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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 5:10pm GMT
The government has held secret talks with the UDA leadership about the decommissioning of its weapons.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 5:08pm GMT
The condition deteriorates of the husband who was shot when his wife was killed on their Caribbean honeymoon.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:52pm GMT
Fire officials say there is unlikely to be a quick answer over what caused the fire which destroyed the pier at Weston-super-Mare.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:48pm GMT
Two internal review are ordered into an NHS trust for failing to reach waiting time targets.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:40pm GMT
An American girl, living in the UK, is snatched by her father during a supervised visit to the US
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:32pm GMT
New mortgage approvals in June hit their lowest level since current records started, the Bank of England says.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:29pm GMT
Harriet Harman denies preparing for a leadership bid as media speculation continues over Gordon Brown's future.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:03pm GMT
Police release CCTV footage showing a murdered Londonderry woman just hours before her death.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 3:59pm GMT
A jury retires in the case of three soldiers accused of killing a junior colleague at an army barracks.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 3:52pm GMT
People who kill after suffering domestic abuse may be able to use a new defence to escape a murder conviction.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 3:44pm GMT
A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a businessman whose company donated more than £2m to the Lib Dems.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 3:36pm GMT
Two men being questioned by police after a woman's body was found in west Belfast are released without charge.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:58pm GMT
Two men have admitted attacking a man before filming him as he lay dying, a court has heard.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:37pm GMT
A former Celtic director and Livingston FC chairman appears in court in Dundee charged with fraud.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:21pm GMT
Police investigate reports human remains have been found on Saddleworth Moor, near Huddersfield.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:07pm GMT
Why can't people with dyslexia do multiple choice?
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:54pm GMT
The Financial Services Authority arrests eight people as part of an investigation into alleged insider dealing
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:50pm GMT
England leave out Steve Harmison and Stuart Broad for the third Test against South Africa, but Paul Collingwood is recalled.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:47pm GMT
Relatives pay tribute to motorists who helped a family from a burning car after a crash which claimed four lives.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:40pm GMT
British Airways and Spain's Iberia are in talks over a merger as the airlines attempt to weather economic turbulence.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:34pm GMT
A leading scientist in charge of GM crop trials compares GM crop saboteurs to book-burners in Nazi Germany.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:24pm GMT
The man accused of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando was incapable of what could be seen as the "perfect crime", his trial has heard.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:14pm GMT
The domestic abuse cases which called law into question
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:12pm GMT
Cathy Jamieson launches her Scottish Labour leadership, as the race for deputy also gets under way.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:04pm GMT
A man jailed for life for the murder of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed is refused an appeal against his conviction and jail term.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:01pm GMT
Tank Girl meets Snoopy - the unseen cartoon
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:59pm GMT
A coroner orders a full inquest into the deaths of Joan and John Stirland who were killed in a revenge attack in 2004.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:38pm GMT
Borders viewers prepare for the analogue switch-off
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:35pm GMT
People with learning disabilities are suffering and even dying as laws to protect them are ignored by the NHS in England, says a report.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:30pm GMT
A woman admits posioning her husband's chinese takeaway and restaurant meal after their relationship broke down.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:25pm GMT
A woman is caught drink-driving after a distressed child was seen shouting and banging on the windows of a car.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:56am GMT
Thieves steal 3,000 blank passports and visas worth about £2.5m after targeting a van outside a newsagent's.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:54am GMT
A Sikh teenager wins her High Court fight to wear a religious bangle to the school from where she was excluded.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:53am GMT
Drugs charges against the heir of the multi-billion pound Tetra Pak empire will be dropped.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:31am GMT
The aunt of canoe fraudster John Darwin criticises a holiday firm's planned tour of places he visited in Panama.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:06am GMT
Five ways to beat the office grind and think more clearly
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 10:51am GMT
A sculpture on display at an exhibition in London, curated by artist Tracey Emin, is smashed.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 9:52am GMT
Ricky Hatton will head into his world title clash against Paulie Malignaggi without his long-time trainer Billy Graham, his father has confirmed.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 6:58am GMT
Paula Radcliffe will travel to Great Britain's Olympic training camp
in Macau on Sunday.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 6:15am GMT
The murder of a British doctor while on honeymoon in Antigua makes the headlines.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 1:27pm GMT
Sir Ian Blair is to be investigated over Scotland Yard contracts awarded to a company owned by one of his friends.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 1:26pm GMT
Former minister Iain Gray becomes the first official candidate for the Scottish Labour leadership.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 1:18pm GMT
A post mortem examination is being out on the body of a Londonderry woman found dead in her home.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:57pm GMT
A voluntary code banning irresponsible drinks promotions is withdrawn 'because it may break competition laws'
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:48pm GMT
The jury in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to bomb passenger planes to North America has retired to consider its verdict.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:47pm GMT
A blaze rips through the historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare, leaving just the metal structure standing.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:44pm GMT
Labour MP Gordon Prentice urges Gordon Brown to resign, arguing that the government has "gone a bit rusty".
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:33pm GMT
Life for UK troops in the Afghanistan town of Sangin
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:29pm GMT
A newly-married British doctor dies and her husband is critically injured after they are shot while on honeymoon in the Caribbean.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:23pm GMT
The Beanscene chain of coffee shops has gone into administration, the company confirms.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:20pm GMT
Every neighbourhood in England and Wales will have access to local crime data through new interactive maps by the end of the year.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:18pm GMT
Two thousand pictures of a missing Armagh man are put up in Melbourne where he was last seen nine days ago.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:13pm GMT
The exams agency for England is taking control of the re-marking of disputed test papers from its much-criticised contractor, ETS.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:54am GMT
A murder inquiry is launched after a 32-year-old man dies following a "large-scale disturbance" in Glasgow.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:44am GMT
The judge in the trial of three men accused of helping the 7 July suicide bombers tells the jury he will accept a majority verdict.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:36am GMT
There is insufficient evidence for a prosecution over the death of ITN journalist Terry Lloyd in Iraq, prosecutors say.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:32am GMT
An expected inquiry into Commons expenses is delayed for a year, as MPs are given more time to make their own reforms.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:29am GMT
House prices fell by 1% in June from May, capping annual increases at 0.1%, Land Registry figures show.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:19am GMT
Footballer Joey Barton is released from jail after serving two months of a six-month sentence for attacking a man.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:07am GMT
The body of a 10-year-old boy who was swept away while playing on mud flats in the River Severn is recovered.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:03am GMT
TV personality Kerry Katona is awarded substantial damages over newspaper claims she worked as a prostitute.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:48am GMT
A falcon flees after being attacked by a flock of seagulls during a birds of prey display
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:38am GMT
A council is examining its planning records after a garden wall collapsed onto a three-year-old girl, killing her.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:28am GMT
Major blaze on the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:10am GMT
Harriet's in charge with Gordon away. How to be a good stand-in boss?
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:06am GMT
More than 40 female typhoid carriers were locked up for life in a mental hospital in Surrey, the BBC learns.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:52am GMT
Lifeguards on a beach will be joined by a police community support officer to help with lost children and petty crime.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:51am GMT
The partner of the late Richard Whiteley says Carol Vorderman is "appalled" by events which led her to quit Countdown.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:48am GMT
If a website could tell you your future - would you click on it?
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 8:40am GMT
Luiz Felipe Scolari targets Premier League, FA Cup, Carling Cup and Champions League glory in his first season as Chelsea manager.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 8:10am GMT
More than a third of Britons will still take their annual summer holiday abroad despite the shaky economy, a BBC poll suggests.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:51am GMT
Sir Alex Ferguson criticises Fifa president Sepp Blatter's 'slavery' comments on the back of Manchester United wanting to keep Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:11am GMT
Rises in energy bills will have serious consequences for millions of households, a committee of MPs warns.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 6:26am GMT
Incarcerated in a mental hospital - for carrying typhoid
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 4:57am GMT
If the prime minister really wants to enjoy his holiday in East Anglia, he should stay away from the newsagents.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 2:18am GMT
Planting of 600,000 trees will create England's biggest native forest
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 10:01pm GMT
Former Scottish Liberal leader Lord Russell-Johnston dies in Paris at the age of 75.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 8:14pm GMT
A strike by 12,000 maintenance workers over pay has had little impact on train services, Network Rail has said.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 7:11pm GMT
Coastguard rescuers and lifeboat crews come to the aid of 33 university students cut off by the tide on a Sussex beach.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 7:07pm GMT
About 15,000 homes in south London were without water for several hours on one of the hottest days of the year.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 6:51pm GMT
Three male streakers invade the pitch watched by the Prince of Wales at an annual society polo event.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 6:03pm GMT
Coldplay return to the top of the UK album chart with Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, as Basshunter fall to number three.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 5:36pm GMT
Residents who extinguished a blaze in light aircraft that crashed near their home are praised by firefighters.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 5:19pm GMT
Sporting Lisbon claim they have turned down an £11.8m bid from Everton for midfielder Joao Moutinho.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 4:54pm GMT
Former deputy PM John Prescott warns no potential successor has "anywhere near" the right skills to replace Gordon Brown.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 4:51pm GMT
Hull book their place in the Challenge Cup final after a pulsating victory over Wakefield in Doncaster.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 4:44pm GMT
Three "extreme" cellists climb to the top of Wales' highest mountain to play their songs for charity.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 4:23pm GMT
The parents of a three-year-old girl, who died when a wall collapsed in Denbighshire, pay tribute to their "shining star".
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 4:05pm GMT
A Russian diplomat dismisses claims that BP has been harassed, saying it has been treated like any other firm.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 2:58pm GMT
A murder inquiry is launched following the discovery of a woman's body in Londonderry's Waterside.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 1:54pm GMT
A man is found dead from gunshot wounds outside a nightclub in east London.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 12:43pm GMT
Three men are understood to have suffered stab wounds during a late night disturbance.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 12:19pm GMT
A nursing home has suspended two members of staff over allegations that they were abusing residents.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 12:03pm GMT
The Archbishop of Canterbury says the Anglican Church needs to resolve "internal tensions" to fulfil its mission.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 12:03pm GMT
Author, broadcaster and authority on Scottish football Bob Crampsey dies after a long illness.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 11:37am GMT
A Derbyshire teenager dies while on holiday with friends on a Greek island.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 11:33am GMT
Several Labour MSPs indicate their interest in succeeding Wendy Alexander as leader of the party in Scotland.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 11:28am GMT
Two teenage girls are subjected to sexual assaults in separate attacks in Counties Antrim and Londonderry.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 11:28am GMT
Protestors afraid the government is neglecting the east coast threaten to cloud Gordon Brown's summer holiday.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 11:01am GMT
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan says jailed midfielder Joey Barton still has a future with the club.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 10:52am GMT
MPs and peers voice concerns that they may have been misled over troops' use of banned interrogation methods.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 10:34am GMT
The sons of canoe fraudsters John and Anne Darwin say they cannot forgive their parents for betraying them.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 10:02am GMT
A man is rescued after getting trapped in total darkness on a ledge behind a waterfall near Loch Lomond.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 9:35am GMT
UK theme for Japan's biggest rock festival
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 9:35am GMT
Three children are rescued from a canoe which drifted a mile-and-a-half out to sea off the coast of Donegal.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 7:30am GMT
Reports of bird crime have fallen slightly in Wales but the figure is still high, the RSPB says.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 5:14am GMT
In the words of the Independent on Sunday, the vultures of the Cabinet were circling Gordon Brown even as he was meeting Barack Obama.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 1:03am GMT
Is Nigerian football suffering from Premiership fever?
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 12:19am GMT
The toddler helping to boost heart research funds
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Posted: July 26th, 2008, 6:33pm GMT
White House hopeful Barack Obama's UK visit
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Posted: July 26th, 2008, 11:39am GMT
Middlesex claim Twenty20 glory
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:41pm GMT
A gem with a story attached evokes the past and that makes it even more valuable
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:40pm GMT
A police officer is convicted of punching a 12-year-old boy in the face at a Manchester police station.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:39pm GMT
The back-from-the-dead canoeist and his wife are to receive legal aid for the asset recovery hearing.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:27pm GMT
Boxing promoter Frank Warren lodges a High Court claim against world champion Joe Calzaghe after the pair split.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:24pm GMT
A 51-year-old man dies following an accident on the city-bound carriageway of the M5 motorway outside Belfast.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:17pm GMT
A Championship footballer is ordered to carry out community service after admitting stealing items from a Portsmouth nightclub.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:11pm GMT
A man believed to be the victim of an assault is found with broken arms and legs and wrapped in a blanket outside a pub.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:54pm GMT
The Oyster card system used on London's transport system is fixed after breaking down this morning.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:37pm GMT
A woman charged following a major security alert on a North Sea oil platform will not face court.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:35pm GMT
About 170 soldiers from the Mercian Regiment who served in Iraq receive operation medals from Prince Charles.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:28pm GMT
The coroner in a county where a number of young people have taken their own lives warns of how quickly hanging can kill.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:12pm GMT
A man is sentenced to nine years in prison for shooting a fellow clubber with a tiny four-inch key fob gun.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:07pm GMT
What can Brown do to restore his fortunes?
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:04pm GMT
Scientists suggest microbes from Venus could be blown to Earth by powerful winds.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:59pm GMT
Wedding gift firm Wrapit says it is having financial problems, amid fears that brides and grooms will not get their presents.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:41pm GMT
A British woman charged with murdering her newborn baby is set to appeal against decision to remand her custody.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:25pm GMT
England batsman Kevin Pietersen says he has serious reservations about travelling to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:25pm GMT
A missing British climber was warned not to attempt a solo attempt on a 20,000ft (6,096m) summit in northern Pakistan, his sister says.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:08pm GMT
Gordon Brown urges Labour to "have confidence" in itself after the party's Glasgow East by-election defeat.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:50pm GMT
The first minister challenges Gordon Brown to "change his policy or change his job" following the SNP's by-election victory.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:34pm GMT
Otis Ferry denies attacking a hunt monitor and will stand trial in September.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:30pm GMT
A nanny accused of killing the baby son of two police officers is cleared by a judge at Liverpool Crown Court.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:21pm GMT
A six-year-old boy and a teenager die in separate accidents while on holiday in Spain and Portugal.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:19pm GMT
The people of Greater Manchester will decide whether a congestion charge is introduced in the region.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:19pm GMT
Up to 28 giant screens will be erected in towns and cities across the UK to televise live action from the London 2012 Olympics.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 11:48am GMT
The UK's biggest mortgage lender, Halifax, cuts some of its interest rates for new borrowers, for the third time this month.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 11:46am GMT
When attack becomes defence in Helmand
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 11:44am GMT
Why are there so many flying ants all of a sudden?
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 11:41am GMT
Only three economics teachers were trained on postgraduate teacher training courses in the whole of England last year.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 11:33am GMT
Do these smutty comedies tell us something profound about Britain?
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 11:24am GMT
Steven Gerrard is awarded an honorary fellowship in a graduation ceremony at a Liverpool university.
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