST
The World Boxing Council gives Dereck Chisora an indefinite suspension for his behaviour surrounding his recent fight with Vitali Klitschko.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 6:29pm EST
Could this be a new world record for human mattress domino toppling?
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:51pm EST
More than 7,500 have died in Syria since a crackdown began last March, a senior UN official says, as three foreign journalists remain missing.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:48pm EST
The bodies of a woman and a young child are found by police in a house in the Parkhead area of Sighthill in Edinburgh.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:37pm EST
Two brothers are charged with murdering a Merseyside man who was in London for the League Cup final.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:10pm EST
A report by the Pentagon finds that partial remains of some 9/11 victims ended up in a military landfill site after being cremated at a US air base.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:07pm EST
Adrian Bevington says the Football Association has not spoken to anybody about replacing Fabio Capello.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:06pm EST
Welsh rugby internationals Ceri Sweeney and Tom James are among four people arrested after an incident in Cardiff hours after Wales' weekend Twickenham victory.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:01pm EST
Many anti-capitalist protesters evicted from St Paul's Cathedral move to another nearby camp - with one activist warning there is "more to come".
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 3:59pm EST
Egypt's upper house of parliament elects an Islamist as its speaker, consolidating the Muslim Brotherhood's control of the country's legislature.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 3:45pm EST
A 16-year-old boy dies after apparently being hit on the head with a hard ball at a Dorset school, prompting the arrest of another teenager.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 3:42pm EST
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley insists the government's plans to overhaul the NHS will not mean a "market free-for-all" in healthcare.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 3:00pm EST
Katherine Jenkins is heading to the USA to compete in its version of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing TV show.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 2:45pm EST
Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew will win his first Scotland cap after Craig Levein names his side to face Slovenia.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 2:23pm EST
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in "good physical shape" after again undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba, Venezuela's vice president says.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 2:11pm EST
The BBC has spoken to illegal immigrants desperate to be deported, but unable to leave because of lack of documents
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 2:00pm EST
Former editor of The Sun Rebekah Brooks was lent a horse by the Metropolitan Police, it is revealed.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:55pm EST
A third student dies the day after a high school shooting in the US state of Ohio wounded five students, hospital officials say.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:55pm EST
Health secretary on the benefits of competition in the NHS
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:51pm EST
The US states of Michigan and Arizona hold Republican primary elections, with Mitt Romney facing a test in Michigan, where he was born and raised.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:41pm EST
Briton Paul Conroy has been rescued from the besieged Syrian city of Homs, but France's President Sarkozy withdraws an earlier statement that wounded journalist Edith Bouvier is also safe.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:36pm EST
French President Nicolas Sarkozy orders his government to draft a new law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide after a top court strikes down a previous bill.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:23pm EST
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has once again been forced to defend the government's controversial Health and Social Care Bill, which enacts changes to the health service in England.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:22pm EST
BBC athletics expert Steve Cram on how Great Britain's athletes are under massive pressure ahead of the Olympics.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:22pm EST
A ewe, thought to have been a contender for the title of world's oldest sheep, has died after falling off a cliff.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:05pm EST
The iPad 3 is widely-tipped to be launched on 7 March as Apple announces a special event in San Francisco.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 1:01pm EST
There has been a 6% rise in the number of EU students applying to Scottish universities - where they will pay no fees.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:59pm EST
Cinematographer Bruce Surtees, who worked on films including Dirty Harry and Beverly Hills Cop, has died aged 74, Variety reports.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:55pm EST
Black and ethnic minority Britons are less satisfied with their lives on average than the UK population as a whole, a survey suggests.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:49pm EST
President Abdoulaye Wade admits he will now have to face a run-off after failing to win more than 50% in the first round of Senegal's election.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:46pm EST
A niece of brothers in their 80s, whose home was broke into for the third time in a year, says she "doesn't think they can take much more".
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:44pm EST
Alan Conroy says the family is happy his brother is safe, although they have few details of his whereabouts.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:32pm EST
Ricky Gervais comedy Life's Too Short and The Great British Bake Off are among the contenders for this year's Rose d'Or international TV awards.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:25pm EST
Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill is to make a statement to MSPs on the Lockerbie bomber, in light of fresh allegations about his release.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:21pm EST
Carlos Tevez has pulled on a Manchester City shirt for the first time in five months.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:20pm EST
The Commons is to debate whether the decision of most EU countries to agree to a treaty on greater fiscal unity is legal.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:16pm EST
Nurses join other NHS workers in rejecting the government's latest plans on public sector pensions.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:13pm EST
The award-winning comedian tells BBC Radio 4's Front Row she did not have to tone down her comedy much for her first TV show.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:10pm EST
Tommy Sheridan's mother Alice asks News International owner Rupert Murdoch why her phone was hacked by his newspaper.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:08pm EST
A partial settlement of claims made against BP for the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is very close, sources tell the BBC.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 12:08pm EST
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is challenged by the mother of former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan as he visits staff in Scotland.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:58am EST
Google's new privacy policy may violate the European Union's data protection laws, according to the French data regulator.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:50am EST
Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes tells the Leveson Inquiry media reports damaged his chance to lead the party.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:49am EST
Government health regulator says almost 50,000 patients with "metal-on-metal" hip replacements will need monitoring for life amid concerns they cause serious health problems.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:45am EST
The trial of two men accused of plotting to kill Neil Lennon sees photographs of a suspect package addressed to the Celtic manager.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:37am EST
Northern Rock is expected to return a profit of up to £11bn to the taxpayer over the next 10 to 15 years, UKFI says.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:33am EST
FHM Philippines scraps March cover over racism accusations.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:30am EST
Researchers publish the complete genome of the 5,300-year-old Oetzi, the "Iceman", revealing his eye colour, blood type and a number of his ailments.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:29am EST
The Danish Navy says two hostages have been killed as a Danish warship confronted a pirate vessel off the coast of Somalia.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:24am EST
Chinese state media says 12 people have died in riots near the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang province, a region hit by riots in 2009.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:22am EST
A senior detective says he is more optimistic than ever that Thai police will catch the killer of a backpacker in 2000.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:07am EST
Police "badly mishandled" a 999 call from a teenager later found murdered with her family and sent officers to the wrong address, an independent inquiry finds
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 11:06am EST
Protests and mass funerals continue in Syria
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 10:46am EST
The Republic of Ireland is to hold a referendum on Europe's new fiscal treaty says the Irish prime minister.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 10:35am EST
Arrest of Briton puts spotlight on FBI's methods
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 10:31am EST
The Italian cruise ship being towed after a power failure is not expected to reach land until Thursday, after safety concerns prompt a change of route.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 10:16am EST
One of Ballymena's leading employers - construction company the Patton Group - is to shed 50 jobs.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 10:00am EST
Venus' spin is slowing down, adding six and a half minutes to its day and scientists don't know why.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 9:51am EST
The Next Gen Skills campaign asks the chancellor to fund new training for computing teachers.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 9:41am EST
Does a cameraphone really need 41 megapixels?
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 9:39am EST
Caretaker manager Stuart Pearce will wait until Wednesday before naming the England captain for the Netherlands friendly.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 9:29am EST
A court in Egypt dismisses one of the two complaints brought against a billionaire Coptic Christian tycoon which accuse him of insulting Islam.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 9:19am EST
What did the St Paul's protesters achieve?
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 9:13am EST
BBC gets first glimpse inside Fukushima's nuclear plant
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 8:47am EST
Mid-ranking Pakistani army officials may have known that Osama Bin Laden had a safe house in Pakistan, leaked material appears to indicate.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 8:34am EST
An investigation by St George's University and Horniman Museum in London has finally revealed how mermen and mermaid relics (sometimes referred to as "monkey fish") may have been made.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 8:33am EST
The Nepalese government will seek international funding and expertise to measure the height of Mount Everest and settle a long-running dispute.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 8:26am EST
Three times more migrant workers came to the UK on companies' transfers schemes than on general visas for skilled workers, official figures show.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 8:06am EST
Alarming levels of drug-related violence in Central America is posing a threat to the region's security, the UN's drug watchdog warns.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 7:40am EST
24 hours of news photos: 28 February 2012
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 7:00am EST
The illegal immigrants trying to escape squalor in Britain
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 5:52am EST
Journalists have been allowed inside Japan's Fukushima plant for the first time since the tsunami that devastated the plant last year.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 5:34am EST
Barclays Bank is ordered by the Treasury to pay half-a-billion pounds in tax it tried to avoid, as retrospective legislation is introduced.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 5:25am EST
Latest data shows the teen pregnancy rate in England and Wales has reached its lowest since 1969.
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:39am EST
Look at 100 passers-by. How many wear jeans?
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Posted: February 28th, 2012, 3:10am EST
Police and bailiffs remove tents from Occupy camp
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Posted: February 27th, 2012, 10:54pm EST
A review of cultural education says all children have a right to learn about the arts - with plans for more opportunities for dance, design and film.
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Posted: February 27th, 2012, 9:17pm EST
Commonly prescribed sleeping pills appear to be linked with an increased risk of death among users, researchers have found.
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Posted: February 27th, 2012, 9:12pm EST
During a tour of Mexico and Central America, US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says the war on drugs is not a failure.
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Posted: February 27th, 2012, 8:44pm EST
A large extinct penguin has been reconstructed from fossil remains discovered in New Zealand.
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Posted: February 27th, 2012, 8:21pm EST
Can three minutes of intense exercise a week make you fit?
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Posted: February 27th, 2012, 2:32pm EST
Keep up to date on all of Tuesday's matches with BBC Sport's results and updates service. (UK users only)
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Posted: February 27th, 2012, 9:46am EST
It's nearly 30 years since the UK recaptured the Falklands from Argentina, but could the feat be repeated today?
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Posted: February 27th, 2012, 7:42am EST
24 hours of news photos: 27 February 2012
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Posted: February 27th, 2012, 3:04am EST
Dresses and fashions on the Oscar red carpet
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Posted: February 26th, 2012, 8:39pm EST
Remarkable images of Auschwitz then and now
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Posted: February 24th, 2012, 12:40pm EST
Greece is falling out with its neighbours over their common currency - just as it did in 1908. But forging closer bonds through shared currencies rarely works for long, says historian David Cannadine.
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Posted: February 24th, 2012, 12:03pm EST
News photos from around the world
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Posted: February 24th, 2012, 6:59am EST
24 hours of news photos: 24 February 2012
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:49pm EST
Large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:23pm EST
The senate in the US state of Maryland passes a gay marriage bill, making it the eighth US state assembly to approve such a measure.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:23pm EST
The senate in the US state of Maryland passes a gay marriage bill, making it the eighth US state assembly to approve such a measure.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:16pm EST
Labour MP Eric Joyce is charged with three counts of common assault following an alleged incident at the House of Commons.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:16pm EST
Labour MP Eric Joyce is charged with three counts of common assault following an alleged incident at the House of Commons.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:12pm EST
A court hearing into the 1980 disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain, whose parents claim she was killed by a dingo, is to re-open in Australia.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:12pm EST
A court hearing into the 1980 disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain, whose parents claim she was killed by a dingo, is to re-open in Australia.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:10pm EST
BBC News meets unsung heroes working in the film industry, whose names appear lower down the credits, to find out what they do and how they contributed to some of the films nominated for this year's Oscars.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:10pm EST
BBC News meets unsung heroes working in the film industry, whose names appear lower down the credits, to find out what they do and how they contributed to some of the films nominated for this year's Oscars.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:30pm EST
US President Barack Obama says there is no "silver bullet" to bring car fuel prices down quickly and defends his energy policy.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:30pm EST
US President Barack Obama says there is no "silver bullet" to bring car fuel prices down quickly and defends his energy policy.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:29pm EST
Edith Bouvier, the French journalist hurt in an attack on the Syrian city of Homs, says she needs urgent medical attention and asks to be evacuated.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:29pm EST
Edith Bouvier, the French journalist hurt in an attack on the Syrian city of Homs, says she needs urgent medical attention and asks to be evacuated.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:25pm EST
Javier Hernandez's 10th goal of the season helps book nervous Manchester United a last-16 Europa League tie with Athletic Bilbao.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:25pm EST
Javier Hernandez's 10th goal of the season helps book nervous Manchester United a last-16 Europa League tie with Athletic Bilbao.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:23pm EST
US insurance giant AIG reports a big increase in fourth-quarter profit, thanks to a $17.7bn (£11.2bn) tax benefit.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:23pm EST
US insurance giant AIG reports a big increase in fourth-quarter profit, thanks to a $17.7bn (£11.2bn) tax benefit.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:13pm EST
Ten people are arrested for minor disorder ahead of the Europa League clash between Manchester United and Ajax.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:13pm EST
Ten people are arrested for minor disorder ahead of the Europa League clash between Manchester United and Ajax.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:02pm EST
Fun with pancakes, a tiny tiny newspaper, President Obama singing again and Vladimir Putin bobsleighing. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:02pm EST
Fun with pancakes, a tiny tiny newspaper, President Obama singing again and Vladimir Putin bobsleighing. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:44pm EST
A group of intellectuals challenges Argentina's Falkland Islands stance, saying the rights of the islanders to self-determination should be respected.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:44pm EST
A group of intellectuals challenges Argentina's Falkland Islands stance, saying the rights of the islanders to self-determination should be respected.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:41pm EST
Great Britain's Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield finish seventh in the 10m platform synchronised final at London's Aquatic Centre.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:41pm EST
Great Britain's Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield finish seventh in the 10m platform synchronised final at London's Aquatic Centre.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:36pm EST
The US Army private accused of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks defers a plea on 22 charges at the start of his court martial.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:36pm EST
The US Army private accused of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks defers a plea on 22 charges at the start of his court martial.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:34pm EST
Scotland's Martin Laird and Paul Lawrie will meet in the last 16 of the WGC Match Play in Arizona after completing a memorable pair of victories.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:34pm EST
Scotland's Martin Laird and Paul Lawrie will meet in the last 16 of the WGC Match Play in Arizona after completing a memorable pair of victories.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:54pm EST
Commons Speaker John Bercow says the public will think they are being "fleeced" by having to pay £30,000 a year for 12 fig plants in a parliamentary building.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:54pm EST
Commons Speaker John Bercow says the public will think they are being "fleeced" by having to pay £30,000 a year for 12 fig plants in a parliamentary building.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:06pm EST
A man is jailed for eight months after making threats against police and council officials when a Muslims Against Crusades meeting was broken up in Cardiff.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:06pm EST
A man is jailed for eight months after making threats against police and council officials when a Muslims Against Crusades meeting was broken up in Cardiff.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:00pm EST
Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson is to portray the Queen in a TV drama based on Michael Fagan's intrusion at Buckingham Palace 30 years ago.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:00pm EST
Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson is to portray the Queen in a TV drama based on Michael Fagan's intrusion at Buckingham Palace 30 years ago.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:56pm EST
Parishioners of a Rhondda church accept an offer to lease the building while they prepare a business plan for its future.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:56pm EST
Parishioners of a Rhondda church accept an offer to lease the building while they prepare a business plan for its future.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:39pm EST
Entrepreneur Emma Harrison steps down as the government's "family champion" amid a police probe into irregularities at her company A4e.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:39pm EST
Entrepreneur Emma Harrison steps down as the government's "family champion" amid a police probe into irregularities at her company A4e.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:26pm EST
Pakistan fight back to beat England by eight runs in the first of the three-match Twenty20 series.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:26pm EST
Pakistan fight back to beat England by eight runs in the first of the three-match Twenty20 series.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:20pm EST
The Archbishop of Canterbury debates with Richard Dawkins
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:20pm EST
The Archbishop of Canterbury debates with Richard Dawkins
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:14pm EST
Rangers' tax bill is much greater than the £9m that forced the club into administration, BBC Scotland understands.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:14pm EST
Rangers' tax bill is much greater than the £9m that forced the club into administration, BBC Scotland understands.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:10pm EST
A 15-year-old victim of a child sex ring was "grabbed by the throat" when she refused to have sex, a jury is told.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:10pm EST
A 15-year-old victim of a child sex ring was "grabbed by the throat" when she refused to have sex, a jury is told.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:19pm EST
A Nigerian school is set alight - the second non-religious school in the Islamist militant stronghold of Maiduguri to be targeted this week.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:19pm EST
A Nigerian school is set alight - the second non-religious school in the Islamist militant stronghold of Maiduguri to be targeted this week.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:10pm EST
Comedian Ken Dodd pays tribute to Frank Carson saying "he always made people happy".
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:10pm EST
Comedian Ken Dodd pays tribute to Frank Carson saying "he always made people happy".
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:04pm EST
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had cancer last year, is heading to Cuba again on Friday for surgery to remove a potentially cancerous lesion.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:04pm EST
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had cancer last year, is heading to Cuba again on Friday for surgery to remove a potentially cancerous lesion.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:56pm EST
Diplomatic efforts are under way to get wounded Devon-based photographer Paul Conroy out of Syria, the Foreign Office says.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:56pm EST
Diplomatic efforts are under way to get wounded Devon-based photographer Paul Conroy out of Syria, the Foreign Office says.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:22pm EST
MPs call for a range of measures to make cycling safer, including more dedicated lanes and lower speed limits for drivers, in a debate in Parliament.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:22pm EST
MPs call for a range of measures to make cycling safer, including more dedicated lanes and lower speed limits for drivers, in a debate in Parliament.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:12pm EST
President Barack Obama apologises to the Afghan people for the burning of Korans by American troops at a US base outside Kabul.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:12pm EST
President Barack Obama apologises to the Afghan people for the burning of Korans by American troops at a US base outside Kabul.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 11:57am EST
A United Nations panel has delivered a list of Syrian officials who could be investigated for crimes against humanity.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 11:57am EST
A United Nations panel has delivered a list of Syrian officials who could be investigated for crimes against humanity.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 11:53am EST
Author JK Rowling announces she plans to publish her first novel for adults, which will be "very different" to the Harry Potter books she is famous for.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 11:53am EST
Author JK Rowling announces she plans to publish her first novel for adults, which will be "very different" to the Harry Potter books she is famous for.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 11:31am EST
The BBC should have been allowed to drop Miriam O'Reilly from Countryfile without facing age discrimination accusations, actor Rowan Atkinson says.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 11:31am EST
The BBC should have been allowed to drop Miriam O'Reilly from Countryfile without facing age discrimination accusations, actor Rowan Atkinson says.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 11:22am EST
The Public Prosecution Service is to consider whether two brothers breached the terms of their deal in the UVF supergrass trial in Belfast
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 11:22am EST
The Public Prosecution Service is to consider whether two brothers breached the terms of their deal in the UVF supergrass trial in Belfast
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 10:59am EST
On show for the first time in the UK
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 10:59am EST
On show for the first time in the UK
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 10:56am EST
Apple can for now continue to sell the iPad tablet in Shanghai after a court ruling over naming rights is suspended on Thursday.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 10:56am EST
Apple can for now continue to sell the iPad tablet in Shanghai after a court ruling over naming rights is suspended on Thursday.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 10:53am EST
The practice of dumping millions of tonnes of waste rock from mining in deep Norwegian fjords is coming under close scrutiny from the country's scientists.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 10:53am EST
The practice of dumping millions of tonnes of waste rock from mining in deep Norwegian fjords is coming under close scrutiny from the country's scientists.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 10:41am EST
Scroll down 11,000m to the deepest place on Earth
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 10:41am EST
Scroll down 11,000m to the deepest place on Earth
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 9:24am EST
More than a million council workers will see their pay frozen for a third year, the Local Government Association confirms.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 9:24am EST
More than a million council workers will see their pay frozen for a third year, the Local Government Association confirms.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 9:08am EST
Sir Richard Branson wins the right to control richardbranson.xxx after an Australian man was ruled to have registered the domain "in bad faith".
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 9:08am EST
Sir Richard Branson wins the right to control richardbranson.xxx after an Australian man was ruled to have registered the domain "in bad faith".
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 8:46am EST
The BBC's Andrew Harding reports from Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, as world leaders meet in London to discuss the war-torn nation's future.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 8:46am EST
The BBC's Andrew Harding reports from Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, as world leaders meet in London to discuss the war-torn nation's future.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 8:16am EST
The Suzanne Pilley murder trial in Edinburgh hears how police used dogs specially trained to find evidence of dead bodies.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 8:16am EST
The Suzanne Pilley murder trial in Edinburgh hears how police used dogs specially trained to find evidence of dead bodies.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:39am EST
The prime minister is "running away" from his weekly question session with MPs, shadow Commons leader Angela Eagle has claimed.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:39am EST
The prime minister is "running away" from his weekly question session with MPs, shadow Commons leader Angela Eagle has claimed.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:39am EST
24 hours of news photos: 23 February 2012
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:39am EST
24 hours of news photos: 23 February 2012
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:31am EST
Ballot papers to elect the new leader of Plaid Cymru are sent out to members, with three candidates bidding to succeed Ieuan Wyn Jones.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:31am EST
Ballot papers to elect the new leader of Plaid Cymru are sent out to members, with three candidates bidding to succeed Ieuan Wyn Jones.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:55am EST
As Germans mourn neo-Nazi murder victims, Chancellor Angela Merkel appeals to their families for forgiveness.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:55am EST
As Germans mourn neo-Nazi murder victims, Chancellor Angela Merkel appeals to their families for forgiveness.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:52am EST
What can business learn from rap artists?
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:52am EST
What can business learn from rap artists?
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:50am EST
The head of the body regulating health and social care has announced her resignation - as a government report highlights criticisms of its work.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:50am EST
The head of the body regulating health and social care has announced her resignation - as a government report highlights criticisms of its work.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:47am EST
The European Court of Human Rights says Italy violated the rights of Eritrean and Somali migrants by sending them back to Libya.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:47am EST
The European Court of Human Rights says Italy violated the rights of Eritrean and Somali migrants by sending them back to Libya.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:37am EST
Official figures show England's college dropout rates edged up as the Education Maintenance Allowance was scrapped by the government.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:37am EST
Official figures show England's college dropout rates edged up as the Education Maintenance Allowance was scrapped by the government.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:35am EST
A venomous spider from Colombia is found in a bunch of bananas by an Edinburgh shop worker in Asda.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:35am EST
A venomous spider from Colombia is found in a bunch of bananas by an Edinburgh shop worker in Asda.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:02am EST
Researchers who reported the surprising find of faster-than-light neutrinos in 2011 find two potential sources of error in their experiment.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 6:02am EST
Researchers who reported the surprising find of faster-than-light neutrinos in 2011 find two potential sources of error in their experiment.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:53am EST
Could vegetarians eat a 'test tube' burger?
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 5:53am EST
Could vegetarians eat a 'test tube' burger?
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:58am EST
Readers' pictures on the theme games
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:58am EST
Readers' pictures on the theme games
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:40am EST
At least 12 people are killed and 30 injured after a bomb hit a bus stop in the city of Peshawar in north-west Pakistan, police officials say.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:40am EST
At least 12 people are killed and 30 injured after a bomb hit a bus stop in the city of Peshawar in north-west Pakistan, police officials say.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:01am EST
Urgent government action is the only thing that can stem the crisis facing the Mediterranean's wetlands.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 4:01am EST
Urgent government action is the only thing that can stem the crisis facing the Mediterranean's wetlands.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:40am EST
Diver Tom Daley says he can handle 2012 expectations
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:40am EST
Diver Tom Daley says he can handle 2012 expectations
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:31am EST
The Ulster Bank announces an operating loss of £1bn for 2011.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:28am EST
World War II sitcom Chickens - created by Inbetweeners stars Joe Thomas and Simon Bird, and comedian Jonny Sweet - is picked up by Sky1 HD.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:26am EST
Celebrities from all generations pay tributes to Frank Carson.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:23am EST
Royal Bank of Scotland reports a loss of £2bn in 2011, its fourth year of losses since the bank's bailout in 2008.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:21am EST
A man who is understood to be Falkirk's Labour MP Eric Joyce is arrested on suspicion of assault following a disturbance at the Houses of Parliament.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:19am EST
India's government tells the Supreme Court that homosexuality is immoral, "against nature and spreads HIV".
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:18am EST
At least 55 people are killed and hundreds injured in a wave of bombings and shootings targeting mainly police officers in Shia areas of Iraq.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:10am EST
Photographer Simon Annand's latest work
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:09am EST
A selection of Frank Carson's jokes
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 3:09am EST
A selection of Frank Carson's jokes
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:57am EST
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, says profits stayed flat due to the effect of a slump in demand in the UK.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:55am EST
The Ministry of Defence is to de-classify submarine data in order to help shed light on climate change in the Arctic.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:44am EST
There are fresh anti-American protests across Afghanistan, in the wake of the burning of Korans at a US military base.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:41am EST
The number of full-time undergraduate degree courses offered at UK universities has fallen by 27% over the past six years, data shows.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:34am EST
Gamekeepers are warning capercaillie could be lost from Scotland for a second time, unless steps are taken to control pine marten numbers.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:33am EST
An investigation will be launched into the cause of a supermarket fire in Llanelli which led to about 85 people being evacuated from the store.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 2:14am EST
The Department of Health launches an inquiry into claims that doctors agreed to carry out abortions on the grounds of the sex of unborn babies.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:57am EST
The "extravagant" legal costs of defending councillors accused of breaching their code of conduct must end, councils are warned by the public services ombudsman.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:45am EST
The designers of a folding plug tell Rory Cellan-Jones about the process of bringing a folding plug onto the market
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:42am EST
BBC News talks to the stars at the Evening Standard Film Awards.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 1:04am EST
'Heroic face of journalism': Papers mourn Marie Colvin
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:26am EST
Some 49 people are killed and at least 600 injured in Argentina after a commuter train crashes as it arrives into one of the city's busiest stations in Buenos Aires.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:26am EST
Thousands of supporters hear Vladimir Putin deliver a strongly patriotic speech at a Moscow stadium as he bids for re-election.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:10am EST
A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires kills at least 49 people and leaves more than 600 injured, officials say.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 12:01am EST
A 47-year-old man is due in court charged with the murders of a retired teacher and a vicar.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 11:42pm EST
Rick Santorum comes under fire from rival US Republican candidates in a crucial TV debate days ahead of two key primaries.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 11:10pm EST
Patients experience significant delays and wards are understaffed at a recently opened Kent hospital, a health watchdog finds.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 10:19pm EST
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard calls a ballot for the leadership of the Labor Party on Monday to end a tussle with Kevin Rudd.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 10:08pm EST
A ban on the sale of below-cost alcohol will have a "limited impact" on overall alcohol pricing, research suggests.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 9:41pm EST
Many UK addresses have broadband speeds of less than 5Mbps, research suggests.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 9:31pm EST
A collection of early comic books - including those featuring the debuts of Batman and Superman - is sold for $3.5m (£2.2m) at auction in New York.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 9:19pm EST
A new treatment for advanced skin cancer almost doubles survival times, according to an international study.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 9:11pm EST
David Cameron says attacks on wealth creators are motivated by "snobbery", as Labour accuses him of "inconsistent" messages on the subject.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 9:00pm EST
A think tank questions whether an "oil fund" in an independent Scotland would be the best approach for Scotland's economy.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 8:56pm EST
The Nike sportswear company is the first to produce a "sole" for a blade used by amputee runners. Is the era of Paralympic chic upon us?
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 8:56pm EST
The Nike sportswear company is the first to produce a "sole" for a blade used by amputee runners. Is the era of Paralympic chic upon us?
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 8:22pm EST
Friends and former colleagues pay tribute to "one-off" comedian Frank Carson, whose catch phrases included "It's a cracker", after his death aged 85.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:58pm EST
The killings of two reporters in Homs and the reported deaths of 60 people across Syria trigger Western condemnation of Bashar al'Assad's regime.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:54pm EST
How Globe audiences risk putting off the players
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:53pm EST
Years of sexual abuse scandals have hit the image of the Catholic Church. So what drives the young men who want to be ordained?
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:49pm EST
The BBC's Jim Muir pays tribute to Marie Colvin, killed in Syria
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:46pm EST
Mining group Rio Tinto has unearthed an extremely rare pink diamond in Australia.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:31pm EST
Life in war-torn Mogadishu
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:26pm EST
Kennelling types of dogs suspected of being dangerous cost the police at least £3.7m in 2010, according to figures given to BBC Newsnight.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:25pm EST
World leaders pledge support for political and military measures to fight Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab, after a conference in London.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:06pm EST
Readers remember NI comic Frank Carson
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:06pm EST
Readers remember NI comic Frank Carson
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 6:55pm EST
The director of a Mexican prison and 28 guards are arrested on suspicion of helping a mass breakout and the murder of 44 other inmates.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 6:52pm EST
Divers Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow win Britain's first medal at the Diving World Cup at London's Aquatics Centre.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 6:05pm EST
An international research cruise off Japan detects radioactivity in sampled seawater and marine organisms, but well within safe levels.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 5:42pm EST
Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 5:40pm EST
Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 5:40pm EST
A trial verdict for Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak, accused of ordering the killing of protesters in the revolution that ousted him, is set for 2 June.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 5:09pm EST
The White House expresses disappointment on the barring of UN nuclear inspectors from a site in Iran, calling the visit a "failure" for Tehran.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 4:56pm EST
Computer firm Hewlett-Packard sees a drop in first-quarter sales, as it attempts to turn itself around under new chief executive Meg Whitman.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 4:51pm EST
Celtic ease to victory over bottom side Dunfermline to go 20 points clear of Rangers at the top of the SPL.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 4:48pm EST
A commuter train crash in Buenos Aires
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 4:46pm EST
The New York Police Department carried out covert surveillance of Muslims in nearby Newark, New Jersey, police records reveal.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 3:55pm EST
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is released after two days of questioning over an alleged prostitution ring but will be quizzed again next month.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 3:44pm EST
Carlos Tevez could be playing for Manchester City within "two to three weeks" after manager Roberto Mancini accepted his apology to the club.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 2:51pm EST
Science reporter Rebecca Morelle joins Triton Submarines in the Bahamas as they take a prototype, deep-diving submarine for a test dive.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 2:51pm EST
Science reporter Rebecca Morelle joins Triton Submarines in the Bahamas as they take a prototype, deep-diving submarine for a test dive.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 2:03pm EST
Rosemarie Colvin, mother of the killed journalist Marie Colvin, has said her daughter was totally committed to what she did.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 1:57pm EST
Cherie Blair has started legal proceedings over phone hacking, her solicitor confirms.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 1:53pm EST
Sergio Aguero is again the headline act as Manchester City seal an impressive win over holders Porto to reach the last 16 of the Europa League.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 1:50pm EST
South Sudan expels the head of a Chinese and Malaysian-owned oil firm following its investigation into Khartoum's "theft" of oil worth $815m (£518m).
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 1:39pm EST
A new study comparing chromosomes in humans and rhesus monkeys suggests genetic decay of the male sex chromosome has all but ended.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 1:26pm EST
US President Barack Obama proposes a cut in corporate tax and an end to tax loopholes, as part of his election-year strategy on the economy.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 1:07pm EST
The wife of a British photographer working in Homs has said that she believed he had been killed when she heard news that two western journalists had died in the city.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 1:07pm EST
How the time of day can increase the risk of dying from an irregular heartbeat has been identified by researchers.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 1:00pm EST
Visa changes could see the UK's top universities and schools lose their appeal to international students, says a report.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 12:02pm EST
The average audience to have watched the Brits ceremony on ITV1 and catch-up channel ITV1+1 comes in at 6.2 million - the event's highest audience since 2005.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 11:58am EST
Is it better for us to sleep in four-hour chunks?
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 11:26am EST
A gas-fuelled fire, with flames as high as 5m, may burn for months in waters off the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria, a Chevron spokesperson tells the BBC.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 10:03am EST
Private companies should be encouraged to take over and run state schools as profit-making enterprises under a "John Lewis-style" business model, a think tank suggests.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 9:54am EST
Four teams vie to reach a trench seven miles down
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 8:10am EST
Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband have once again clashed over the NHS, with the PM accusing Mr Miliband of showing "a complete lack of substance" over the issue.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 8:03am EST
A controversial anti-piracy agreement is to be referred to the EU's highest court due to concerns surrounding internet freedoms.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 7:36am EST
24 hours of news photos: 22 February
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 5:39am EST
As Lent starts, the debate over secularism v cultural Christianity is raging. But just how much of British culture is inspired by religion?
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Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 4:16am EST
Protests by people angry at the burning of Koran
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Posted: February 21st, 2012, 8:53pm EST
Vivienne Westwood says people's clothes have "never looked so ugly". See if you agree with our worst-dressed quiz
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Posted: February 21st, 2012, 7:16am EST
24 hours of news photos: 21 February
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Posted: February 20th, 2012, 10:40am EST
Rapid thaw on the River Danube in Serbia
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Posted: February 19th, 2012, 7:35pm EST
Brazil's colourful carnival parades in Rio
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Posted: February 19th, 2012, 7:06pm EST
Mumbai in the 1970s and 80s
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 7:17am EST
Prime Minister David Cameron has made the case for the Union, saying it would be "deeply, deeply sad" if Scotland became an independent country.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 7:03am EST
More women in the north of England smoke while pregnant compared with the south, official figures show.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 7:00am EST
A gang member who shot dead a promising young athlete is jailed for a minimum of 30 years.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 7:00am EST
Ecuador's top court upholds a verdict against El Universo newspaper in a $40m libel case brought by President Rafael Correa.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:57am EST
The parents of a 13-year-old who was found fatally stabbed in Doncaster describe her as a "beautiful, intelligent and bright young girl".
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:56am EST
Who claims what over the Falkland Islands?
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:55am EST
China says it is sending a senior envoy to Syria to push for an end to the violence there.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:52am EST
The families of 12 people killed by an IRA bomb 30 years ago demand a full public enquiry into the atrocity.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:50am EST
Gunmen in Nigeria have freed some 200 prisoners from a jail in the centre of the country, Nigerian prison officials tell the BBC.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:42am EST
At least eight Palestinian children are killed in a collision involving their school bus and an Israeli lorry on a road in the West Bank.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:40am EST
Plans to impose penalties on students who pay off university loans early are to be abandoned, the government is expected to announce next week.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:36am EST
The Academy Awards will no longer come from the Kodak Theatre after the photography company is allowed to end its sponsorship deal with the Oscars' Los Angeles home.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:22am EST
A £1bn contract is agreed to lay a subsea power cable between Hunterston in Ayrshire and the Wirral peninsula.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:22am EST
The UK should move towards being a nation of nature-lovers, say National Trust leaders, with a campaign for children in the pipeline.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:21am EST
Former energy secretary Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce have appeared in court to face charges of perverting the course of justice.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:17am EST
A fatal accident inquiry criticises substandard levels of care at NHS Lanarkshire which led to the deaths of three people.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:15am EST
Honduras faces the huge task of identifying the more than 350 people killed in a prison fire, as families remain desperate for news.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:14am EST
A group of Iranians detained after prematurely exploding bombs in Bangkok on Tuesday planned to target two Israeli diplomats, Thai police believe.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:12am EST
The former first minister Ian Paisley is moved out of intensive care at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald where he is being treated for heart problems.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:12am EST
Is Ireland's illegal monument a beauty or a blight?
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:02am EST
Arsenal's centre-half options are further depleted as Laurent Koscielny joins Per Mertesacker on the sidelines.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:01am EST
All the latest sports news stories, featuring reaction to Arsenal's Champions League defeat, Europa League build-up, and the latest on Rangers.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 6:00am EST
The Office of Fair Trading has told banks they must do better for personal account customers or face an enforced shake-up.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 5:58am EST
Spain's economy shrinks for the first time in two years, increasing fears the country could be heading for a recession.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 5:27am EST
A nude portrait by Francis Bacon, of the Soho model Henrietta Moraes, has sold for £21m at Christie's in London.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 5:18am EST
The government is to meet water companies, farmers and wildlife groups amid fears that parts of Britain may face the worst drought since 1976.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 5:03am EST
Rangers players meet administrators at the club's Murray Park to learn a timetable for potential job cuts at Ibrox.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 5:03am EST
Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo reject rule by the territory's ethnic Albanian majority, in a referendum criticised by Serbia and the EU.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 5:00am EST
The family of the late singer Whitney Houston will allow a single video camera to record her funeral service, which takes place on Saturday.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 4:58am EST
Former Energy Secretary Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce have appeared in court to face charges of perverting the course of justice over a speeding case.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 4:56am EST
Geoffrey Boycott says Alastair Cook is looking like a "complete player" after he hit his second successive one-day international ton.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 4:56am EST
The Welsh government has failed to convince some local councils about its plans for increasing recycling, a public spending watchdog says.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 4:35am EST
Stephen Fry is to perform in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at London's Globe theatre - 17 years after he walked out on a West End production.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 4:10am EST
The leader of the union representing senior civil servants urges ministers to end arrangements under which employees avoid paying some income tax.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 4:09am EST
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is in Pakistan for talks expected to focus on efforts to integrate the Taliban into the peace process.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 4:08am EST
Has its moment come, asks Rory Cellan-Jones
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 3:47am EST
The girlfriend of murdered Londonderry man Andrew Allen says she believes the gunmen could have killed her too.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 3:06am EST
The founder of the Flintshire-based supermarket chain Iceland is in exclusive talks about a deal for his management team to buy the company ahead of other contenders.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 2:57am EST
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger describes his side's 4-0 last-16 first-leg hammering by AC Milan as "shocking" and the result as "a disaster".
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 2:49am EST
A joint House-Senate panel comes to a tentative agreement to pass a year-long extension of the payroll tax cut, a key part of President Obama's economic programme.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 2:24am EST
Eurozone finance ministers say they need more oversight of Greece's economy, after Athens reaffirms its commitment to austerity measures.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 2:05am EST
An electrical fault is suspected of starting the fire which killed hundreds of people in a Honduras prison on Tuesday night.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 1:55am EST
North Korea is marking the 70th birthday of late leader Kim Jong-il, also dubbed the "day of the shining star".
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 1:30am EST
A High Street bank has launched a service that allows you to transfer money simply by using a mobile phone.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 1:23am EST
Victoria Pendleton on her hopes of winning another Olympic gold
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 12:56am EST
Lu Jun, the man who was once China's top football referee, is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for taking bribes to fix matches.
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 12:38am EST
Readers describe the joys and pitfalls of learning to hear again
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Posted: February 16th, 2012, 12:34am EST
Stephen Daldry's film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close gives another view of 9/11
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 11:07pm EST
In 1897 an Arctic explorer named SA Andree tried to fly to the north pole in a hydrogen balloon. The book Ice Balloon recounts his doomed expedition.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 9:51pm EST
The anti-wrinkle drug Botox is unlikely to be recommended for the treatment of chronic migraines on the NHS in England and Wales, the medicines watchdog says.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 9:46pm EST
UK children are watching more television advertising for unhealthy food despite tighter regulations, research at Newcastle University suggests.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 9:44pm EST
Schools in England which fail inspections usually go on to improve, a study suggests.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 9:28pm EST
Armed militias are threatening the security of large parts of Libya, Amnesty International warns, saying at least 12 detainees were tortured to death.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:29pm EST
A "unique" medieval coin dating from the reign of William the Conqueror is discovered in a field near Gloucester.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:56pm EST
Where we have lived and why, by Sarah Beeny
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:22pm EST
Argentina condemns a planned visit to the Falkland Islands by British MPs as another sign of the UK's "militarisation" of the dispute.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:14pm EST
Bristol and Birmingham top the areas of England where the government wants to convert primary schools into academies, the BBC discovers.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:08pm EST
How Britain and France won WWI arms race
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:08pm EST
Kurt Angle - one of pro wrestling's biggest stars - tells BBC Sport why he's putting it all on the line for London 2012
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:40pm EST
The Mayan civilisation may have died out centuries ago, but people descended from them still live in Central America and southern Mexico.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:25pm EST
Twitter admits copying entire address books from smartphones and storing the data on its servers, often without customers' knowledge.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:50pm EST
Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping calls for deeper "strategic trust" in a speech to business leaders in Washington, on the second full day of his US visit.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:46pm EST
Maritime archaeologists in Hampshire excavate a Stone Age settlement, which lies preserved in sediment off the Isle of Wight.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:13pm EST
Angelina Jolie has been speaking about that challenges she faced when making her directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey - a controversial film based around a love story during the Bosnian War.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 3:27pm EST
Nicolas Sarkozy formally declares he will stand for re-election as French president on 22 April, with Francois Hollande his main rival.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 1:48pm EST
Microsoft's takeover of video calling service Skype is to be challenged by Cisco at the European Commission.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 1:17pm EST
Mobile devices will outnumber humans this year, according to network firm Cisco's latest analysis.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 12:57pm EST
Aftermath of a fire at a jail in central Honduras
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:55am EST
A terminally ill man jailed for murdering two soldiers at Massereene Army base in Antrim has launched a legal bid to overturn his conviction.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:52am EST
Iron Sky, a Finnish sci-fi spoof depicting a Nazi attack on earth from space, has had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:38am EST
Italian prosecutors ask for former PM Silvio Berlusconi to be jailed for five years on bribery charges.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:36am EST
Crime chiefs from nations where tigers are still found in the wild agree to improve co-operation in an effort to stop the illegal trade in tiger parts.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:19am EST
The Blue Peter garden is to be opened up to members of the public for the first time at the BBC's new base in Salford, it is announced.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:17am EST
Huddersfield Town sack manager Lee Clark and his coaching staff.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:03am EST
Iran has stopped oil exports to six European states in retaliation for EU sanctions imposed last month, state media report.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:00am EST
Brewers Tennent's says it plans to continue sponsorship of Rangers while the club is in administration.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:44am EST
More than 400 works of art by Dutch artist Karel Appel are recovered after being discovered in a British warehouse, a decade after they disappeared.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:41am EST
24 hours of news photos: 15 February
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:30am EST
The fees levied by mobile firms on calls from landlines need to come down more quickly, says the Competition Commission.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:30am EST
Chris Robshaw will remain England captain for the remainder of the Six Nations after showing "the qualities required"
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:22am EST
A huge fire at a prison in Honduras kills at least 272 inmates, officials say, as families flock to the scene desperate for news.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:13am EST
Fifty years ago the idea of mutually assured nuclear destruction was outlined. But how did the concept fade from our psyches?
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 7:11am EST
Iran is manufacturing a "new generation" of uranium enrichment centrifuges, according to Iranian state media.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:59am EST
UK unemployment rose by 48,000 to 2.67 million in the three months to December, the smallest increase for almost a year.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:58am EST
An appeal against the BBC's refusal to publish an internal report into its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been rejected by the UK Supreme Court.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:57am EST
A 13-year-old girl who died after being stabbed in South Yorkshire was the victim of a random attack, the BBC understands.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:57am EST
Some eurozone countries want Greece to leave, the country's finance minister says, as he scrambles to finalise an EU bailout deal.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:55am EST
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has decreed that a referendum on the new draft constitution will be held on 26 February, state media report.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:50am EST
The UK economy will "zigzag" this year, dipping in and out of growth, says Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:45am EST
The Supreme Court rules that it will decide whether private investigator Glenn Mulcaire must reveal which journalists asked him to hack phones.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:36am EST
A new survey has revealed that a third of the UK population do not even know the names of the people living next door to them.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:34am EST
A 13-year-old boy denies murdering a foster carer at a flat in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:32am EST
Security fears signal need to start net again, says professor
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:30am EST
Unemployment in Scotland rose by 16,000 to reach 231,000 in the last quarter of 2011, according to official figures.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:30am EST
A vicar who was found dead at his vicarage near Bristol is understood to have suffered knife wounds.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:21am EST
Tributes are paid to James Whitaker, the royal commentator and former royal editor of the Daily Mirror, who has died aged 71.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:18am EST
Radio 5 Live hosted a debate with an audience of 200 unemployed people in Salford who were given the opportunity to talk directly to the Government. Audience member, Michael, a qualified teacher says he feels humiliated.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:15am EST
Record label Sony apologises for increasing the price of two Whitney Houston albums, hours after her death on Saturday.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:02am EST
Italy and the Netherlands fall into recession and Germany contracts, but France shows surprise fourth quarter growth.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:00am EST
Radio 5 live hosted a debate with an audience of 200 unemployed people in Salford who were given the opportunity to talk directly to the Government.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:52am EST
In America it is the norm to ask to take home leftover food from a restaurant meal, but in the UK people have been shy about asking for a doggy bag.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:47am EST
Chart-topping singer Adele acts to quieten speculation she is to take a five-year break from the music business.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:43am EST
The prime minister is to call for bars, supermarkets and the drinks industry in England to do more to help tackle the "scandal" of alcohol abuse.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:41am EST
Unemployment in Wales falls 3,000 in the three months to December - the second consecutive drop in monthly figures.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:29am EST
Whitney Houston was the master of the melisma. So what is it, and why did Pop Idol ban it?
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:27am EST
Half a billion children could grow up physically or mentally stunted in the next 15 years due to insufficient food, a children's charity says.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:26am EST
England look to build on Alastair Cook's century in the second one-day international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:19am EST
Unemployment in Northern Ireland currently stands at 7.2%, below the United Kingdom average of 8.4%.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 5:15am EST
The Commons defence committee says its visit to the Falklands was agreed in late 2011, but is not a response to a recent escalation of tensions with Argentina over the islands' future.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:28am EST
London has come second, beaten only by Paris, in a ranking of the world's best cities for students.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:24am EST
Teenagers in England are eating less fatty food and more vegetables than previous generations but some are skipping meals to lose weight, according to research.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:21am EST
Samsung Electronics says it is mulling spinning-off its Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) unit in a bid to streamline its business.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:15am EST
British actor Jonny Lee Miller will play Sherlock Holmes in a proposed US TV update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective stories.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 4:07am EST
Uggie, the Jack Russell star of The Artist, will not make an appearance at the Academy Awards next week, the film's US distributor announces.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 3:51am EST
Thailand says blasts suspects were targeting individuals, as Israel says explosives were similar to Delhi and Georgia attacks.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 3:21am EST
A family was paid more than £600,000 in damages and costs by the Crown Prosecution Service and Met Police after a child witness was put at risk, the BBC learns.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 3:05am EST
Sheepdog trading is proving a lucrative business for some as border collies are in demand from shepherds and farmers around the world.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 2:58am EST
A Stormont report finds that the previous executive achieved less than a third of its targets (31%) in promoting health and addressing health inequalities.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 2:58am EST
All the latest sports news stories, featuring Champions League build-up, Carlos Tevez and Rangers
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 2:56am EST
One of the world's tiniest lizards has been discovered by keen-eyed researchers in Madagascar.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 2:56am EST
British diver Tom Daley has been warned he will miss out on an Olympic medal if he does not cut down on his media commitments.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 2:32am EST
Local council leaders in Wales say council tax rises are set to be at a record low, with Swansea, Caerphilly and Monmouthshire planning a freeze.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 2:16am EST
It is thought the number of people currently out of work could rise, with economists predicting a wider divide in the level of unemployment and wealth between the north and south of England.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 1:41am EST
An explosion has reportedly hit a crude oil pipeline feeding the embattled Syrian city of Homs, eyewitnesses have told the Reuters news agency.
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Posted: February 15th, 2012, 1:09am EST
Yahoo Japan falls 5% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on reports that talks regarding the swap of its Asian assets have stalled.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:36pm EST
An American man accused of killing his wife on their Australian honeymoon by shutting off her oxygen tank while scuba diving goes on trial in Alabama.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:26pm EST
A group of scientists have created the first community-run biology laboratory in New York City in an effort to promote creativity in science.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:11pm EST
How do the leadership styles of the late Kim Jong-il and his son Kim Jong-un compare and what does this mean for North Korea?
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 9:55pm EST
A sister of one of the Birmingham pub bombings victims starts a petition to open a public inquiry into the attacks.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 9:50pm EST
Service marks the 70th anniversary of the fall of Singapore
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 9:49pm EST
Which future leaders visited the US in their youth?
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 9:27pm EST
US President Barack Obama says China needs to follow fair trade practices as it plays an increasingly important global role.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 9:13pm EST
China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, defends his country's record on human rights, at the start of a week-long visit to the United States.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:57pm EST
A study of the structure of sea urchins' spines turns up a "bricks-and-mortar" structure that could lead to improved materials such as concrete.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:28pm EST
Romanian rescue teams have been struggling to evacuate people whose homes have been smothered by heavy snow.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:27pm EST
Two advertisements for the budget airline Ryanair are banned by the UK's advertising watchdog after complaints that they were sexist.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:16pm EST
Venezuela's opposition says it has destroyed voting records from Sunday's primary elections despite a Supreme Court order that they be preserved.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:05pm EST
How Guernica came to be nailed to a car showroom wall
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:50pm EST
Scientists track tiny round-the-world songbird
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:03pm EST
The daunting pressures of being unemployed
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:02pm EST
Scientists believe they have found a way to beat sleeping sickness by using a bacterium against the host that spreads the disease to humans - the tsetse fly.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 6:34pm EST
The BBC's Rachel Harvey has been granted rare access to film inside Burma's parliament in the Burmese capital city Naypyidaw, where she walked a virtually unused 20-lane highway.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 6:07pm EST
Clashes between protesters and police
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 1:45pm EST
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that Thierry Henry could sign off in style against AC Milan in his final match before returning to New York Red Bulls.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 1:35pm EST
Two Colombian priests shot dead in Bogota a year ago hired the assassins who killed them after one was diagnosed with Aids, prosecutors say.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 1:19pm EST
A cabinet minister in Uganda, where homosexual acts are illegal, raids a workshop for gay activists and tries to arrest the organiser.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 12:29pm EST
Italy will not fund Rome's bid to host the 2020 Olympics because it would be "irresponsible" in the current financial climate, PM Mario Monti announces.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:34am EST
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hopes midfielder Jack Wilshere will be back in action within a month.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:31am EST
Rangers Football Club enters administration - meaning the club will be docked an immediate 10 points in the Scottish Premier League.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:28am EST
The funeral of singer Whitney Houston is to be held on 18 February in the New Jersey church where she sang as a child.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:25am EST
China vows to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis, during talks with the EU in Beijing, but falls short of pledging investment in a bailout fund.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:15am EST
Italian prosecutors launch an appeal against the acquittals of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:13am EST
The Duchess of Cambridge takes her first public walkabout without her husband, Prince William, on a visit to a children's hospital in Liverpool.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:02am EST
Home Office minister James Brokenshire is in Jordan for talks about Abu Qatada, who the UK wants to deport, the BBC understands.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:00am EST
A suspected Iranian bomber has his legs blown off in one of three explosions, while attempting to attack police, in the Thai capital, Bangkok.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 9:55am EST
Giant crayons jutting from East London's Waterworks River are the first artwork to be completed on the Olympic Park.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 9:47am EST
The Wales Millennium Centre defends turning down a booking for controversial comedian Frankie Boyle.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 9:01am EST
As he prepares to host insurance industry officials at No 10, David Cameron vows to tackle "trivial claims" that are driving the cost of premiums up.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:59am EST
A group occupying a vacant hotel in the hope of setting up a community centre in Swansea lose their challenge to an eviction order.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:57am EST
A car parts manufacturer in Powys warns of job losses, blaming the "continuing difficult trading situation".
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:51am EST
A record number of people were prosecuted for racially and religiously motivated hate crimes in England and Wales last year, official figures show.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:47am EST
A man convicted of shooting two drug dealers found buried on a Cornish farm is jailed for life and will serve a minimum of 35 years.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:33am EST
A deaf girl allegedly kept in a cellar, raped and treated as a slave tells a court she could not understand passport officials when she arrived in the UK.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:30am EST
Police try to prevent people marking the anniversary of pro-democracy protests in Bahrain's capital, after a second day of clashes in outlying villages.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:21am EST
The car of a man accused of killing Constable Stephen Carroll was parked close to where the gunman lay in wait on the murder night, a court hears.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:21am EST
A father convicted for a second time of killing his baby daughter is sentenced to a minimum jail term of 15 years and one month.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:09am EST
A Nigerian bomb disposal officer is killed when an explosive device he was trying to defuse went off, a police spokesperson says.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:06am EST
Chancellor George Osborne defends continued spending cuts following a warning that the country's top credit rating may be downgraded.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:05am EST
The authorities in Gaza say the Palestinian territory's only power station has had to shut down because of a lack of fuel.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 8:05am EST
The deterioration of the Greek economy accelerated in the final three months of last year, when it contracted at an annual rate of 7%.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:52am EST
Police seal off large parts of Bahrain's capital on the anniversary of pro-democracy protests, as clashes in outlying villages continue for a second day.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:46am EST
24 hours of news photos: 14 February
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:43am EST
Education services in Torfaen are heavily criticised in a report by inspection body Estyn, which says standards need to be raised in secondary schools and with GCSE results.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:37am EST
A dispute over the ownership of the iPad name could have repercussions for sales beyond China.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:36am EST
Lexus Chase winner Synchronised is allotted top weight of 11st 10lb for the Grand National at Aintree.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:35am EST
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says his country will "absolutely not protect any party" in the conflict in Syria, despite the veto of a UN resolution.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:32am EST
Tommy Sheridan is back in court weeks after leaving prison in the latest round of his seven-year battle with the News of the World.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:29am EST
The energy ombudsman has created a spoof Valentine message to energy companies telling them they need to change the way they treat customers.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:16am EST
Great Britain will travel to Sweden in April's Fed Cup World Group II play-offs after missing out on a home draw.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:14am EST
The finance minister reveals a series of capital investments in hospitals and the road network.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 7:03am EST
Britain is under threat from a rising tide of "militant secularisation", Conservative Party co-chairwoman Baroness Warsi warns.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 6:46am EST
A powerful cyclone bearing winds of up to 194km/h strikes the island of Madagascar, killing at least two people as it rips up trees and electricity pylons.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 6:44am EST
Prices rose at an annual rate of 3.6% in January, official figures show, slower than the 4.2% rate recorded the month earlier.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 6:12am EST
A 21-year-old law student denies racially abusing former Liverpool, Aston Villa and England footballer Stan Collymore on Twitter.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 6:02am EST
The Large Hadron Collider will boost the energy of its collisions, with scientists hoping to find "new physics" and end debate about the Higgs boson.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 5:33am EST
The government loses another vote in the House of Lords over its plans to reform the welfare system.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 5:30am EST
Sales of homes in England and Wales are expected to rise in the final weeks of a stamp duty holiday, surveyors say.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 5:26am EST
Hollywood actor Sean Penn has urged for negotiations between the UK and Argentina as tensions rise ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 5:09am EST
Top names in Turkish football are set to face judges as nearly 100 people go on trial accused of match-fixing.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 4:51am EST
The canine star of The Artist, Uggie, receives the first annual Golden Collar award for best performance by a dog in a film.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 4:37am EST
A newlywed woman in a Madhya Pradesh village leaves home because of the lack of a toilet - and does not return until her husband builds one.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 4:14am EST
Credit rating: Osborne v Balls
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 4:12am EST
Moody's puts the credit rating of the UK, France and Austria on "negative outlook" and downgrades the ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 3:21am EST
Home Minister P Chidambaram says India is hunting the "well-trained person" who carried out Monday's attack on an Israeli diplomat in Delhi.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 3:00am EST
All the latest sports news stories throughout the day
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 2:50am EST
The man believed to be the world's tallest basketball player has been introduced by the Harlem Globetrotters.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 2:12am EST
The body of Whitney Houston has been flown from California to her home state of New Jersey, ahead of a funeral expected later this week.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 1:42am EST
See how two cute pooches react as Newsbeat tests out the first TV advert aimed directly at dogs' ears.
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Posted: February 14th, 2012, 1:10am EST
Whitney Houston's body is flown from Los Angeles to her home state of New Jersey, ahead of a funeral expected later this week.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:28pm EST
On his first visit to America in 1842, English novelist Charles Dickens was greeted like a modern rock star. But the trip soon turned sour, as Simon Watts reports.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 9:24pm EST
Argentina's main transport union says it will boycott ships flying the British flag as tensions rise over the Falkland Islands.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 9:13pm EST
Professor Iain Stewart uses an ultra-violet camera to reveal the markings some flowers have developed to attract pollinating insects.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:10pm EST
Rare photographs from Equatorial Guinea
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:10pm EST
Tinker Tailor screenwriter Peter Straughan on his next mission
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:52pm EST
Damage caused by a heart attack has been healed using stem cells gathered from the patient's own heart, according to doctors in the US.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:48pm EST
Iranian exile tells opposition story in comic
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:31pm EST
It's 70 years this week since the first US airman was killed in Europe, following America's entry into World War II. Who was Townsend Griffiss?
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:30pm EST
Can computers really find your true love?
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:10pm EST
Why space tourism might be coming to Lossiemouth
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 6:14pm EST
Damien Grammaticas looks at Chinese vice president Xi Jinping, who has just arrived in the US where he will meet President Obama.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 5:51pm EST
US regulators approve Google's $12.5bn (£7.9bn) bid for phone maker Motorola Mobility, hours after it wins clearance from European authorities.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 2:48pm EST
Whitney Houston was underwater and unconscious when she was found in a bath at her Los Angeles hotel room on Saturday, according to police.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 2:30pm EST
Barack Obama's 2013 budget request for Nasa would cut spending on Mars exploration and shift funds to human spaceflight and space technology.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 2:25pm EST
Alastair Cook and Steven Finn help England recover from their Test series whitewash to beat Pakistan by 130 runs in the first one-day international in Abu Dhabi.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 1:58pm EST
A 24-year-old man has been jailed for three years after attacking customers in a Hull pub with a chainsaw.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 1:56pm EST
A former teacher sacked for writing a racy novel about her pupils at a West Yorkshire school is told she will not face a hearing by the General Teaching Council.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 1:55pm EST
Torches, drones and an electric Le Mans car are being used by BAE as test-beds for structural battery tech
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 1:49pm EST
US and North Korean officials will meet in Beijing on 23 February to discuss Pyongyang's controversial nuclear programme, Washington says.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 1:49pm EST
Irish actor David Kelly, known for starring in the films Waking Ned and Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, dies aged 82.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 1:43pm EST
South Wales council tax payers will contribute an extra five per cent towards the cost of policing next year.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 1:33pm EST
More than 250 workers at one of Northern Ireland's biggest call centre companies are set to lose their jobs, the company has announced.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 1:16pm EST
Carlos Tevez will resume his Manchester City career despite accusing Roberto Mancini of treating him "like a dog".
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:59pm EST
A Royal Air Force Regiment airman has been killed by gunfire in Afghanistan, the MoD confirms.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:50pm EST
Shares in Apple cross $500 a share for the first time - capping a remarkable turnaround for the maker of the iPhone and iPad.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:48pm EST
Scotland flanker Alasdair Strokosch may miss the rest of Six Nations campaign with a fractured hand.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:28pm EST
A Newry woman is jailed for life for the murder of a homeless Polish man in Newry in July 2009.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:19pm EST
Members of a specialist army intelligence unit are unable to explain how vital tracking information relating to the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll was deleted.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:19pm EST
The failure of the UN security council to take action has emboldened Syria to make an "all out assault" on opponents, UN rights chief Navi Pillay says.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:15pm EST
Fans go wild as Zambia's football team arrives in the capital, Lusaka, after beating Ivory Coast in a penalty shoot-out to win the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:11pm EST
Police raids which led to the arrest of five Sun journalists are fiercely attacked by the paper's associate editor Trevor Kavanagh.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:10pm EST
Somali traffic police hit the streets of the capital Mogadishu after a 20 year absence.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:08pm EST
Abu Qatada, accused of being one of the UK's most dangerous extremist clerics, is to be freed from jail and will be subject to a 22-hour curfew.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:07pm EST
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames Iran after bombers apparently targeted diplomats in India and Georgia, injuring four people.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:06pm EST
The working conditions at factories responsible for Apple products are to be independently inspected.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:06pm EST
US President Obama unveils a $3.8 trillion budget, with plans to raise taxes on the wealthy, prompting an election year fiscal fight with Republicans.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:04pm EST
Wolves sack manager Mick McCarthy after five-and-a-half years in charge, with the club in the Premier League bottom three.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:00pm EST
Metropolitan Police commander Ali Dizaei is sentenced to three years in prison for misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:47am EST
Portsmouth Football Club are set to enter administration for the second time in two years.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:47am EST
A Yorkshire man is convicted of shooting two drug dealers found buried in their van on a Cornish farm.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:38am EST
Sales of Whitney Houston albums soar on both sides of the Atlantic following the singer's death in Los Angeles on Saturday.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:37am EST
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the world's top universities, has revealed its first fully automated, accredited course, without tuition fees.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:36am EST
Metropolitan Police commander Ali Dizaei is sentenced to three years in prison for misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:34am EST
A deaf girl allegedly kept in a cellar, raped and treated as a slave in Greater Manchester tells a court of years of beatings and cruelty.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:23am EST
The European Commission welcomes Greece's approval of tough austerity measures, needed for a huge bailout package, which sparked riots.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:21am EST
Rangers Football Club lodges legal papers signalling its intention to go into administration.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:11am EST
The legal action taken by the City of London Corporation to evict a protest camp outside St Paul's Cathedral was "draconian", the Court of Appeal hears.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:06am EST
Parents are worrying that a shortage of places is creating "supersize" primary schools, according to the Netmums website.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 11:06am EST
Rio de Janeiro police and firefighters vote to end their pay strike, ahead of the annual carnival in the Brazilian city.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:53am EST
Saturday's postponed Six Nations game between France and Ireland is likely to be rescheduled for the first weekend in March.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:52am EST
Nick Clegg insists Health Secretary Andrew Lansley must be allowed to see his overhaul of the NHS in England through Parliament.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:42am EST
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond says "modest progress" was made at independence referendum talks with the UK government.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:32am EST
Bank of England figures show that net lending from the UK's five largest banks fell every quarter last year, as the Project Merlin commitments come to an end.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:27am EST
Indians have illegally deposited an estimated $500bn in overseas tax havens, says the chief of India's federal investigation agency.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:23am EST
A man is arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport after the two main international terminals are evacuated over a bomb threat.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:20am EST
Physicists have come up with an equation that predicts the shape of a ponytail.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:07am EST
The government ordered a review of bonuses in the public sector to ensure they are "fit for purpose", amid public anger at the size of some payments.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:05am EST
The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is criticised by the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 10:00am EST
A cat lover with mental health problems who repeatedly tried to run down two dog walkers is jailed for five years.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 9:52am EST
Why do people rush in to rescue their pets?
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 9:44am EST
An Italian court convicts a Swiss tycoon and a Belgian baron of negligence over some 2,200 absestos-related deaths and sentences each of them to 16 years in jail
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 9:30am EST
New arrangements spark complaints over court interpreters
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 9:11am EST
Elton John has paid tribute to Whitney Houston saying she had the most beautiful voice he has ever heard in his life.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:56am EST
Poverty rises in Nigeria, with almost 100 million people living on less than a $1 a day, despite strong economic growth, statistics show.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:55am EST
George Clooney, Tom Jones and Viola Davis pay tribute to Whitney Houston
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:49am EST
Azerbaijan angrily denies an Iranian claim that it has been helping Israeli spies plotting against Iran.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:36am EST
All the latest sports news stories throughout the day
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:28am EST
A senior surgeon criticises the theft of cables which affected computer systems in three hospitals.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:20am EST
The Taliban in Afghanistan announce that one of their most senior former leaders, Mullah Obaidullah, died in a Pakistani prison in 2010.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:54am EST
The body of a man discovered on a beach was that of missing 20-year-old Grant Ritchie, Grampian Police say.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:50am EST
Two men are arrested after a five-hour stand-off with police which saw a house in East Renfrewshire barricaded and set on fire.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:23am EST
24 hours of news photos: 13 February
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:14am EST
The number of mortgages agreed for first-time house buyers picked up at the end of 2011, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:11am EST
Houston has died in Los Angeles at the age of 48
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 7:11am EST
A Dungannon man appears in court charged after the find of a bomb said to be of the type used by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 6:51am EST
Asian honeybees signal to bee-eating hornets to let them know they have been spotted, according to scientists.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 6:31am EST
Europe's new 30m-tall Vega rocket has launched on its first flight from Kourou in French Guiana, on a mission to put nine small satellites in orbit.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 6:30am EST
Can the Afghan army take control on the battlefield?
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 6:20am EST
Thanks to regulations Braille is spreading but do most blind people actually use the language of dots?
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 6:11am EST
The 'exploding lake' that could suffocate millions
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 6:05am EST
Madonna says M.I.A.'s middle finger gesture during their Super Bowl half-time show was "teenage and irrelevant".
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 5:56am EST
Striker Carlos Tevez is set to return to Manchester City on Tuesday.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 5:47am EST
The man likely to become China's next leader, Vice-President Xi Jinping, begins a closely watched visit to the United States.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 4:08am EST
A coroner says foul play was not suspected in the death of Whitney Houston as the music world pays tribute to the singer at the Grammy Awards.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 4:03am EST
How does a child get taken into care within hours?
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 3:08am EST
Thousands rally against austerity measures
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 2:41am EST
Music stars turn out in Los Angeles
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 1:45am EST
Venezuela's opposition chooses Henrique Capriles to run against President Hugo Chavez in October's election, after holding its first ever primary.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:44am EST
Singer Adele wins six awards at the Grammy ceremony in Los Angeles, where she also makes her live comeback after throat surgery.
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Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:32am EST
In Helmand province, Afghan forces have started their own operations against the Taliban for the first time.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 11:37pm EST
Panorama's Hilary Andersson travels to a school in Las Vegas to meet some of America's youngest poor.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 9:08pm EST
Winners at the 65th Baftas in London
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 8:35pm EST
Following a post-mortem examination, the Los Angeles coroner says there were no visible signs of trauma on Whitney Houston's body and that foul play is "not suspected at this time".
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 8:09pm EST
British weather is often seen as a drawback but a marketing campaign is hoping to use the nation's favourite talking point to attract foreigners. So can Britain's weather really boost tourism?
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 7:54pm EST
US poor sent to live in tent cities
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 7:02pm EST
Society should have a fresh debate on organ donation, according to a new report by the British Medical Association.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 6:53pm EST
A link between memory loss and a high calorie diet has been suggested by researchers in the US.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 6:29pm EST
Silent movie The Artist has dominated the 65th Baftas, taking seven prizes including best film, best director and best actor, for its star Jean Dujardin.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 2:11pm EST
There have been fierce clashes in Athens between police and demonstrators opposed to new austerity measures being debated by the Greek parliament.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 2:10pm EST
Silent movie The Artist dominates the 65th Baftas, taking seven prizes including best film, best director and best actor for its star Jean Dujardin.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 2:05pm EST
Joleon Lescott scores the only goal as Manchester City return to the top of the Premier League after a 1-0 win over Aston Villa.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 2:00pm EST
A 32-year-old man arrested in Coalisland is charged with possession of explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:59pm EST
Zambia take on Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations final in Libreville, Gabon.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:50pm EST
Pumping to remove more than 2,300 tonnes of diesel from the grounded Costa Concordia cruise ship has begun, Italian authorities say.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:48pm EST
The Arab League calls for a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission to end the 11-month conflict in Syria, in a resolution seen by the BBC.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:38pm EST
George Clooney spoke to the BBC ahead of the star-studded 65th Bafta ceremony at London's Royal Opera House.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:36pm EST
Dan Evans keeps his nerve to win a five-set deciding rubber as Great Britain beat Slovakia 3-2 in their Davis Cup tie.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:26pm EST
Dejected Wolves manager Mick McCarthy apologises to his club's supporters after the 5-1 home humiliation against Black Country rivals West Brom.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:21pm EST
Syria is near to tipping into serious sectarian bloodshed, says BBC's Paul Wood after Homs visit
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:19pm EST
Greek MPs debate an unpopular austerity bill crucial for a 130bn euro bailout, as police use tear gas against angry protesters outside parliament.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:07pm EST
Scientists have shown how some cells in the body can repel attacks from HIV by starving the virus of the building blocks of life.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 1:03pm EST
The leader of the remnants of Peru's Shining Path rebel movement - Comrade Artemio - is captured alive, officials say.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 12:57pm EST
A 25-year-old man is critically injured after the car he was in was attacked in south Armagh.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 12:56pm EST
A young girl is pulled alive from a house hours after it was hit by an avalanche which killed at least nine people in southern Kosovo.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 12:22pm EST
The BBC's Jane Hill caught up with Miss Piggy ahead of the star-studded 65th Bafta ceremony.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 12:17pm EST
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and manager Kenny Dalglish have apologised after Suarez refused to shake Patrice Evra's hand before Saturday's match.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 11:47am EST
Leigh Halfpenny scores two tries in a 22-point haul as Wales outclass Scotland 27-13 to go top of the Six Nations table.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 11:33am EST
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley should "move on" from his role after NHS reforms are completed, Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes suggests.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 11:23am EST
Musicians, fans and friends pay tribute to singer Whitney Houston, who has died unexpectedly at the age of 48.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 11:10am EST
An RSPCA investigation begins into claims pigs were beaten at a farm in Norfolk.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 10:52am EST
American singer and actress Whitney Houston has died in Los Angeles at the age of 48.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 10:51am EST
The Welsh language remains in crisis, claims the chief executive of the outgoing body that promotes it.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 10:49am EST
Polls have closed in presidential elections in Turkmenistan, with incumbent President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov expected to win another term.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 10:37am EST
A senior adviser to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, is killed in a plane crash, officials say.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 10:10am EST
Former Labour councillors at Scotland's biggest local authority launching a rival party to field candidates in May's local election.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 10:00am EST
Heritage dog breeds help protect Portugal's flocks
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 9:15am EST
A number of bankers, including four from the Royal Bank of Scotland, have been arrested in a tax fraud inquiry, investigators reveal.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 9:02am EST
A woman who was seriously injured when her then husband tried to kill her by blowing up her car outside their Kent home says she has forgiven him.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 9:01am EST
Singer Alicia Keyes and Producer Sean "Diddy" Coombes have both paid tribute to singer and actress Whitney Houston following her death in Los Angeles at the age of 48.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 9:00am EST
The Scottish and UK governments say they are hoping to quickly resolve outstanding wrangles over plans for the independence referendum.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 8:47am EST
Two men and two women are questioned by North Wales Police on suspicion of murdering a 43-year-old man after reports of an early morning disturbance in Bangor.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 8:09am EST
The public wants a tougher regulatory system for the press that is independent of politicians, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 7:22am EST
A Shropshire church plans to install a marble plaque acknowledging William Penny Brookes' links to the Olympic Games.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 7:01am EST
Israel's main trade union federation has ended a five-day strike which closed government offices and key transport hubs.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 6:49am EST
Turkish jets have bombed suspected hideouts of the Kurdish rebel group PKK in northern Iraq, Turkey's military says.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 6:43am EST
Stars pay tribute to US singer and actress Whitney Houston.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 6:42am EST
Football should avoid complacency when it comes to tackling racism in sport, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 5:53am EST
An ambulance crew in Antrim is forced to leave the scene of an emergency call-out after being threatened by two men with steel bars.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 5:22am EST
Singer Whitney Houston, who died on Saturday, was last filmed performing in Los Angeles last Thursday.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 4:57am EST
A major exhibition of Egyptian treasures has opened at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 3:38am EST
Georgia's entrepreneurs compete for investment on reality TV show
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Posted: February 12th, 2012, 3:27am EST
Malaysian authorities deport a Saudi journalist who left his country after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:58pm EST
The novels that help children understand war
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:40pm EST
Do Katherine Jenkins concerts make troops feel better?
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:36pm EST
A tip-off by demobilised rebels leads Colombian security forces to a large cache of explosives and weapons hidden in a jungle camp.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:30pm EST
The 215th anniversary of Franz Schubert's birth is to be marked by BBC Radio 3 in March with 200 hours of continuous broadcasting devoted to the prolific Austrian composer.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:16pm EST
Frontrunner Mitt Romney sees off a strong challenge from outsider Ron Paul to win the Republican primary caucuses in Maine, say party officials.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 3:15pm EST
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp says there has been no approach from the FA about the vacant England manager's postion after guiding his team to a 5-0 victory over Newcastle.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 3:10pm EST
The Six Nations game between France and Ireland is called off 10 minutes before kick-off because of a frozen pitch at Stade de France in Paris.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 2:55pm EST
Three South Korean tourists are released a day after they were kidnapped in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian officials say.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 2:33pm EST
Josh Charnley scores his first Wigan hat-trick as the Warriors get their Super League campaign up and running with victory over champions Leeds.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 2:30pm EST
Two men are beaten and set alight by local residents near Mexico City, who accused the victims of attempted kidnap.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 2:17pm EST
At least two people are killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 2:13pm EST
News International owner Rupert Murdoch says he is committed to publishing the Sun newspaper, following the arrest of five of its employees.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 1:57pm EST
Thousands of people take to the streets across Europe to demonstrate against a controversial anti-piracy agreement,
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 1:18pm EST
A care worker is charged with two counts of assaulting vulnerable pensioners at a residential home in East Sussex.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 1:17pm EST
England hit back from a nine-point deficit to beat Italy in the first ever Six Nations game at the snow-bound Stadio Olimpico.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 1:08pm EST
The Sun is a newspaper that refuses to be ignored
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 12:14pm EST
Commonwealth foreign ministers are to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the stand-off in the Maldives between the new president and his predecessor.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 11:42am EST
Two second-half goals from Wayne Rooney give Manchester United victory over rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 11:09am EST
South Africa is to put the image of Nelson Mandela on all its banknotes, marking the 22nd anniversary of his release from prison.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 11:08am EST
Scotland's first minister seeks to play down the possibility of referendum talks with David Cameron in the next few days.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 11:02am EST
Police seized copies of a Manchester United fanzine before the match with Liverpool amid fears its cover would stoke the racism row between the clubs.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 10:59am EST
Kazakhstan is hosting the world ice fishing championship
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 10:41am EST
A snubbed handshake sparks angry reactions as a simmering race row between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra overshadows Man United's win over Liverpool.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 9:46am EST
A man is arrested after a two-car collision which briefly closed part of the M4 in south Wales and led to a woman being taken to hospital.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 9:06am EST
A robber attacks two elderly women in Portadown pushing one to the ground before stealing both women's' handbags.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 8:58am EST
Researchers at the University of Bedfordshire develop new technique for powering electronic devices.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 8:55am EST
A Syrian general is killed by "terrorists", state media say, in what is thought to be the first assassination of a senior officer in Damascus since the uprising began.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 8:31am EST
Police in Bangladesh investigate the murder of a married couple who were both TV journalists in the capital Dhaka.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 8:25am EST
Five Sun employees are among eight people arrested over alleged corrupt payments to police and public servants.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 8:14am EST
Activists' calls for a day of strikes in Egypt on the anniversary of President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow appear to have little impact.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 8:11am EST
The weekend's sporting fixtures are heavily affected by the weather again, with several games postponed on Saturday morning.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:29am EST
The UN General Assembly is becoming the focus of attempts to apply pressure on Syria's government over its continued crackdown on dissent.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:22am EST
Rats are judged on their appearance, colour and friendliness in a Crufts-style competition in Derbyshire.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:18am EST
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has begun campaigning for the first time in the constituency where she is standing for election to parliament.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:06am EST
Campaigners opposed to changes at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli stage what they call a "stop the closure" march and rally.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 7:03am EST
Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey warns Christianity is facing "marginalisation", after prayers are banned from a council's meetings.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:58am EST
Italian family spots long-lost US relative on TV
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:58am EST
Why food shortages overshadow a royal Falkland visit
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:42am EST
New video footage has been released showing confusion on the bridge of the command deck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in the hour after it hit a reef.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:38am EST
A woman dies after receiving head injuries when the car she was driving hit a lamp-post.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:35am EST
A man is arrested in Poland in connection with the death of a Polish man in Edinburgh in January.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:33am EST
Greece's cabinet approves a draft bill committing to austerity reforms required to get new bailout funds, amid warnings of "chaos" if parliament fails to ratify.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:33am EST
Pubgoers are urged to help trace a man police have labelled a "love rat" who befriended a woman he met on the internet, then sold her car.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:30am EST
Low income families with parents in part-time work could lose about £4,000 a year because of a change in tax credits, Labour says.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:26am EST
Three men appear at Lisburn Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of Andrew Lorimer in Lurgan last weekend.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:19am EST
Crowds mob Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she campaigns for the first time in the constituency she is contesting in April.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:03am EST
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country will announce major nuclear achievements in the next few days.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 5:53am EST
Work is under way aimed at ensuring grassroots charities do not lose out after the race equality body Awema had its funding stopped.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 5:41am EST
Actor Hugh Grant stands by his claim Associated Newspapers obtained information about him through phone hacking.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 5:40am EST
A man wanted in Suffolk over a £1m theft in 1993 cannot afford a lawyer after being charged in the United States, a court hears.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 5:10am EST
British film great 'moved' by his latest honour from Bafta
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 4:34am EST
One of the sons of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatens to lead a revolt against Libya's transitional government.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 4:32am EST
The young poet trying to build his country's first book shop
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 4:31am EST
A man is being held after armed police stormed an Italian restaurant in Glasgow city centre, ending a siege that lasted nearly eight hours.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 4:15am EST
A man is shot dead by security forces at a demonstration in eastern Saudi Arabia, the second such incident in two days, activists say.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 4:11am EST
The actor tells Evan Davis about his ongoing spat with the Daily Mail
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 3:27am EST
AA Gill on how his shortcomings led him to be a writer
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 2:21am EST
Most people do not know the number to call in the event of an emergency while on holiday in Europe, a survey suggests.
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Posted: February 11th, 2012, 1:29am EST
Sudan and South Sudan sign a non-aggression pact and agree to respect each other's sovereignty, says the chief mediator at crisis talks.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 11:57pm EST
Sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow continue to affect most of Europe, and more is expected.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 11:57pm EST
The capsule used to rescue 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days, goes on display in London.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 9:42pm EST
The Prime Minister of Greece, Lucas Papademos, has insisted his country must do "whatever it takes" to avoid bankruptcy and catastrophe.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 9:08pm EST
Manchester City defender Micah Richards leaves Twitter after being the victim of racist abuse, reports suggest.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 8:37pm EST
Hackers claim responsibility for disabling the CIA website in an announcement on a Twitter feed under the banner of the Anonymous collective.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 8:00pm EST
News photos from around the world this week
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 7:25pm EST
The cause of the suffragettes is lauded today - but in their era they were regarded by some as violent extremists.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 7:24pm EST
Why Danish drama is required viewing for UK political class
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 7:18pm EST
How new materials are thwarting the scrap thieves
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 7:12pm EST
Argentina accuses the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic, and makes an official complaint to the UN over the Falklands.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 7:01pm EST
Buyers are being urged not to rush into hasty property transactions just to benefit from the stamp duty holiday which is due to end next month.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 6:43pm EST
One of the pods used to rescue the miners trapped underground in Chile in 2010 has gone on display at the Science Museum in London.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 6:03pm EST
US President Barack Obama says insurers - and not religious institutions - will provide contraception to women free of charge, amid a row with religious leaders.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 5:47pm EST
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on Argentina and the UK to avoid an "escalation" in tensions over the disputed Falkland Islands.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 5:43pm EST
Zambia's footballers remember victims of 1993 air crash
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 5:11pm EST
New Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik rejects calls by his predecessor for snap elections as a way of resolving a political stand-off.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 4:51pm EST
The head teacher of a school at the centre of a row over attempts to make it become an academy quits after the school was put in special measures.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:55pm EST
Germany delays ratifying a controversial international accord designed to combat piracy
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:26pm EST
What precious objects tell us about the British monarchy.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:22pm EST
Norway welcomes North Korean YouTube stars
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:21pm EST
A council gritting lorry crashed into a house after careering through four gardens and hitting two parked cars in Cambridgeshire.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:16pm EST
Three South Korean tourists and their Egyptian guide have been kidnapped by armed Bedouin tribesmen in the Sinai peninsula, officials have said.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 12:39pm EST
Chris Robshaw vows England will go toe-to-toe with Italy to avoid defeat against a side improving with every passing tournament.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 11:42am EST
A senior officer at Russia's Plesetsk space station is jailed for 13 years after being convicted of selling missile test data to the CIA.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 11:15am EST
After more than 10 years of development work, Europe's new small satellite launcher is ready for its first flight.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 11:05am EST
Millions of British children have never been to an art gallery, theatre or stage show, a study shows.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 10:54am EST
A children's story by James Joyce is published for the first time in Dublin to the dismay of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 10:50am EST
The High Court rules a Devon town council which held prayers before meetings was acting unlawfully - in a case which could affect councils across England and Wales.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 9:58am EST
A Kosovo man who admitted shooting dead two US airmen at Frankfurt airport a year ago is sentenced to life in prison by a German court.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 9:41am EST
Overfishing of EU fisheries is costing the European economy £2.7bn a year and 100,000 jobs, a report by a UK think-tank finds.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 8:37am EST
US video games suffer a 34% annual drop for January, according to analysts at NPD. The figures come less than a fortnight before the PlayStation Vita launches.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 8:04am EST
24 hours of news photos: 10 February 2012
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 7:45am EST
A terminally-ill man convicted of murdering two soldiers at Massereene Barracks in Antrim must serve a minimum of 25 years in prison.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 7:12am EST
A selection of the winning photographs
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 6:22am EST
England should look north of the border for answers to the problem of poor maths skills, says a report.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 5:58am EST
My Bottom Line: Michael Spencer, founder and chief executive of ICAP, says the best managers recognise mistakes, admit them and then act on them.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 3:13am EST
Eurozone ministers set tough conditions for a bailout deal for Greece, as Greek unions plan a 48-hour strike in protest against cuts.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 3:09am EST
Trustees of a controversial race relations charity meet to consider how to wind up the organisation's affairs.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 3:06am EST
Barclays reports a 3% fall in annual profits to £5.9bn, and cuts the bonus pool at its investment banking division by 32%.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 2:54am EST
There is a warning of icy roads in parts of Wales, as well as a crash blocking the A470 in Powys, but only a "dusting" of snow is so far reported.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 2:44am EST
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before the Supreme Court next week after it dismisses his appeal against contempt charges.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 2:40am EST
More than 40 firefighters tackle a blaze at an Aberdeenshire home, but are being hampered by a lack of water.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 2:39am EST
China's exports and imports fell in January, raising fresh concerns about the impact of a global economic slowdown on its economy.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 2:28am EST
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says the government is "committed" to the NHS bill, amid reports that three Conservative cabinet ministers have concerns.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:53am EST
Papers examine England prospects for Harry Redknapp
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:28am EST
The toddler who's great at table tennis, the runaway rhino and the presenter not quite ready for her live broadcast - the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
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Posted: February 10th, 2012, 12:50am EST
Burmese monk Shin Gambira, one of the leaders of the 2007 protests, is taken away by the authorities, eyewitnesses tell BBC Burmese.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:40pm EST
Sainsbury's is removing advice to freeze food "on day of purchase" from its labels and informing customers it can be done up until the use-by date.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:09pm EST
The US military announces plans to relax curbs on women serving in combat roles, but an advocacy group says the policy does not go far enough.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:54pm EST
Tata Steel, the largest producer in India, unexpectedly reports a loss of 6.03bn rupees ($122m; £77m), hit by weak demand.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:40pm EST
Bafta-maker shows how the prized trophies are produced
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:36pm EST
Origami dresses, the London 2012 Olympic torch and a wind-propelled landmine detonator are among the nominations for the 2012 Designs of the Year Awards.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:20pm EST
The Mexican army has seized 15 tonnes of drugs in the western state of Jalisco.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:13pm EST
President Obama condemns as "outrageous bloodshed" the continuing onslaught aimed at crushing rebels in the Syrian city of Homs.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:07pm EST
South Dakota's Oglala Sioux tribe has sued major beer makers for $500m for fuelling chronic alcohol abuse in one of the poorest communities in the US.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:03pm EST
Problem drinkers in London are to be given American-style sobriety tests aimed at keeping them away from alcohol.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 9:57pm EST
Driving huge freight trains up and down the Andes mountains in Peru, on the second highest railway in the world, requires great skill and courage.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 9:28pm EST
The Ministry of Defence may be "over-optimistic" about how much its military equipment budget is under control, an influential group of MPs says.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:56pm EST
A project is to look at whether following a set of systematic movements for 10 minutes a day in class can boost pupils' results.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:51pm EST
Drivers who use cannabis before driving double their chances of causing a collision, research suggests.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:43pm EST
Who has the FBI kept tabs on and why?
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:42pm EST
The head teacher who criticised multiculturalism
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:27pm EST
The soaring cost of wasted medicines
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:23pm EST
The dos and don'ts of writing music for the Muppets
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:03pm EST
The creator of V for Vendetta on how it became a hacktivist icon
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:41pm EST
The government announces £1.2 million of funding to help girls involved with gangs who are raped by male members.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:35pm EST
The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:22pm EST
The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, says Britain will use diplomacy with Syria, not weapons.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:01pm EST
A Londonderry man shot dead at a house County Donegal is named locally as Andrew Allen, 25.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:00pm EST
HM Revenue & Customs says that rumours it spent £8m on trials into alleged tax dodging, one of which cleared Harry Redknapp, are "nonsense".
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:41pm EST
Argentina's foreign minister is to make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands on Friday.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:31pm EST
Spain's most prominent judge, Baltasar Garzon, vows to fight his conviction and 11-year suspension from the judiciary for authorising prison phonetapping.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:13pm EST
Amir Khan confirms his rematch against Lamont Peterson will take place on 19 May, in Las Vegas.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:12pm EST
In the past year, twenty-one people have publicly set themselves on fire - five in the past week alone - in a campaign calling for more freedom for Tibetans.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:42pm EST
The FBI releases its files on Apple founder Steve Jobs, revealing a man who commanded respect but was questioned on his honesty and morality.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:37pm EST
Prosecutors in Colombia issue an arrest warrant for former Colombian peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, a close ally of ex-President Uribe.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:36pm EST
Police are investigating two separate shooting incidents at bookmaker shops in Londonderry on Thursday night.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:40pm EST
The Football Association should "move heaven and earth" to ensure Harry Redknapp becomes the next England manager, according to Alan Shearer.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:34pm EST
The first 'moving' images of the Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, as seen from Space have been released by NASA, after they harnessed a new time-lapse photographic technique.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:17pm EST
Former Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston asks the government's insolvency service to clarify "certain financial arrangements" relating to the takeover of the club.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:06pm EST
A 10-year-old deaf girl was trafficked into the UK and kept in a cellar as a virtual slave by a man and his wife in Salford, a court is told.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:06pm EST
The AA is set to launch its first insurance policy using satellite navigation to track driver behaviour.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:58pm EST
Mexican soldiers secure 15 tonnes of methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco, believed to be the largest seizure of the drug yet.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:30pm EST
Glasgow City Council's budget is passed by just two votes, despite a number of resignations from within the ruling Labour party group.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:26pm EST
A minister and military officer in Guinea is charged for his role in the killing in 2009 of scores of people during a protest against military rule.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:17pm EST
Temperatures plunge to -16C (3.2F) at Holbeach in Lincolnshire overnight, making it the coldest night of the winter so far.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:17pm EST
South Wales Police promise their efforts to counter terrorism will not end with the jailing of two brothers from Cardiff who plotted to bomb the London Stock Exchange.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:09pm EST
The chair of a race relations charity says she will preside over an "orderly exit" as its funding is terminated after an invesigation found "significant failures".
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:05pm EST
An earthquake fault zone in Mexico is imaged with unprecedented precision, thanks to improvements in Light Detection and Ranging - laser radar.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:01pm EST
Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:50pm EST
Judgment is reserved in a case brought by a severely disabled man with "locked-in syndrome" who urged a judge not to halt his High Court action to let a doctor end his life.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:25pm EST
Athletes from New Zealand and Germany win the annual stair-race up the Empire State Building.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:21pm EST
Greece's planned new austerity measures may not be enough to win a 130bn euro bailout, say eurozone ministers meeting in Brussels.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:02pm EST
The families of two soldiers killed at Massereene Barracks almost three years ago intervene in a row over how their sons will be remembered.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:48pm EST
Nine men who plotted to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp are jailed.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:44pm EST
Max Clifford tells the Leveson media probe phone hacking was a "cancer" in journalism, while Heather Mills spoke of having her messages accessed.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:38pm EST
The US House of Representatives passes legislation barring insider trading by members of Congress by an overwhelming 417 to 2 vote.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:35pm EST
Chinese authorities are investigating after a top police chief spent a day at the US consulate, state media says, amid rumours he sought asylum.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:22pm EST
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and King Abdullah of Jordan agreed to work on finding a "solution" to the Abu Qatada case, during a phone call on Thursday.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:22pm EST
The biggest car factory in North Africa, run by French firm Renault, is officially opened near the Moroccan city of Tangiers.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:16pm EST
IVF clinics have been told that no more than 10% of births should be twins or triplets by regulators.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:05pm EST
Police patrol the A66 trans-Pennine route, where emergency services have dealt with 97 crashes caused by freezing rain in less than six hours.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:48am EST
Two Dutch journalists are cleared of breaching the privacy of Nazi Heinrich Boere, whom they confronted in a German old people's home.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:39am EST
Can Britain avoid tourism's 'curse' of the Olympic rings
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:32am EST
A shocked Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says it is impossible to imagine a fire destroying his "lovely Devon barn" at River Cottage.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:09am EST
A 43-year-old Londonderry man admits a car bomb attack at the city's Strand Road PSNI Station.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:05am EST
A young couple form Nottinghamshire have become the second couple to win the Euromillions jackpot in the county this year
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:52am EST
A US advertising campaign showing stark images of overweight teenagers is criticised by a senior US public health official.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:22am EST
A man was crushed to death by a lorry which "floated through the air like a hot-air balloon", an inquest is told.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 10:13am EST
The makers of Path and Hipster iPhone apps apologise for accessing phone contacts without explicit permission.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 9:01am EST
Uganda's government defends its right to debate a controversial anti-gay bill but says the draft legislation does not have official backing.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 9:00am EST
Both the UK and US remain committed to a timetable for withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the foreign secretary has told MPs.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:59am EST
Ofcom proposed new measures to prevent consumers being switched from one phone or broadband service to another without their consent.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:39am EST
24 hours of news photos: 9 February 2012
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:24am EST
Three members of staff from a private hospital near Bristol, featured in a Panorama programme, plead guilty to the ill treatment of residents.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:24am EST
Three members of staff from a care home near Bristol, featured in a Panorama programme, plead guilty to the ill treatment of residents.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:20am EST
Spain's most prominent judge, Baltasar Garzon, is found guilty of authorising illegal recordings of lawyers and banned from office for 11 years.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:20am EST
Spain's most prominent judge, Baltasar Garzon, is found guilty of authorising illegal recordings of defence lawyers and banned from office for 11 years.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:17am EST
The British Library appoints its first artist-in-residence - a performer who will create a new character based on his research into hypnotism.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:13am EST
A Catholic worker employed by Shorts/Bomabardier is awarded £11,500 after he suffered serious sectarian harassment at the hands of a work mate.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:13am EST
A Catholic worker employed by Shorts/Bomabardier is awarded £11,500 after he suffered serious sectarian harassment at the hands of a work mate.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:06am EST
Heather Mills, ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney, tells the Leveson Inquiry she did not authorise former tabloid editor Piers Morgan to access her voicemail.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:53am EST
A newly-published report details how a military jet flew close to a passenger plane as it prepared to land.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:51am EST
The Bank of England agrees to extend its quantitative easing programme by £50bn to give a further boost to the UK economy.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:51am EST
The Bank of England agrees to extend its quantitative easing programme by £50bn to give a further boost to the UK economy.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:42am EST
Clearing 12,000 tonnes of rubbish a day - for no wages
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:42am EST
Clearing 12,000 tonnes of rubbish a day - for no wages
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:39am EST
Greek politicians fail to reach full agreement on austerity measures needed for bailout deal as Eurozone finance ministers gather in Brussels.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:39am EST
Greek politicians fail to reach full agreement on austerity measures needed for bailout deal as Eurozone finance ministers gather in Brussels.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:39am EST
The company behind proposals to create biomass plants at four Scottish ports withdraws plans for a facility at Leith.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:39am EST
The company behind proposals to create biomass plants at four Scottish ports withdraws plans for a facility at Leith.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:30am EST
The chair of the committee which rules on Network Rail's pay and bonuses is facing calls to stand down, the BBC understands.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:26am EST
The Football Association will "move quickly" to begin the search for a successor to Fabio Capello as England manager.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:26am EST
The Football Association will "move quickly" to begin the search for a successor to Fabio Capello as England manager.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:21am EST
The bulk of Scotland's local authorities are meeting to agree their budgets for the coming year.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:21am EST
The bulk of Scotland's local authorities are meeting to agree their budgets for the coming year.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:15am EST
Ai Weiwei, who gained global recognition for his design of the iconic Bird's Nest stadium for the last Olympics, is now designing a pavilion for this year's games in London.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:15am EST
Ai Weiwei, who gained global recognition for his design of the iconic Bird's Nest stadium for the last Olympics, is now designing a pavilion for this year's games in London.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:03am EST
Nigeria's ex-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu says he views his appointment as chair of a new task force to police the oil sector as a national calling.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 7:03am EST
Nigeria's ex-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu says he views his appointment as chair of a new task force to police the oil sector as a national calling.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:58am EST
Certain areas of the UK have greater concentrations of gay people and lesbians living there. But why?
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:58am EST
Why is Hebden Bridge the lesbian capital of the UK?
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:55am EST
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp thanks the club for their support during his recent court trial in which is was found not guilty of tax evasion and says his focus is on Spurs and that he is not thinking about the England job.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:55am EST
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp thanks the club for their support during his recent court trial in which is was found not guilty of tax evasion and says his focus is on Spurs and that he is not thinking about the England job.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:47am EST
David Cameron has said he will not "rule out quotas" as a way of getting more women into top executive jobs, at a summit in Stockholm.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:47am EST
David Cameron has said he will not "rule out quotas" as a way of getting more women into top executive jobs, at a summit in Stockholm.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:17am EST
A 1933 work by the Spanish artist Joan Miro fails to sell in a week that has seen other pieces sold for record prices at London auctions.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:07am EST
Protesting Brazilian police end their occupation of the state assembly in Bahia but say their strike over pay continues.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:07am EST
Protesting Brazilian police end their occuption of the state assembly in Bahia but it is unlcear if their strike over pay continues.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:42am EST
The former French minister Eric Woerth is under criminal investigation for influence peddling in connection with the Bettencourt scandal.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:42am EST
The former French minister Eric Woerth is under criminal investigation for influence peddling in connection with the Bettencourt scandal.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:25am EST
The UK's trade deficit fell to £1.1bn in December, its lowest monthly level for more than eight years.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:25am EST
The UK's trade deficit fell to £1.1bn in December, its lowest monthly level for more than eight years.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:21am EST
As the cold snap continues, parts of the UK have been warned to expect freezing rain on Thursday, but what is it that makes the phenomenon occur?
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:21am EST
As the cold snap continues, parts of the UK have been warned to expect freezing rain on Thursday, but what is it that makes the phenomenon occur?
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:19am EST
A suspected member of Mexico's Zetas drugs gang leads authorities to two graves in Veracruz state containing 15 bodies, officials say.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:19am EST
A suspected member of Mexico's Zetas drugs gang leads authorities to two graves in Veracruz state containing 15 bodies, officials say.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:14am EST
Readers' pictures on the theme grubby.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:14am EST
Readers' pictures on the theme grubby.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:11am EST
Harry Redknapp says he has not thought about succeeding Fabio Capello and insists his focus remains on Tottenham.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:08am EST
A total of 36,200 homes were repossessed in 2011 - the lowest annual total since 2007, mortgage lenders say.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:59am EST
Crowds of supporters gather at the house of the former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, as a warrant is issued for his arrest.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:59am EST
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe says his club could be resigned to losing Harry Redknapp to England.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:58am EST
Drivers are urged not to venture on to roads in Cumbria after police are called to almost 100 accidents caused by freezing rain.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:49am EST
Nearly 100 people are reported killed in new violence in Syria's city of Homs as government troops continue an onslaught aimed at crushing rebels.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:49am EST
England head coach Stuart Lancaster names the same starting XV and bench that beat Scotland for Saturday's Six Nations match against Italy in Rome.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:39am EST
Five of the biggest US banks agree to provide $25bn in assistance to homeowners to settle claims over improper foreclosure practices.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:39am EST
The Metropolitan Police say four men have been arrested and bailed in south Wales on allegations of being in possession of funds for terrorist purposes.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:34am EST
A young Nottinghamshire woman who won the £45m Euromillions jackpot says she had only played the lottery about half a dozen times.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:13am EST
Forecasters are warning of freezing rain in Wales, with parts of the north east most at risk.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:11am EST
Parents should teach their children about the risk of paedophiles, a minister has said as he defended plans to ease Criminal Records Bureau checks.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:06am EST
The number of children referred into care in England hits a record high, after rising steadily in the years since the Baby P case.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:46am EST
Northern bank lost £217m in 2011, mainly as a result of bad commercial property loans.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:30am EST
Greece's PM says more talks are needed on fresh austerity proposals for a new bailout package, as euro finance ministers prepare to meet.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:12am EST
Radical improvements to England's education system are needed, says the head of Ofsted, as he announces that a quarter of all schools in England rated outstanding will be re-examined.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:44am EST
Miss Piggy is busy a global star, but she took time out from her hectic schedule to have a chat with BBC Breakfast's Bill Turnbull about her latest film, The Muppets.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:37am EST
The show, which stars British actor Hugh Laurie, will finish after the current eighth season ends.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:28am EST
A rise in the number of Scots men taking their own lives has led to a widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland and England and Wales, a study suggests.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:25am EST
Fabio Capello has resigned as England manager, leaving the national football team without a leader just months before the Euro 2012 championships.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:13am EST
Security forces in the Maldives have used batons and fired teargas to break up a rally in the capital, Male, in support of the former president, Mohamed Nasheed.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:10am EST
A 24-year-old man dies after a head-on crash between two cars on a road in the Borders on Wednesday evening.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:49am EST
Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache helicopter co-pilot and gunner after 18 months of rigorous training in the UK and the US, the Ministry of Defence has said.
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Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:01am EST
Average house prices in Northern Ireland are still falling - they are almost 11% down on this time last year, a survey suggests.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:59pm EST
A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:57pm EST
Russian scientists have been drilling for two decades in the Antarctic and say they have found a vast sub-glacial lake.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:51pm EST
A building that collapsed during last year's Christchurch earthquake, killing 115 people, did not meet industry standards, an official report finds.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:00pm EST
Scientists say a common heart disease which kills thousands each year is passed genetically from father to son.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:47pm EST
The armed forces face losing important skills because of the speed of government spending cuts are being implemented, Whitehall's spending watchdog says.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:15pm EST
The top Republican in Congress calls for a law against a contraceptive rule if President Obama does not back down in the face of Catholic leaders' anger.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:43pm EST
Historian Saul David explores how a seemingly small oversight in military planning can determine success or failure of battle.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:38pm EST
Can the cappuccino conquer a nation of tea-drinkers?
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:32pm EST
The MoD says Prince Harry has qualified as an Army Air Corps Apache helicopter pilot, paving the way for a possible return to Afghanistan.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:20pm EST
How photographer Cecil Beaton captured the Queen
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 7:27pm EST
The Duchess of Cambridge carries out her first solo public engagement, attending a preview of a new Lucian Freud exhibition in central London.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 7:13pm EST
Why chief executives are paid so much
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 7:01pm EST
Real Madrid head the list of the richest football clubs in the world for the seventh year in a row, says a Deloitte report.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:14pm EST
Veteran singer June Tabor wins four prizes at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in Salford, three of which are shared with her collaborators The Oysterband.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:04pm EST
The mysterious Russian street artist, 'Pavel 183', is being compared to Britain's Banksy.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:36pm EST
Ivory Coast beat Mali 1-0 in Libreville to reach Sunday's Nations Cup final, where they will face Zambia.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 4:30pm EST
An 83-year-old man died from injuries sustained when a pit-bull type dog escaped from a neighbour's garden in London, it emerges.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:05pm EST
Syrian opposition groups say the city of Homs has come under the heaviest shelling in days, despite the president's pledge to engage in dialogue.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 2:35pm EST
Three US citizens who lost their sight in childhood have reported a dramatic improvement in vision after having gene therapy in both eyes.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 2:09pm EST
Researchers build efficient lasers just 100 billionths of a metre across that may be used to make faster computer chips in the future.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 1:30pm EST
A breeding centre in Nepal's Chitwan National Park is preparing endangered Gharial crocodiles for release back into the wild.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 1:17pm EST
Prime Minister David Cameron attacks Labour's handling of the health service in Wales.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 1:10pm EST
The parents of a "wonderful" five-year-old boy who choked to death in Aberdeenshire speak of their devastation.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 1:09pm EST
At least 15 people are killed and more than 20 injured when a car bomb planted by Islamist militants explodes near a cafe in Somalia's capital, officials say.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 1:06pm EST
Researchers say most of the world's continents will merge somewhere over the Pacific "ring of fire" in 50-200 million years.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 1:05pm EST
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum pledges to push for victory in March's Super Tuesday votes, after a hat-trick of wins on Tuesday night.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:53pm EST
The social development minister says he will move to ban some cheap drink promotions in Northern Ireland.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:51pm EST
Emmanuel Mayuka scores a late goal to earn Zambia a shock win over Ghana and a place in the Africa Cup of Nations final.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:43pm EST
Cameron seeks Nordic tips on wooing women (voters)
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:39pm EST
The Natural History Museum in London has acquired its largest Martian meteorite, which could hold new clues to life on Mars.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:39pm EST
Police aim to banish the glamour of criminal crews
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:32pm EST
Scottish authorities decide not to prosecute a passenger who removed an alleged fare dodger from a train.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:15pm EST
The UK's largest care provider, Four Seasons, is in talks to find money to refinance its debts, but it denies union claims it is in financial difficulty.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:43am EST
Doctors say a Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 54 days while being detained without trial by Israel is in a critical condition.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:40am EST
The BBC's Lucy Hockings and weather presenter Helen Willetts look at why Europe is experiencing such unusually cold weather.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:40am EST
An extremist plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange was "amateurish" and unlikely to succeed, a court hears.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:32am EST
Sven-Goran Eriksson backs Harry Redknapp to succeed Fabio Capello as the next England coach following his tax-evasion acquittal.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:30am EST
There are fears over possible job losses at the Halifax in Belfast as part of a restructuring programme.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:27am EST
A letter from Apple's legal team reveals that the firm wants Europe to revise rules covering patents that are essential to industry standards.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:15am EST
Three different stage versions of the American classic novel The Great Gatsby are set to take place later this year, it is announced.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:07am EST
The man behind political website Guido Fawkes tells how he posted material using hosting sites around the world to avoid legal action.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:06am EST
A father suffocated his six-month-old son before hanging himself at a house in Lancashire, an inquest hears.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 11:03am EST
The cookery school kitchens at TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage headquarters in Devon have been severely damaged by fire.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 10:58am EST
Fabio Capello resigns as England manager, the Football Association confirms.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 10:53am EST
Pseudomonas is detected in water outlets in the neonatal units at three more hospitals in Northern Ireland.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 10:44am EST
The Russian Supreme Court backs a decision that disqualifies liberal candidate Grigory Yavlinsky from running for the presidency on 4 March.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 10:40am EST
A Manchester United fan is banned from football matches for three years for shouting racist abuse at a Stoke City player during a Premier League match.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 10:38am EST
UK parents should be able to spread the cost of childcare over as many as 20 years, according to a think tank.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 10:29am EST
Initial trials suggest millions of pounds could be saved by using "nudge" theories to encourage people to pay taxes and fines, UK officials say.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 10:10am EST
University-based training courses for secondary school teachers are facing an uncertain future, after hundreds were identified as "potentially unviable".
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:49am EST
Business Secretary Vince Cable is in a political stand off after his nomination for the university access chief was turned down by MPs.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:46am EST
Stephen Fry has said that judges need to understand social media better in terms of the law.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:46am EST
Egypt's prime minister says it will not be persuaded by the potential loss of US aid to end a probe into foreign-funded non-governmental organisations.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:34am EST
A zoo in Tokyo has been simulating animal escapes in order to practice their emergency drills.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:33am EST
Retrospective at the Tate Modern
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:18am EST
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson says he thinks Harry Redknapp will be the next England manager.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:16am EST
Three new regional police hubs for investigating cybercrime are launched across England.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 9:03am EST
Supergroup, the company behind the fashion chain Superdry, sees shares plunge after it scaled back its profit forecast.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:47am EST
A Caithness nuclear power plant's dome, the SS Great Britain and Belgrave Hall Museum are in the running for a jelly replica.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:36am EST
Labour leader Ed Miliband has urged David Cameron to drop plans to overhaul the NHS, branding the government's flagship Health and Social Care Bill a "complete disaster".
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:20am EST
A Martian meteorite, an incredibly rare object, is given to the Natural History Museum, London, to help unravel the secrets of the Red Planet.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:18am EST
Test yourself on the history of aerial adventure
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:10am EST
24 hours of news photos: 8 February 2012
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 7:40am EST
Low-earning women could be frozen out of a scheme to automatically enrol workers into a pension scheme, the TUC warns.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 7:30am EST
Downing Street denies claims by Argentina that it is "militarising the South Atlantic", in a dispute about the Falkland Islands.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:59am EST
Harry Redknapp says his "nightmare" is over after being cleared of tax evasion along with Milan Mandaric.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:59am EST
Checks are ordered on all Airbus A380 superjumbos after cracks were found in wing components, extending an earlier safety ruling covering 20 planes.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:56am EST
A senior midwife at Belfast's Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital advises staff that if they intend to smoke, they should do so away from public eyes.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:43am EST
More than 200 people are arrested during raids across London by the Metropolitan Police's new dedicated unit tackling gang crime.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:39am EST
Comedian Steve Coogan and ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne are among the latest people to have settled their claims for damages over News of the World phone hacking.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:36am EST
Syrian opposition groups say the city of Homs has come under the heaviest shelling in days, despite the president's pledge to engage in dialogue.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:35am EST
Former England midfielder Paul Merson is given a 14-month driving ban after falling asleep at the wheel on the M40 while drink-driving.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:31am EST
Milly Dowler's killer is refused permission to appeal against his conviction for her kidnap and murder.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:25am EST
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed says he was forced to resign at gunpoint in a coup, a charge the country's new leader denies.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:24am EST
Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester tells the BBC he briefly considered resigning during the uproar over his bonus.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:21am EST
Virgin Media confirms that around 250 new jobs are being created in Swansea.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:16am EST
Aviation analyst Chris Yates told BBC News that possible cracks on Airbus A380 planes are a minor safety issue.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:12am EST
Three men appear in court charged with murdering a man whose body was found buried in North Lanarkshire.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 6:07am EST
A fire badly damages the cookery school kitchens at TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage in Axminster.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:59am EST
Nigeria's militant Islamists say they are behind Tuesday's suicide bombing at the army headquarters in the northern city of Kaduna.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:57am EST
Asma al-Assad has been condemned for speaking out in support of her husband, Syrian President Bashar Assad - but can autocrats' wives ever be a moderating influence?
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:42am EST
Three leading US senators warn Egypt the risk of a "disastrous" break in ties has rarely been greater, as it plans to try 43 pro-democracy activists.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:41am EST
British number one Andy Murray believes new coach Ivan Lendl has improved his game already.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:38am EST
Greek PM Lucas Papademos is meeting coalition parties in an attempt to seal an austerity deal to secure a new EU/IMF bailout.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:36am EST
In the US and UK the market for clothing for pets is growing. But is it a sensible bit of indulgence or an inappropriate fad?
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:28am EST
Why anti-mainland sentiment is simmering in Hong Kong
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:19am EST
Sudan's president is due to launch a governing body to oversee a peace deal intended to end the war in western region of Darfur which began in 2003.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:12am EST
In these tough economic times more British shoppers are haggling for their goods according to a new report.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:09am EST
Israel's main trade union federation launches a national strike intended to shut down government offices, banks, airports, ports and rail services.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:00am EST
Canada ordered its intelligence agency to use information that may have been extracted through torture if public safety is at risk, it emerges.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 4:56am EST
A top Chinese policeman in charge of a major crackdown on organised crime goes on leave, amid rumours of an investigation and a bid for asylum.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 4:55am EST
Figures from the Department of Education suggest that more than 450,000 extra primary school places will be needed by September 2015.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 4:43am EST
Police and coastguards try to trace the owners of a car found abandoned in waters off the coast of Dumfries and Galloway.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 4:41am EST
Talks to end a police strike in the Brazilian state of Bahia break down, as troops blockade the state assembly occupied by striking officers.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 4:23am EST
Heard the one about the emir and a Qatari stand-up comedian?
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:57am EST
How graphics chip advances aided the puppets' return
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:52am EST
A police woman's lost mobile phone containing hundreds of photographs and operational details falls into the hands of dissident republicans.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:50am EST
German's trade surplus rises to 158bn euros in 2011 on record exports of 1.06tn euros, official figures show.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:43am EST
Coroners rule Don Cornelius's death was suicide, nearly a week after the Soul Train creator was found with a gun shot to his head.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:37am EST
RBS chief executive Stephen Hester has admitted that he considered resigning from his job after public anger over his bonus.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:31am EST
Three paintings from Elizabeth Taylor's personal art collection are sold for almost £14 million at an auction in London.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 2:57am EST
Scientists in the US have successfully made human brain cells in the lab that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 2:55am EST
An assembly member is to lead a Senedd debate later in a bid to introduce compulsory microchipping for dogs in Wales.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 2:24am EST
Employers added permanent jobs for the first time in four months in January, says the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 1:34am EST
US conservative Rick Santorum wins races for the Republican presidential nomination in three states, upsetting front-runner Mitt Romney.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 1:23am EST
Crucial assembly elections begin in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 1:03am EST
A rock fall that released methane gas may have triggered the deadly Pike River mine blast in New Zealand, experts report.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:57am EST
An SDLP delegation is to meet the the UK minister for welfare reform in London later to discuss concerns about benefit changes for Northern Ireland.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:49am EST
A US court has ruled that a ban on same-sex marriages in California is unconstitutional.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:48am EST
A missile attack by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:42am EST
Are eating challenges becoming more popular in England?
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:27am EST
Syria's opposition dismisses assurances that President Assad is committed to ending the violence sweeping the country.
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Posted: February 8th, 2012, 12:06am EST
The government loses a vote in the House of Lords on its controversial plans to overhaul the NHS in England.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 11:22pm EST
Older people needing social care are being let down and "passed like parcels" between fragmented services, a group of MPs says.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 11:22pm EST
George Osborne promises to fight an "anti-business culture", warning that the row over bonuses and pay threatens to undermine jobs and prosperity.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 11:00pm EST
A UK ticket-holder has won more than £45m in the Euromillions lottery, operator Camelot reveals.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 10:38pm EST
Time-lapse footage reveals how mushroom corals inflate and deflate to free themselves from smothering sand.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 10:28pm EST
A study of hormones in whale faeces shows that right whales are stressed by propeller noise from shipping.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:55pm EST
The Department for Work and Pensions admits to a large backlog of new sickness benefit claims, as tens of thousands await a decision beyond the 13-week assessment period.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:36pm EST
South African police have charged a man with fraud after he claimed to be a famous Zulu musician who had come back from the dead.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:23pm EST
MPs say spending cuts raise concerns over the UK's ability to launch another mission on the same scale as the operation in Libya.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:02pm EST
MSPs have approved the Scottish government's £30bn budget in a Holyrood vote which saw 70 members backing it and 52 members rejecting it.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:51pm EST
British actor Mackenzie Crook, best known for playing Gareth in The Office, is shortlisted for this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:46pm EST
Jamaica throws about 2,000 illegal firearms into a furnace as part of a programme to reduce gun trafficking and violent crime on the island.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:38pm EST
Harry Potter star is spooked in new film Woman in Black
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:37pm EST
Harry Potter star is spooked in the Woman in Black
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:23pm EST
Strip clubs across England and Wales face closure, reversing a decade-long boom. How did the explosion in lap dancing change the country?
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:08pm EST
Profits for Walt Disney have risen thanks to the rising popularity of its theme parks and earnings from its television channels.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:02pm EST
Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:46pm EST
The primate who solves a memory test faster than a blink
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:46pm EST
Ayumu the research chimp can remember a set of numbers in less time than it takes a human to blink.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:43pm EST
How drones and satellites are catching farming cheats
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:09pm EST
Katie Price has told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman she thinks breast implants should have an age limit of 21, following the health scare over implants manufactured by French firm PIP.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:08pm EST
Two more men are arrested by police investigating the murder of a man in Lurgan at the weekend.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:56pm EST
Anglo-Australian firm BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, reports lower profits due to falling prices of iron ore and coal.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:26pm EST
Liam Feeney's stunning late winner helps Millwall fight back to win 3-2 and dump Southampton out of the FA Cup at St Mary's.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 5:59pm EST
More than 50 firefighters have tackled a major blaze in a Strathclyde University building in Glasgow.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 5:33pm EST
As Syrian government forces continue their fierce assault on the restive city of Homs, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen says it risks sliding into civil war.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 5:10pm EST
Blackpool seal an FA Cup fifth-round tie at Everton after a convincing 3-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 3:02pm EST
Temperatures in England plummeted overnight but failed to match the coldest night of the winter so far.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 3:00pm EST
Alberto Contador says his two-year ban for failing a drugs test is a 'terrible injustice'.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:57pm EST
A California court rules that a bar on same-sex unions is unconstitutional, in the latest stage of a long-running battle over the issue in the US state.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:26pm EST
A woman thought to be the world's last known surviving service member of World War I dies aged 110.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:08pm EST
Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney are among the artists who will play at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in London in June.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:02pm EST
How the Maldives' President Nasheed fell from grace
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 1:41pm EST
The wife of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad has spoken out to defend her husband in a letter to a British newspaper.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 1:30pm EST
Iran's parliament summons the country's president for questioning - the first time this has happened since the 1979 revolution.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 1:26pm EST
Former bouncer Levi Bellfield is due to seek permission to appeal against his conviction for the kidnap and murder of teenager Milly Dowler.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 1:08pm EST
Rescue workers in Pakistan have found a 65-year-old woman alive in the rubble of a Lahore factory, 31 hours after the building collapsed.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:59pm EST
A man in military uniform blows himself up outside a Nigerian army barracks in the city of Kaduna, which is also rocked by other blasts, officials say.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:57pm EST
The Anti-Homosexuality Bill is reintroduced to Uganda's parliament - without the death penalty but still calling for life in prison for some offences.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:46pm EST
Two men abandon their third attempt at crossing the Atlantic while naked on a pedalo after two previous failed bids.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:42pm EST
An Austrian adventurer planning the highest skydive in history has announced he will make the attempt later this year.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:41pm EST
Conservative MPs have called on the home secretary to "become a national hero" by ignoring a judgement from the European Court of Human Rights and deporting a terror suspect to Jordan immediately.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:41pm EST
The Welsh government was warned to stop new public funding for an under-fire race equality body in 2004, BBC Wales can reveal.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:32pm EST
The authorities in Bahrain free two imprisoned human rights activists ahead of the first anniversary of the start of mass pro-democracy protests.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:20pm EST
The dispute over appointing the next university access watchdog is going to be resolved - as a committee of MPs prepares to announce its verdict.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:01pm EST
BBC F1 presenter Jake Humphrey is joined by chief analyst Eddie Jordan and co-commentator David Coulthard to look ahead to the 2012 F1 season, which starts in Melbourne on 16 March.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 11:43am EST
Scotland stand-off Dan Parks announces his retirement from international rugby with immediate effect.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 11:36am EST
Lotus racer Kimi Raikkonen sets the fastest time on the first day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Jerez, Spain.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 10:56am EST
24 hours of news photos: 7 February 2012
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 10:53am EST
Brazilian authorities say they are hopeful of a negotiated end to a police strike that has led to a stand-off between officers and troops in Salvador.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 10:08am EST
Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support", despite a Downing Street source reportedly saying the health secretary "should be taken out and shot".
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:53am EST
Hackers demanded money in return for keeping stolen source code a secret, security firm Symantec says.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:45am EST
A teacher is reprimanded after comments about drinking and parties appeared on her Facebook site and were viewed by pupils.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:45am EST
Almost 1,000 private patients with PIP breast implants have contacted the NHS. The figure was given by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, in evidence to the Commons Health Select Committee.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:51am EST
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calls for a solution to the Syria crisis based on the Arab League's plan, after seeing leaders in Damascus.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:51am EST
A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan last month has been freed and flown to Kenya, officials from both countries say.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:33am EST
US President Barack Obama's election campaign is to return some $200,000 of funding linked to the family of a Mexican fugitive.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:30am EST
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has been named 'Oldie of the year' by a magazine which describes itself as the "antidote to youth culture".
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:26am EST
A plane makes an emergency landing at Belfast International Airport after it develops technical problems taking off.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:24am EST
Retail expert Mary Portas is invited to Northern Ireland to advise on the content of an action plan to regenerate the country's town centres.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:24am EST
Protests lead to the resignation of President
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:14am EST
The Press Complaints Commission was made a scapegoat over phone-hacking at the News of the World, its former chairman tells the Leveson Inquiry.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:11am EST
The Information Commissioner says efforts to inform people whether they may have been illegally targeted by private investigators will be speeded up.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:10am EST
Thirteen people are rescued from their homes by police marine unit boats when a burst water main floods an Essex street.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:09am EST
Two teenagers are detained by police over a blaze which led to a man being rescued from the 14th floor balcony of a Glasgow tower block.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:09am EST
The Met Police should have warned people - including ex-Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott - they were victims of phone hacking, a judicial review rules.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:06am EST
A Syrian and a German-Lebanese man are arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying on opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's government.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:01am EST
The ability of English councils to consider their finances when assessing people for social care is being challenged at the Supreme Court.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:01am EST
Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:00am EST
A recruitment drive for academic staff at Aberystwyth University is described as one of the most ambitious it has ever undertaken.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:00am EST
Gary Barlow says he wants to represent "the whole world" at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in June.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:59am EST
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:57am EST
The Brazilian government files a lawsuit against Twitter, demanding it block material that helps motorists evade drink-driving traps.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:57am EST
Budget Day political broadcasts have been axed, under new BBC rules.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:48am EST
Events are taking place in the UK and across the world to mark the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:48am EST
A Plaid Cymru MP leads calls for a new law making stalking a specific offence in England and Wales to stop harassment resulting in violence.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:46am EST
Pressure is rising as Greece's government once more postponed a crucial meeting to agree tough reforms, and Europe's leaders openly discuss Greece leaving the euro.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:45am EST
Former Liberian rebel leader George Boley should be deported from the US over his role in the civil war of the 1990s, a judge rules.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:41am EST
The jury in the trial of Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp for alleged tax evasion is sent out to consider its verdicts.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:34am EST
A jury is shown CCTV footage of an attack in which a five-year-old girl was hit by gunfire in an alleged gang-related shooting.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:24am EST
England team director Andy Flower warns his batsmen that selection is "not a closed shop" following the series whitewash by Pakistan.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:19am EST
The number of empty shops on the UK's high streets is set to increase this year, a survey says, as economic conditions get tougher.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:12am EST
Search and rescue teams look for survivors of a 6.7 magnitude quake that shook the central Philippines on Monday, leaving dozens dead or missing.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:10am EST
Beijing Olympics designers Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei will create this year's Serpentine Gallery pavilion.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:10am EST
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are leading global celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:51am EST
Italy imposes emergency measures on businesses to conserve gas as freezing weather continues to grip the country and much of Europe.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:43am EST
Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney are among the artists who will play at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in London in June.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:39am EST
Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:15am EST
Professor Iain Smith shows how researchers have captured the process by which plants alert each other to potential threat.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:03am EST
John Terry still wants to play for England despite being stripped of the captaincy for the second time, BBC Sport understands.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:01am EST
Estimates showing £10.9bn in unpaid tax was written off and medical negligence could cost £15.7bn are examined by the Commons spending watchdog.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 6:00am EST
Heart of Midlothian Football Club is given eight days by tax officials to pay an outstanding bill or face liquidation.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 5:49am EST
Wales lock Bradley Davies is banned for seven weeks and will miss the rest of the Six Nations Championship.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 5:26am EST
From Oliver Twist to A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens highlighted poverty and squalor. But did he really help change things?
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 4:47am EST
The government is still working with Jordan to try to reach assurances that will allow radical cleric Abu Qatada to be deported, the attorney general says.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 3:47am EST
Who can compete with BT on high-speed broadband?
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 3:10am EST
Attorney General Dominic Grieve comments on the decision to release the radical Muslim cleric, Abu Qatada, and the issue of Joey Barton's tweets on the John Terry case.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 3:02am EST
So why has Gabon failed to become tourist hot-spot?
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:23am EST
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi campaigns as an official election candidate, as the US eases one of its sanctions.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:20am EST
A report is being launched calling for a new law against stalking in England and Wales, to try to prevent harassment and intimidation turning to violence.
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Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:05am EST
An Austrian adventurer is making the final preparations to jump from the very point where the atmosphere ends and space begins.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:29pm EST
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:22pm EST
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says one of the country's most wanted paramilitary leaders, known as Martin Llanos, has been captured in Venezuela.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:34pm EST
Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:04pm EST
A report suggests poor young students are dropping out of college because the government's bursary scheme is "inadequate".
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:04pm EST
A study suggests a quarter of today's UK children are living in families with two or more risk factors to their educational development.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:48pm EST
Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:23pm EST
Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:09pm EST
Work to stop children falling victim to abuse and bullying could be hampered by police cuts, the Police Federation chairman says.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:53pm EST
Money-off coupons are making a big comeback in cash-strapped America - we went to a couponing class to find out how to save big money at the grocery store.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:26pm EST
How do we keep our web-savvy children safe online?
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:12pm EST
Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including live video from children's rooms.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:02pm EST
A US television network has apologised after a pop star showed her middle finger during the Super Bowl halftime show. When did the gesture become offensive?
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:49pm EST
The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe have tightened their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:14pm EST
Brazilian troops clash with police striking over pay and conditions in the state of Bahia, as they try to remove them from the state assembly.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:28pm EST
President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:17pm EST
Ore Oduba and Sonali Shah continue to look ahead to this year's London Games, featuring profiles of open-water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne and rower Alan Campbell. (UK users only)
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:11pm EST
Explosions have hit a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano and a market in Maiduguri to the west.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:32pm EST
The Brazilian government privatises operations at three airports as part of moves to upgrade transport links ahead of the World Cup.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:21pm EST
1.5 million football tickets remain available for London 2012 after the sport is identified as the only discipline which has not sold out its allocation
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:56pm EST
A former Roman Catholic priest is found guilty of sexually abusing seven boys aged between seven 16.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:20pm EST
BBC Scotland uncovers evidence which suggests Rangers owner Craig Whyte may have lied in court.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:27pm EST
Researchers develop headphones which can detect which speaker is in which ear, to provide the correct audio stream.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:27pm EST
The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:21pm EST
The price of gas increases sharply around Europe as below-freezing temperatures lead to a surge in demand.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:46pm EST
A 41-year-old Lurgan man appears in court charged with attempting to murder two police officers.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:24pm EST
Residents in the restive Syrian city of Homs are suffering one of the fiercest assaults from government troops since the uprising began.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:15pm EST
The ex-wife of TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson says she was "terrified" when he gained an injunction preventing her from mentioning their alleged affair.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:09pm EST
US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:05pm EST
Climate sceptics say they've cracked the consensus
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:01pm EST
The Queen has visited a school in Norfolk as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:26am EST
A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu musician who apparently died in 2009 is in custody until DNA tests determine his identity, police say.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:26am EST
A group of men decided against becoming suicide bombers because they wanted a "long-term future" as terrorists, a court is told.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:51am EST
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses China and Russia of "betraying the Syrian people" by vetoing a UN resolution condemning violence there.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:43am EST
Teachers say an increasing number of pupils are wetting themselves at school, because they are not toilet trained.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:42am EST
The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:40am EST
Radical cleric Abu Qatada is granted bail following a hearing at the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:39am EST
Network Rail bosses, including chief executive Sir David Higgins, say they will not accept bonuses this year amid growing political pressure.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:26am EST
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will head a unity government between Hamas and Fatah ahead of elections in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:24am EST
Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:23am EST
The Daily Mail's editor was aware the paper was using private detectives but not of the extent to which it was doing so, the Leveson Inquiry hears.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:20am EST
Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:14am EST
A 32-year-old man is convicted for the second time of murdering his baby daughter at the family home in Glasgow.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:11am EST
The Queen visits a school in Norfolk and there are gun salutes around the UK as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:10am EST
At least 15 people die and 29 are missing after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes islands in the central Philippines.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:09am EST
Three of the UK's biggest news providers write to the prime minister urging legislation to overturn the ban on cameras in courtrooms to be included in this year's Queen's Speech.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:03am EST
Northern Ireland's first and deputy first minister urge people to pray for Ian Paisley, who is being treated in hospital for a heart condition.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:56am EST
US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:55am EST
Ghana admit they are lucky to have reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals, after being gifted an extra-time winner by Tunisia.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:45am EST
Government talks in Greece to try to agree new austerity measures needed to secure bailout funds and avoid defaulting on its debts are delayed.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:40am EST
The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe tighten their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:33am EST
The US is working closely with Israel to use diplomacy to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, President Barack Obama says.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:23am EST
Dozens of protests are planned across Europe in opposition to the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:07am EST
An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:05am EST
The Stephen Carroll murder trial has heard "a very high level of gunshot particles" were found on a jacket alleged to belong to one of the accused.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:59am EST
Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers' Association, calls Fabio Capello's criticism of the FA's decision to oust John Terry as England captain "bizarre and disappointing".
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:53am EST
A five-year-old girl was "happily playing" in a shop when she was hit by gang gunfire and left permanently paralysed, a jury hears.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:48am EST
The winter weather brings out the UK's playful side
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:44am EST
A Sunderland fan admits two offences after racist comments directed at Newcastle United were made on Twitter.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:44am EST
There is no evidence a Surrey police officer leaked information to the media during the investigation into Milly Dowler's disappearance in 2002, says the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:43am EST
A Kircubbin woman has called for the hunting laws in Northern Ireland to be changed after her cat was killed by dogs from the North Down hunt.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:38am EST
Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and mass shooting in Norway, has appeared in court in Oslo.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:37am EST
Criticism of a charity facing allegations of financial irregularity is racially motivated, its chair suggests.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:33am EST
The NHS in England spends £59,000 a day on translating documents and providing interpreters, according to a health think tank.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:26am EST
How realistic are police shows on television?
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:13am EST
Toddler table tennis player Jamie Myska-Buddell is proving a smash on YouTube.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:09am EST
24 hours of news photos: 6 February 2012
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:08am EST
England slump to a 71-run defeat in the third Test in Dubai to suffer a series whitewash by Pakistan for the first time.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:05am EST
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint cabinet session with President Nicolas Sarkozy, 80 days before French voters go to the polls.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:04am EST
Russian scientists are reporting success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:02am EST
An illegal medicine factory collapses in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least nine people, including women and children, officials say.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:59am EST
A woman gives birth on the pavement outside a Fife hospital after she was unable to get inside the building.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:58am EST
Simon Thomas pulls out of the Plaid Cymru leadership election and throws his support behind Ceredigion Assembly Member Elin Jones.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:52am EST
Romania's intelligence service chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu is nominated as prime minister after Emil Bloc resigns amid widespread austerity protests.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:49am EST
A 25-mile stretch of the A1 northbound in North Yorkshire has been closed after a series of accidents in icy conditions early on Monday.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:40am EST
Prime Minister David Cameron praises the "magnificent service" given by the Queen, as she celebrates 60 years on the throne.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:29am EST
Drivers are being warned of black ice and some schools are closed, after the snow that fell across much of Britain at the weekend.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:18am EST
Telecoms regulator Ofcom tells BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges for use of its lines
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:10am EST
Taiwan smartphone maker HTC reports a 57% jump in annual profits, but it predicts a downbeat start to trading this year.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:47am EST
Madonna "rose to the occasion" to give "a shot of female brass" to the Super Bowl in her 12-minute half-time show, reviewers say.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:31am EST
Demand for credit cards is "feeling the strain" as UK borrowers turn to other forms of finance, a report suggests.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:31am EST
Cochlear implants offer some deaf people the chance to have a "sensation of sound". So why would deaf teenagers choose not to have it?
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:53am EST
Princess Elizabeth was enjoying a brief break from her royal duties in Kenya when she learnt that her father, George VI, had suddenly died, and she was now Queen Elizabeth II.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:05am EST
David Miliband has defended his political activity against accusations that it undermines his brother, Labour leader Ed Miliband.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:01am EST
Why biggest firms in UK feel let down by the government
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:42am EST
The Independent's Simon Calder explains why Heathrow airport was so badly affected by the severe weather on Sunday.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:25am EST
Mexico's governing conservative party selects its first woman candidate to run in the country's presidential election.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:21am EST
The mother of the actress Phil Spector murdered has settled a wrongful death case against the music producer, according to her lawyer.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:45am EST
A factory building has collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore, with many people including child workers feared trapped, officials say.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:44am EST
Nudes and portraits - 20 years of working with artist Lucian Freud
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:06am EST
Sixty years ago today King George VI died and his 25-year-old daughter Princess Elizabeth became Queen.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:03am EST
Making make use of old rubber trees in Liberia
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:51am EST
American broadcaster apologises after British singer puts her middle finger up during Super Bowl performance.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:44am EST
Pop singer Cher Lloyd tells Panorama's Declan Lawn about being cyberbullied and her fears for her family's safety.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:28am EST
BBC Scotland's Cameron Buttle gives a behind the scenes look at a British army base in Afghanistan.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 11:56pm EST
Eli Manning is full of praise for his team-mates after leading the New York Giants to their second Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots in four years.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 11:56pm EST
New York Giants beat New England Patriots
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 11:24pm EST
China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 9:17pm EST
A campaign to stop people smoking in cars when carrying children - and which could pave the way for a ban - is launched by the Welsh government.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:14pm EST
The 'Bristol Pound' that hopes to help the local economy
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:04pm EST
Scientists find two species of colourful worms
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 2:42pm EST
Soldiers patrol the streets in the Brazilian state of Bahia where a police strike has caused the crime rate to soar.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 2:34pm EST
Much of UK with several inches of snow
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 2:18pm EST
US singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey goes straight in at number one in the UK album chart with her debut release Born To Die.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 12:38pm EST
Motorists are being warned to drive with extreme care as the icy conditions in England led to a series of accidents.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 12:30pm EST
A 38-year-old man is arrested in connection with a stabbing outside a primary school in Glasgow two weeks ago.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 12:30pm EST
Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 12:27pm EST
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's violent crackdown on protesters.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 12:26pm EST
Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos meets his coalition party leaders to try seek backing for a crucial 130bn euros EU rescue plan.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 11:48am EST
Wales stage a thrilling late comeback to launch their Six Nations campaign with a stunning victory over a crushed Ireland in Dublin.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 11:32am EST
Heathrow Airport says only half of Sunday's scheduled flights are likely to leave but services should return to normal on Monday.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 11:03am EST
A police officer is stabbed while responding to an emergency call in the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 11:03am EST
Suspected militants say they have attacked an oil pipeline in Nigeria, in what would be the first such attack since 2010.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 10:51am EST
Forecasters are warning of widespread ice on Sunday as the worst of the wintry weather begins to ease across Wales.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 10:46am EST
All the action from the quarter-finals at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 10:32am EST
The death toll from freezing weather across Europe continues to climb, with transport links also badly affected.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 10:30am EST
Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 10:01am EST
Egypt says it is to try 43 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 9:47am EST
At least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 9:10am EST
In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon their homes because of rising floodwaters.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 9:01am EST
Prince William's deployment to the Falkland Islands, along with that of a warship, is "entirely routine", the UK foreign secretary says.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:58am EST
Cannabis plants worth an estimated £800,000 are seized in East Belfast, County Antrim.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:46am EST
Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company's annual general meeting.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:34am EST
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attend a church service on the eve of the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:30am EST
Finance Secretary John Swinney defends plans to let EU nationals living in Scotland vote in the independence referendum.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:27am EST
England face a mammoth task to avoid a series whitewash after Azhar Ali's composed 157 keeps Pakistan in control of the third Test in Dubai.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:05am EST
Film-maker Zalman King, best known for writing and producing the hit movie Nine and a Half Weeks, dies aged 70.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 7:54am EST
Three Tibetans set fire to themselves in south-west China in an anti-Beijing protest, reports say, meaning 19 people have now self-immolated in a year.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 6:59am EST
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb says he is making a "spectacular" recovery from cancer and that he is feeling "fantastic".
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 6:27am EST
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says China and Russia will be "held responsible" for violence in Syria after vetoing a UN resolution condemning government repression.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 4:43am EST
Snow and freezing temperatures across Europe have claimed more than 200 lives in the past week.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 3:38am EST
Paintings by Winston Churchill have gone on display alongside works by the now-famous Moroccan artist, Hassan El Glaoui, who owes his career to Churchill.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 3:29am EST
More than half of Welsh councils are owed money from private developers which should be going towards community facilities.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 1:54am EST
Motorists have been urged to take extra care in treacherous conditions as snow across much of the UK turns to ice.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 1:19am EST
Even the sea freezes over as snow falls across Britain
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 12:57am EST
Western nations deplore the vetoing by Russia and China of a UN resolution condemning the crackdown in Syria, as dozens are killed in Homs.
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Posted: February 5th, 2012, 12:34am EST
More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 11:37pm EST
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 10:50pm EST
Motorists are urged to take extra care in icy conditions as Heathrow Airport cancels half of its flights.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 9:06pm EST
What awaits Flight Lieutenant Wales in the Falklands?
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 8:41pm EST
The process of evicting anti-social tenants could be simplified under plans being put forward by the Scottish government.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 8:40pm EST
The Scottish government is launching a "changing attitudes" campaign to encourage women to drop a drink size.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 8:19pm EST
Great Britain beat Germany 2-0 to reach their first Champions Trophy final, where they will face hosts Argentina.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 8:10pm EST
Fresh protests take place at the Syrian embassy in London over President Assad's regime.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 7:53pm EST
How letting children cook helps them eat better
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 7:52pm EST
A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 7:39pm EST
Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 7:37pm EST
The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 6:09pm EST
Police in Mexico say they have arrested the suspected leader of the Gente Nueva gang, the armed wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 3:53pm EST
Charlie Hodgson scores the only try in England's scrappy 13-6 victory over Scotland in their opening Six Nations match. (UK users only)
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 3:27pm EST
US film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died in New York at the age of 81.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:59pm EST
Heavy snow causes widespread travel disruption with up to 100 motorists stuck for more than three hours on the M40.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:56pm EST
Scotland coach Andy Robinson believes failure to build on a half-time lead cost them in the 13-6 defeat by England in their opening Six Nations match.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:54pm EST
Manchester City hit two early goals before seeing off a heavy snow storm to open up a three-point lead over Manchester United at the top of the Premier League.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:49pm EST
Russia and China veto an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution condemning the violent crackdown in Syria, hours after scores are killed in Homs.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:32pm EST
Freezing weather has hit transport hubs across Europe, closing airports, blocking roads and halting trains.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:30pm EST
Heavy snow is falling across large parts of the UK, causing disruption on roads, and prompting warnings of worse to come.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:26pm EST
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia's capital Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:22pm EST
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appears in public for the first time since April 2011 to launch a two-volume book of memoirs.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:05pm EST
Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty is found dead in the gym at his home in Lincolnshire at the age of 54.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:53pm EST
England's new-look side give interim coach Stuart Lancaster the best possible start by claiming a first win at Murrayfield in eight years.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:49pm EST
England fly-half Charlie Hodgson scores the only try of the match as Stuart Lancaster's new-look side grind out a 13-6 win at Murrayfield.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:37pm EST
Snow is falling across much of the UK, from southern Scotland to the English Midlands, disrupting flights and leading to calls for drivers to take care.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:10pm EST
About 100 people gather in Enniskillen to demonstrate against the use of fracking to extract gas from shale rock in County Fermanagh.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 12:49pm EST
Prince William starts work as an RAF search and rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands, having arrived in the territory on a six-week routine deployment.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 12:39pm EST
People are asked to avoid an area of Medway where Kent Police are dealing with a firearms incident.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 12:34pm EST
Front-runner Mitt Romney declares victory in the Republican caucuses in Nevada, as he seeks to win his party's presidential nomination.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 12:05pm EST
Snow brings difficult driving conditions on some roads in Wales, including the Brecon Beacons and heads of the valleys.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 11:23am EST
Flooding in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales has forced thousands of families from their homes.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 11:19am EST
Freezing weather hits transport hubs across Europe, as a cold spell that has now claimed 260 lives continues.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 11:07am EST
Alastair Cook urges England to show fighting spirit as they bid to avoid defeat - and a series whitewash - in the third and final Test against Pakistan in Dubai.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 11:02am EST
Tens of thousands of people march in Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, while his supporters hold a rally elsewhere in Russia's capital.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 10:50am EST
Thousands of volunteers attend Wembley Arena training session
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 10:36am EST
All the action from Saturday's quarter-finals as they happen at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 9:56am EST
A man is arrested in connection with the murder of Worcestershire pensioner Betty Yates.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 9:36am EST
Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd warns Europe faces an "early grave" if it continues to ignore Asia's rise.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 9:29am EST
South African youth leader Julius Malema loses his appeals against the ruling ANC's decision to suspend him for bringing the party into disrepute.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 9:16am EST
One of the most famous paintings by Fife artist Jack Vettriano has gone on public display for the first time in two decades.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 8:59am EST
A swimming pool in Glasgow whose closure 11 years ago led to violent clashes with police is reopened by Scots actor and director Peter Mullan.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 8:56am EST
The British team are going head to head against hundreds of downhill skaters in the latest leg of the Red Bull "crashed ice" world championship.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 8:52am EST
A man had part of his ear bitten off in a "violent" and "unprovoked" attack by two men in a Glasgow fast food outlet.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 8:28am EST
The Highways Agency is warning drivers to take care on the roads, as the cold weather continues.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 7:36am EST
A man who allegedly set fire to his County Antrim home appears in court charged with arson.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 7:00am EST
Searching for witches on a tropical island
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 7:00am EST
Country's beauty not enough to keep jobless from leaving
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 6:35am EST
The government is looking for 12 run down High Streets in England to share £1m as a part of plans proposed by TV retail guru Mary Portas.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 6:32am EST
Chris Huhne's resignation as Energy Secretary will be a loss to the cabinet and the Lib Dems, his former parliamentary private secretary tells BBC News.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 6:22am EST
Could drought threaten South Africa's rooibos tea exports?
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 5:57am EST
A third person is charged with murder after a man was found dead in his flat in Essex.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 5:47am EST
A water tower in Devon is cleaned by a robot which is said to resemble the children's movie character Wall-E.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:34am EST
The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:17pm EST
The parents looking to exchange their student child for yours
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:11pm EST
Children's laureate and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson writes a poem in protest at planned library closures across the country.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:44pm EST
Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:42pm EST
Are the living outnumbered by the dead?
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:33pm EST
A Cuban woman who writes a blog critical of the Communist authorities says she will not be able to travel to Brazil after Cuba refused her an exit visa.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:04pm EST
US prosecutors close an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct over doping claims in a cycle team partly owned by Lance Armstrong.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:01pm EST
The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:45pm EST
The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:33pm EST
Around 20% of unemployed people who have been on the government's main welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, for at least 6 months have been found a job, the BBC has learnt.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:11pm EST
Will the Giants or the Patriots win the NFL's biggest prize?
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 5:40pm EST
Unions representing French pilots and aircrew plan to strike from Monday to Thursday.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:36pm EST
Influential Colombian emerald dealer Victor Carranza is investigated for alleged links with paramilitary groups in the 1990s.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:48pm EST
Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the recovery going as new data shows unemployment down to its lowest rate in three years.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:30pm EST
Two men are arrested in connection with the death of a man who was shot in an East Renfrewshire street last year.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:04pm EST
Chris Robshaw says England's young side will not be daunted by Saturday's Six Nations opener at Murrayfield.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:57pm EST
A man is understood to have shot himself in a hairdressers in Dungannon, County Tyrone.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:55pm EST
A man is jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years for sexually assaulting and murdering a 94-year-old woman at a Bradford care home.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:28pm EST
The Queen has planted trees at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:27pm EST
The Conservatives demand answers about links between the Labour Party and the chief executive of a charity facing allegations of financial mismanagement.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:20pm EST
300 mbps fibre to premise connections 'on demand' will be available next year, BT says.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:17pm EST
Three British men have died and three more people are in hospital after contracting Legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Spain.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:42pm EST
The modernist writer Virginia Woolf called letter writing "the human art, which owes its origins in the love of friends". In our frenetic world of electronic communication, we must remember to write with thought and consideration, says historian Lisa Jardine.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:12pm EST
Hackers Anonymous release a recording of an intercepted conference call between the FBI and UK police discussing their efforts to fight hacking.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:02pm EST
The UK is set for another bitterly cold night with temperatures plunging again, say weather forecasters.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:02pm EST
Two US women tourists and their Egyptian guide who were kidnapped in the south of Egypt's Sinai peninsula have been released, security sources say.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00pm EST
The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, accuses the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:59pm EST
A family justice system change giving children legal rights to maintain relationships with both parents after separation attracts criticism.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:57pm EST
Forecasters warn Scottish roads are likely to be icy on Sunday after a night of cold temperatures.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:54pm EST
With heavy snow being forecast to hit Britain over the weekend, the elderly are being advised to keep warm and to 'take the cold weather seriously'.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:52pm EST
The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:47pm EST
At least 37 people have been killed in South Sudan following a shoot-out at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence, officials say.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:46pm EST
At least four people are killed in clashes between Egyptian protesters and police, amid ongoing anger over deaths after a football match.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:39pm EST
News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:35pm EST
A major US breast cancer charity reverses a decision to cut funding to women's group Planned Parenthood, after a furious outcry.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:31pm EST
A cardboard cut-out version of the founder of Iran's Islamic revolution is mocked online after touring Tehran.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:29pm EST
Despite the loss of his mother Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan is determined to continue playing at the Africa Cup of Nations in her memory.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:14pm EST
Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand says he does not want to replace John Terry as England captain after the Chelsea defender was stripped of the role.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:03pm EST
Russia's deputy foreign minister says Moscow "cannot support" the current draft UN Security Council resolution on Syria, Russian media report.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:49am EST
A freight train engine which derailed on the West Coast mainline may have been going too fast, Network Rail says.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:46am EST
The greenhouse where tropical plants are brightening up winter
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:42am EST
A bogus therapist and his wife who told women they could diagnose and treat cancer are found guilty of sexual assault and fraud.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:32am EST
A nurse arrested and later freed over the poisoning deaths of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital loses an appeal against her sacking.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:10am EST
Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:04am EST
A man accused of murdering Constable Stephen Carroll tried to collect information on another policeman for republicans, a court hears.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 10:57am EST
Lib Dem minister Ed Davey is named the new energy and climate change secretary following Chris Huhne's resignation, while Norman Lamb takes over his role as business minister.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 10:45am EST
Do negotiations between the UK and Argentina remain off limits?
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 10:45am EST
Spencer Kelly explains, with the help of some rather outlandish wigs, how malware changes and disguises itself to avoid detection.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 10:42am EST
The Queen launches a project to plant six million trees native to Britain, creating new woods across the country to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 10:40am EST
Preview followed by live coverage of Monday's game between Liverpool and Tottenham in the Premier League.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 10:24am EST
Cheshire Fire Service releases CCTV footage showing an arsonist setting fire to himself while trying to ignite a pub.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 10:21am EST
Prime Minister David Cameron will make an official visit to the US next month, the White House says.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 9:19am EST
Temperatures in parts of the UK plunged to -11C (12F) on Thursday night, and forecasters are warning of a bitterly cold spell and snow showers over the weekend. But are councils prepared?
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 9:13am EST
A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:22am EST
24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:22am EST
Harry Redknapp's admission of lying to a News of the World reporter is "extremely telling", a court is told.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:13am EST
Protesters have been gathering in Tahrir Square following Egypt's football killings.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:31am EST
Comedian Billy Connolly is criticised for ending two of his stand-up shows early in the past week due to hecklers.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:26am EST
Four of Scotland's highest profile politicians urge councillors to block moves by the Scottish Defence League to march in Glasgow.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:25am EST
The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:22am EST
The author of an independent report into a race equality charity says he has not been contacted by the Welsh government to discuss his findings.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:07am EST
Movie billboards in Paris featuring The Artist actor Jean Dujardin might affect his chances of winning an Academy Award, according to French press.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:58am EST
Scooters are becoming increasingly popular as people look to cut costs and stretch their budgets, but could the boom spark safety problems?
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:48am EST
Kim Dotcom's bail appeal is rejected by a New Zealand Court, as US campaigners hint at legal action to prevent files being deleted.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:36am EST
RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton says chief executive Stephen Hester was 'entitled' to a near-£1million share bonus, which he later turned down.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:02am EST
The UN's highest court rules that Italy was wrong to allow its courts to make claims for compensation against Germany for Nazi war crimes.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 5:44am EST
More than 100 people have died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday, the government has announced in Kiev.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 5:37am EST
Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend is backed up by a major study.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 5:21am EST
Out of reach of regular internet searches is the secretive online world known as the 'dark web' where you can shop for illegal goods, and where customers go by code names.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 5:15am EST
Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:59am EST
Almost a year after the film reigned supreme at the Oscars, the stage version of The King's Speech has its world premiere.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:59am EST
Almost a year after the film reigned supreme at the Oscars, the stage version of The King's Speech has its world premiere.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:57am EST
Basildon District Council spent about £4.8m on clearing the Dale Farm travellers' site in Essex, it is revealed.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:57am EST
Basildon District Council spent about £4.8m on clearing the Dale Farm travellers' site in Essex, it is revealed.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:53am EST
More than 100 people have now died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday, the government announces in Kiev.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:48am EST
Ferrari unveil their 2012 Formula 1 car, saying they have a "responsibility" to win from the start of the season.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:43am EST
Temperatures in parts of the UK plunged to -11C overnight as forecasters warned of a bitterly cold spell and snow showers over the weekend.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:43am EST
Temperatures in parts of the UK plunged to -11C overnight as forecasters warned of a bitterly cold spell and snow showers over the weekend.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:41am EST
UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond denies that the deployment of Prince William to the Falkland Islands is provocation towards Argentina.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:41am EST
UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond denies that the deployment of Prince William to the Falkland Islands is provocation towards Argentina.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:40am EST
Fewer people were declared insolvent in 2011 in England and Wales than in 2010, but the number of companies going bust increased.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:35am EST
The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:35am EST
The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:30am EST
Hungarian airline Malev ceases trading after 66 years after being ordered by the EU to repay state aid it has received.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:28am EST
Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:28am EST
Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:27am EST
The chairman of 82% taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says banker pay has been "high for too long" and needs to be corrected.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:27am EST
The chairman of 82% taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says banker pay has been "high for too long" and needs to be corrected.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:23am EST
A conflict resolution centre to be built on the site of the former Maze prison will be no shrine to IRA terrorism, Jeffrey Donaldson has said.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:14am EST
A freight train derails on the West Coast main line causing all services between London and Milton Keynes to be suspended.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:14am EST
A freight train derails on the West Coast main line causing all services between London and Milton Keynes to be suspended.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:14am EST
Will London 2012 be the greenest Olympics ever?
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:46am EST
Chris Huhne vows to clear his name as he resigns as energy secretary to fight a charge of perverting the course of justice relating to a 2003 speeding case.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:46am EST
The Director of Public Prosecutions is due to announce whether Chris Huhne will face charges over speeding row allegations.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:05am EST
BBC Radio 1 have announced more than 25 acts to take part in the Olympic Hackney weekend festival.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:05am EST
BBC Radio 1 have announced more than 25 acts to take part in the Olympic Hackney weekend festival.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:02am EST
The chair of trustees at an under-fire Welsh charity defends her actions over the last few weeks.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:42am EST
Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were first declared but the situation remains serious, the UN says.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:17am EST
The big freeze continues across Wales, with overnight temperatures dropping to -11C (12.2F) in Powys making it the coldest of the winter so far.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:14am EST
A 58-year-old man is arrested in relation to an overnight house fire in Newtownabbey, County Antrim.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:11am EST
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic forecasts a record net annual loss of $10bn for the year to March.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:52am EST
Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court rejects an appeal by Khmer Rouge jailer Duch and increases his sentence to life imprisonment.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:48am EST
Playful Huhne headlines in the papers
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:48am EST
Playful Huhne headlines in the papers
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:00am EST
Physiotherapist leaders have joined the Royal College of GPs in calling for the health bill in England to be scrapped, increasing pressure on the government.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:00am EST
The Royal College of GPs calls for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government's controversial reforms in England.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:26pm EST
A £250m government scheme encouraging councils to keep or bring back weekly bin collections opens for bids.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:26pm EST
A £250m government scheme encouraging councils to keep or bring back weekly bin collections opens for bids.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:53pm EST
Children are to get legal rights to maintain relationships with both their parents, as part of a shake-up of the family justice system.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:53pm EST
Children are to get legal rights to maintain proper relationships with both their parents, as part of a shake-up of the family justice system.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:37pm EST
A self-described "Jewish Indiana Jones" who claimed to have travelled the world to rescue holy Torahs scrolls pleads guilty to fraud at a New York court.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:08pm EST
Ed Miliband calls for a culture of "one nation banking" in which financial institutions are not "isolated" from the rest of the economy and society.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:58pm EST
John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy, the Football Association has confirmed.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:58pm EST
The FA is set to remove the England captaincy from John Terry, who is to stand trial for alleged racial abuse, BBC Sport understands.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:17pm EST
The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:17pm EST
The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:07pm EST
The search continues for more than 100 people still missing after a ferry sank off Papua New Guinea, amid fears they were trapped inside.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:04pm EST
The US Senate approves a bill aimed at banning members of Congress from profiting from stock trades made with specialised insider knowledge.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:36pm EST
Online genealogy company Brightsolid launches a family history service which allows people to search US census records.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:35pm EST
Haunting views of Venice's waterways
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:35pm EST
Haunting views of Venice's waterways
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:35pm EST
An independent Scotland could be more constrained on economic policy than at present, a study suggests.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:29pm EST
Allan Little finds Falklanders relaxed, amid Argentine tensions
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:29pm EST
Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland's largest teaching union says.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:26pm EST
Sir David Jason on directing and the state of British comedy
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:25pm EST
The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:18pm EST
Rolls-Royce will open a new half a billion dollar plant in Singapore later this month.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:18pm EST
Rolls-Royce will open a new half a billion dollar plant in Singapore later this month.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:05pm EST
Russian officials say they will veto a new draft UN Security Council resolution on Syria if it is put to a vote on Friday, according to diplomats.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:58pm EST
A record company has begun a worldwide search for the singer who can sing a note so low that it is thought never to have been sung before.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:55pm EST
Novels by authors such as James Patterson and Lee Child are among the most borrowed books from British libraries.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:49pm EST
A German pensioner who received a tin of American lard 64 years ago in an aid package has only just tasted it, after discovering that it is still edible.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:27pm EST
The Queen gives the title of Royal Borough to Greenwich in south-east London to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:22pm EST
The historic tea clipper will be reopened to the public in spring 2012. Part of the conservation work included lifting her 3m off the ground.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:19pm EST
The chairman of a hospital trust that closed an emergency department and considered bringing in army medics is to stand down.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:07pm EST
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:06pm EST
A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:06pm EST
A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:06pm EST
Why are fans shunning the England-Pakistan Test match in Dubai?
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:05pm EST
Tackling one of the UK's most invasive pests
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:05pm EST
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will donate $250,000 (£158,000) to women's group Planned Parenthood after a major cancer charity cut its grants.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:05pm EST
Out of reach of regular internet searches is a secret online world
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:02pm EST
The UK will enter recession in the first half of the year as households continue to cut back, says the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 6:34pm EST
Brazilian cities minister Mario Negromonte becomes the latest minister in President Dilma Rousseff's cabinet to resign amid allegations of corruption.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:55pm EST
A look around the site of what is pledged to be the "greenest ever" Olympic Games.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:43pm EST
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says Luis Suarez's impending return can be the catalyst for the Reds clinching Champions League qualification.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:37pm EST
Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:21pm EST
A Lego man launched into space, the sport of ice golf and Luxembourg's Prime Minister doing something unexpected. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:32pm EST
Two people are shot dead and more than 400 injured in protests across Egypt sparked by the deaths of 74 people after a football match.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:23pm EST
Billionaire US businessman Donald Trump announces in Las Vegas that he is endorsing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:15pm EST
It emerges that the police has paid £41m to a recruitment agency during the past three years.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:15pm EST
Matt Dawson previews the Six Nations Championship first week giving his verdicts on all the teams and tips Ireland as the side to beat this year. (UK users only)
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:37pm EST
A Cornish campaign alerting parents to the risks of babies being suffocated by nappy sacks is adopted by the NHS nationally.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:21pm EST
Explosive devices are thrown at a police station in western Colombia, killing at least six people - the second such attack in less than 24 hours.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 2:49pm EST
Fifa demands a full report into the violence at a match in Egypt which has left more than 70 people dead and over 1,000 injured.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 2:31pm EST
Blackburn captain Christopher Samba is "fit and available" but will not be in the squad for Saturday's trip to Arsenal.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 2:25pm EST
The Metropolitan Police is training more officers in order to deal with any repeat of last summer's riots, London's chief police officer says.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 2:14pm EST
Winners of science photography contest dazzle
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 2:03pm EST
Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:37pm EST
The father of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko says he regrets blaming Russia's secret services for his son's death in 2006.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:21pm EST
Protesters surround the residence of Mali's president in angry protests over the government's handling of attacks by Tuareg rebels in the country's north.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:15pm EST
The court trying the former Liberian President Charles Taylor is asked to re-open the defence case to consider a UN report into Liberian mercenaries.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:13pm EST
Four hundred students are forced to leave a building when a large fire takes hold in a chemistry department at the University of York.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:59pm EST
Eighteen million pounds of European funding is approved for building the contentious conflict transformation centre on the site of the former Maze prison.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:42pm EST
The bacterial infection Pseudomonas has been found in water outlets at Altnagelvin Hospital's neo-natal unit.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:39pm EST
Football and security officials in Egypt are sacked as marchers take to the streets in protest at Wednesday's riots in Port Said in which 74 died.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:33pm EST
The mother of stabbing victim Abigail Witchalls tells the Leveson Inquiry that press intrusion was almost more traumatic than the attack itself.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:32pm EST
Drawing offices where Titanic was designed
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:25pm EST
The head of the Student Loans Company will have tax and National Insurance payments deducted from his £182,000 pay package in future, ministers say.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:21pm EST
The number of known or suspected terrorists on the US no-fly list has doubled in the last year, a US official tells the Associated Press news agency.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:21pm EST
Kenny Clark, who has refereed in Egypt, believes the carnage which left 74 dead at an Egyptian football match was politically motivated.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:19pm EST
A Moldovan woman who reportedly dined with the Costa Concordia captain has told police she was on the bridge when the ship ran aground, Italian media report.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:14pm EST
The government proposes to reduce the periods for criminal convictions to become spent in England and Wales, so offenders' criminal records could be cleared.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:10pm EST
The Duke of Cambridge arrives in the Falklands for a tour of duty as an RAF pilot amid tensions between the UK and Argentina over the islands.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:08pm EST
Staff at Wales' foremost race equality charity speak out about alleged bullying and harassment.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:55am EST
Diplomats at the UN Security Council drop reference to a call for Syria's president to hand over power in their draft resolution, apparently to appease Russia.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:54am EST
A drug dealer is jailed for life for murdering a father whose severed arms were found in a lake in Essex.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:49am EST
The European Parliament votes after a heated debate to back a call for national sports teams to wear the EU flag on their shirts.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:25am EST
The Crown Prosecution Service will announce on Friday whether it will press charges against Chris Huhne over claims his former wife accepted penalty points on his behalf.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:25am EST
Gary Oldman wins his first acting award in more than two decades for his role as spymaster George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:17am EST
Another 29 people have died in Ukraine and Poland as temperatures in large parts of Europe fall below -30C (-22F).
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:12am EST
Criminal hackers have found ways around new security devices used for online banking, the BBC has learned.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:10am EST
Blogger, Google's blog platform, switches domains to make "per country" content removal possible.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:06am EST
Rolls-Royce starts up engine production in Singapore
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:00am EST
A retired businessman receives an out-of-court settlement from police after his car was pursued for 17 minutes and the windows smashed by officers.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:56am EST
A man who admitted posting a picture of Neil Lennon covered in bullet wounds on a social networking site will find out next month if he is to be jailed.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:51am EST
Ministers will "unwind" any tax avoidance schemes being used by public sector employees, Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has announced.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:48am EST
Decoding Mark Zuckerberg's letter to investors
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:22am EST
Egypt's leading comic actor Adel Imam receives a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam in films and plays.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:19am EST
Chilean police arrest person they say stole several tonnes of ice from glacier.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:16am EST
Harry Redknapp admits lying to a News of the World reporter about cash payments, during his second day on the stand at his tax evasion trial.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:09am EST
England's batsmen again fail to support their bowlers as 16 wickets fall on day one of the third Test against Pakistan in Dubai.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:01am EST
The Met Office has issued a serious England-wide weather alert, with snow forecast for some parts of Britain over the weekend.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:32am EST
While appearing on a US talk show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, Michelle Obama was asked how many push-ups she was able to do.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:04am EST
Drugs firm AstraZeneca announces a further 7,300 job cuts over the next two years as part of a new restructuring programme.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:03am EST
Facebook has revealed many of the facts behind all the pokes, likes and friends for the first time. What have we learned?
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:58am EST
Why the pharmaceutical industry is under pressure
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:55am EST
Teenager Craig Roy is convicted of the brutal murder of East Kilbride schoolboy Jack Frew.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:43am EST
Phil Dowson, Brad Barritt and Owen Farrell will make their Test debuts for England in their Six Nations opener against Scotland.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:20am EST
Mining giant Xstrata and commodities trader Glencore International announce they are in talks over a possible "merger of equals".
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:18am EST
Some 230 people are rescued after a ferry with up to 350 passengers on board sinks off the north coast of Papua New Guinea.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:12am EST
A salmonella outbreak linked to watermelon has affected 35 people, killing one, in the UK since December, health experts have revealed.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:03am EST
Truth about UK soldier's death uncovered - 40 years on
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:49am EST
An advertising agency for BMW pays to name Europe's cold weather "Cooper" in Germany, after the firm's Mini Cooper car, but the stunt backfires.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:31am EST
The UK does not need more "middle managers" or unskilled Labour and only the "brightest and best" will be welcome to settle, a minister says.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:31am EST
Meadows of seagrass, a keystone species in marine ecosystems, found in the Mediterranean Sea are likely to be tens of thousands of years old, a study shows.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:29am EST
24 hours of news photos: 2 February 2012
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:28am EST
Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee, who has died aged 90, spoke to the BBC about his 'blessed' life and his love of 'the greatest sport.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:03am EST
The German-UK consortium building the operational spacecraft for Europe's Galileo sat-nav system wins a contract to provide an additional eight units.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 6:50am EST
The US will seek to wind down combat operations in Afghanistan in 2013, the defence secretary says, more than a year before a deadline for withdrawal.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 6:45am EST
Further education colleges are going to offer thousands more degree places, previously provided by universities.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 6:41am EST
The undercover policeman whose actions led to the collapse of a trial told Radio 5 live he was in daily contact with officers.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 6:33am EST
Forget the "baby boom", 1920 was the really big year for births, writes Michael Blastland.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 6:20am EST
The Philippine military says it has killed three senior militants from al-Qaeda-linked groups in a raid in the south of the country.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:50am EST
Angelo Dundee, who worked with Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, dies aged 90.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:36am EST
The UN-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri says it will try the suspects in absentia.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:19am EST
At least 74 people have died in clashes between rival football fans in the city of Port Said in Egypt.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:52am EST
Research shows that primitive moss-like plants could have helped cool the Earth 470 million years ago, bringing on mini ice ages.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:44am EST
Readers pictures on the theme of hunger
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:54am EST
A huge crustacean called a supergiant - more than 30cm long - has been discovered 7km down in the waters north of New Zealand.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:31am EST
Many die in clashes after match between rivals
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:26am EST
Australia is more forward-thinking than the UK when it comes to portraying ethnic minorities in soaps, says Neighbours actor Sachin Joab.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:44am EST
Daniel Radcliffe has taken on the horror genre in his first film role since the Harry Potter franchise.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:08pm EST
Four live-in property "guardians" move into a Borders mansion to help protect the site while it is converted into a tourist attraction.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:06pm EST
A former Scotland Office minister is calling for a "double referendum" to decide Scotland's constitutional future.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:50pm EST
Shares of Australian miner Lynas surge after Malaysian authorities grant it a licence to operate a rare earth refinery.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:48pm EST
Shortlist for Sony World Photography Awards
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:37pm EST
London schools due are to find out how many free tickets for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games they are to receive.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:33pm EST
The world's largest social networking site, Facebook, has announced plans for a stock market flotation.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:32pm EST
Are US Muslims abandoning minarets out of fear?
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:29pm EST
Why is the modest snowdrop creating a "mania" among plant lovers that puts other flowers in the shade?
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:19pm EST
Pupils who shout out in class achieve better results than their counterparts who appear to be better behaved and quiet, suggests research.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:17pm EST
Labour will not regain power until it "fully understands" why it lost support and "clarifies the kind of future" it wants to see, David Miliband says.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:12pm EST
The government should not "scare people" about the dangers of cybercrime but do more to make people aware of how they can protect themselves online, a group MPs says.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:10pm EST
Government departments hit their own cost-cutting targets over the past year but will find it much harder to do so in the future, the spending watchdog says.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:47pm EST
Italian investigators will not release a report investigating a fatal accident in Egypt involving a sister ship of the Costa Concordia, the BBC learns.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:17pm EST
A Maine treasure hunter says he has discovered a WW2-era shipwreck filled with platinum, now worth $3bn (£1.9bn)
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:08pm EST
Chris Evans's breakfast show is still the nation's favourite morning listen, according to new figures from the radio audience survey organisation Rajar.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:06pm EST
The BBC's LJ Rich meets Tim Arnold, who has refurbished more than 250 pinball machines at the Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:02pm EST
Ofcom reports a 22% gain in the UK's average broadband download speed between May and November, but not all ISPs improved.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:01pm EST
A drug which could extend the life of prostate cancer patients is too expensive to be used on the NHS in England and Wales, a health watchdog says.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:01pm EST
Measures introduced to the lower the suicide rate in England and Wales in the past decade appear to have been successful, according to an analysis.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:00pm EST
Sugar added to processed foods is as damaging as alcohol and should be regulated, claim US health experts.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 6:38pm EST
A powerful explosion at a police station in the Colombian port city of Tumaco kills at least seven people and injures scores.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 6:25pm EST
The loss-making parent company of American Airlines says it will shed 13,000 jobs - around 15% of its workforce.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 6:16pm EST
Football Association bosses are debating whether John Terry should be allowed to remain England captain.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 6:12pm EST
The world's largest social networking site, Facebook, confirms plans to issue shares raising $5bn (£3.16bn, 3.8bn euros).
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 5:58pm EST
The PSNI and the USPCA are investigating a case of animal cruelty in the Banbridge area and a possible link with badger baiting.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 5:53pm EST
Criminal gangs with links to some British and Irish travelling families have been trafficking dozens of vulnerable British men abroad, where they are forced to work in effect as slaves.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 5:27pm EST
Arsenal are held by Bolton in a closely fought contest at the Reebok Stadium.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 5:23pm EST
The men forced by gangs to work abroad
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 4:36pm EST
Aston Villa come back from a two-goal deficit to draw with Queens Park Rangers as Djibril Cisse scores on his debut.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 4:16pm EST
Nearly 1,000 female workers, including dinner ladies, cleaners and carers, are to receive five years' back pay in a conclusion to an equality dispute with Bury Council.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 4:03pm EST
The decision by Colombia's largest left-wing rebel group, the Farc, to indefinitely delay the release of six hostages draws criticism from relatives and politicians.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 4:02pm EST
Households and businesses in Belfast face a rates rise of 2.6% from April to help fund a £150m investment programme in the city.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 4:01pm EST
Canadian senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, says murderers in prison should have a "right to a rope in their cell", sparking a debate on the death penalty.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:56pm EST
At least 73 people have been killed in clashes between rival fans following a football match in the Egyptian city of Port Said, state television reports.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:38pm EST
At least 74 people are killed and many injured in clashes between rival football fans in the Egyptian city of Port Said.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:32pm EST
MPs overturn a series of defeats inflicted on the government's welfare reform bill by peers, voting to reinstate child benefit into the proposed £26,000 total cap on payments.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:31pm EST
Ghana seal their place in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with a 1-1 draw against Guinea in Franceville.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:25pm EST
The Tottenham manager, Harry Redknapp, has told a court that he employs a top firm of accountants and has always paid his tax.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:04pm EST
Two men from Cardiff are among four who have admitted planning to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:49pm EST
A version of Microsoft's record-breaking Kinect motion and voice sensor is made available for use on Windows.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:34pm EST
Scientists have unveiled a new technique for decoding human brainwaves and then converting them into speech.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:24pm EST
A teenager from east London becomes the first in England or Wales to be jailed for breaching a gang injunction.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:17pm EST
Art historians say they have found a copy of the Mona Lisa, which they believe is probably painted by one of Leonardo Da Vinci's own pupils.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:01pm EST
Rough seas and high winds have halted Costa Concordia salvage efforts off the coast of Giglio.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:57pm EST
Europe grapples with the big freeze
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:53pm EST
Nigerian police arrest Abul Qaqa, who serves as spokesman for the Boko Haram militant group which has carried out scores of attacks recently.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:40pm EST
Cricketer Mohammad Amir is released from jail after serving half of his six-month sentence for his part in a corruption scandal.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:40pm EST
Pakistan's foreign minister says her country has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan, as a leaked Nato report accuses Islamabad of links to the Taliban.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:39pm EST
Social media giant Facebook is expected to offer itself for stock market flotation in the United States with a valuation of around £60bn.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:25pm EST
A man is shot dead near Turnpike Lane Tube station in north London.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:09pm EST
The eruption of some of the largest volcanoes on the planet could be predicted decades before the event, research suggests.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:04pm EST
Heavy snow has caused disruption across Europe, carpeting much of Italy to the south and Turkey to the east.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:01pm EST
An Australian biology professor is causing a rumble in the academic jungle by suggesting his country should import elephants and even Komodo dragons into its wild interior.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:01pm EST
The family of singer Amy Winehouse seek advice after learning that the coroner who oversaw her inquest has resigned because she was not qualified.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:01pm EST
Don Cornelius, the creator of the long-running TV show Soul Train, has shot himself at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 75, police say.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:36pm EST
UN nuclear inspectors back from a trip to Iran to discuss its nuclear programme have said the country is "committed" to "resolving all outstanding issues".
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:33pm EST
A woman hurls flour at the Socialist favourite in the French presidential election, Francois Hollande, at a campaign appearance in Paris.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:30pm EST
Police in Chile arrest a man suspected of stealing blocks of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:16pm EST
A painting thought to be the earliest replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is discovered in Madrid, revealing new details about the original.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:14pm EST
David Cameron tells MPs he will do everything he can to persuade India to place a major air force order with British companies rather than French.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:09pm EST
A review into claims of tax avoidance by top civil servants is ordered by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, after a BBC Newsnight investigation.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:07pm EST
First Minister Alex Salmond tells BBC Scotland he regretted his previous support for the former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:04pm EST
Nick Clegg has insisted that plans to bring in elected peers will not undermine the standing of MPs.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:03pm EST
Sir David Jason says he is not convinced an American remake of his best-known show, Only Fools And Horses, can be a success, saying they will struggle with words like ‘plonker’.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:02pm EST
Scotland's colleges will be grouped into 12 separate regions and encouraged to work more closely together.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 11:50am EST
A thief who stole from more than a hundred changing room lockers is jailed and banned from every leisure centre and health club in the West Midlands.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 11:44am EST
Lewis Hamilton says he has put last season's problems behind him, and is confident of success in the new campaign.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 11:42am EST
Rival Libyan militias fight a brief gun battle in central Tripoli amid tension between former rebel groups, witnesses and officials say.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 11:32am EST
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney's campaign marches on to Minnesota and Nevada, after his sweeping victory in Florida's primary.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 11:24am EST
Harry Redknapp tells jurors he was more worried about David Beckham than his bank account and shouts at a detective for "staring" at him.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 10:43am EST
Scrum V presents live coverage of Thursday's RaboDirect PRO12 clash between Glasgow Warriors and Scarlets. (UK users only)
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 10:40am EST
The last person rescued from Italy's shipwrecked Costa Concordia describes banging a frying pan on a wall to alert emergency teams.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 10:32am EST
Administrators for retailer Peacocks receive six bids for the Cardiff-based firm, which is struggling with £750m of debts, BBC Wales understands.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 10:29am EST
An online petition calls on Apple to address growing concerns about the conditions of its Chinese factory workers.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 10:16am EST
More than two-thirds of the apprenticeships created in England in the past five years have gone to the over 25s, a report from spending watchdog shows.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:42am EST
Attempts are to be made at the UN to persuade Russia not to block international endorsement of an Arab League peace plan for Syria.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:40am EST
In the 18th Century cricket symbolised social stability in Britain, with duke bowling at peasant. But could it have stopped the French Revolution?
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:26am EST
The murder trial of the first PSNI officer to be killed hears that one of the accused was at the scene of the shooting just before it took place.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:19am EST
Four men have admitted planning an al-Qaeda inspired plot to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:06am EST
A severe cold snap in Eastern and central Europe has claimed more lives.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:49am EST
A Herefordshire toll bridge that offers a tax-free income has been bought by two entrepreneurs.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:48am EST
The prime minister and Ed Miliband have clashed over executive pay, with the Labour leader claiming Mr Cameron has shown "no leadership", and the PM accusing Labour of "hypocrisy".
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:32am EST
Downton Abbey has become a cult hit in the US, but what is it about this tale of life in an Edwardian country house that appeals?
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:24am EST
Figures from the business world hit out at a decision to strip former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin of his knighthood.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:47am EST
The benefit family on £30,000+ a year
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 7:32am EST
The UK's manufacturing sector returned to growth in January, a survey indicates, with activity at its highest level for eight months.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 6:58am EST
Mother says climbing with child is '100% safe'
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 6:18am EST
On the market: You the user, and your 800 million friends
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 5:54am EST
The argument for the chancellor to cut taxes to boost the economy is stronger than it was a year ago, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 5:48am EST
Around one million packets of birth control tablets are being recalled in the US as they might not prevent pregnancy.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 5:14am EST
A group of 25 Chinese workers kidnapped by Bedouin tribesmen in the north of Egypt's Sinai peninsula have been freed, officials say.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 4:57am EST
Actor Daniel Craig is shown wielding a gun and sporting stubble in the first official image from the new James Bond film Skyfall.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:09am EST
As two councils apply to dismiss their school governors, the Liberal Democrats warn they may be blamed for falling standards.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:43am EST
The creative and the absurd combined in new exhibition
