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- Cricket fan Clarke makes key plea
- All cheers as beer sales increase
- PM defends record in letter to MPs
- 'Radical' benefits reforms proposed
- Row over plan to end retirement age
- David Miliband leading race - poll
- Fox warns over 'new nuke arms race'
- Calcium pills 'raise heart risk'
- Date set for Raoul Moat's funeral
- US Lockerbie committee want UK quiz
- Mother of murdered boy feels guilt
- Ban remains on child heart surgery
- Vicar in major sham marriages scam
- Teacher guilty of under-age sex
- Sea tragedy boy named by police
- PM had 'duty' to discuss terrorism
- Ambulance patient killed by car
- Teacher attack pupils suspended
- Prostate cancer 'cell' identified
- Footballer admits nightclub affray
- Prostitute 'killed by crossbow'
- 'No Tobin crimes' at seaside house
- Man to face trial over 1982 deaths
- Police scale back missing chef team
- Fewer wheelie bins in waste review
- Average house price falls 0.5%
- Overseas child abductions 'on rise'
- Documentary charts Cameron victory
- Patients 'could grow new joints'
- Jersey slams BBC over weather news
- Churchill dentures go under hammer
- Toddlers' post-mortems inconclusive
- May targets anti-social behaviour
- Boy, 10, held over crash death
- PM's charm offensive for India jobs
- Hanged man left letters for friends
- British Gas profits rise by 98%
- Parasail father 'joked about fall'
- Teenage boy dies in sea tragedy
- Price novel to top bestseller lists
- Paramedic charged with nurse murder
- Trust slammed over chief's wages
- Army head 'criticised helicopters'
- 'Oldest Twitter user' dies aged 104
- Tell people they are fat: Minister
- 'Rich better than poor at schools'
- Cabinet 'debate' on immigration cap
- Benefits claimants 'fit to work'
PM defends record in letter to MPsDavid Cameron has written to all Tory MPs to defend his record since becoming Prime Minister and insist that the coalition Government is "delivering for the Conservative Party".
UK
'Radical' benefits reforms proposedThe Government is to unveil "radical" proposals to reform benefits after ministers described the system as "broken".
Row over plan to end retirement ageThe Government was facing mounting anger from business groups over plans to phase out the so-called default retirement age (DRA) of 65 by October next year.
David Miliband leading race - pollDavid Miliband is set to be the new Labour leader, edging out his younger brother Ed in what is becoming a two-horse race, according to a new poll.
Fox warns over 'new nuke arms race'Defence Secretary Liam Fox has warned of the risk of a "new nuclear arms race" as he defended the renewal of Trident as the most cost-effective way of maintaining Britain's deterrent.
Calcium pills 'raise heart risk'People taking calcium supplements have about a 30% higher risk of heart attack, research suggests.
World
Leaked data puts troops and at riskThe US Defence Department's top officials have warned that the leak of some 91,000 secret war files put US troops and Afghan informants at risk.
Woman charged over newborn deathsA French woman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged with manslaughter.
Homes destroyed by Russia wildfireeRaging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city and tore through provincial villages, forcing mass evacuations as Moscow suffered a record heatwave.
US Lockerbie committee want UK quizAn influential US Senate committee is ready to send members to the UK to question British witnesses on the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi on compassionate grounds.
PM had 'duty' to discuss terrorismDavid Cameron has insisted he had a duty to speak "clearly and plainly" about the threat of terrorism after claiming Pakistan must do more to tackle the issue.
Odd news
- Churchill dentures go under hammer
A partial set of false teeth made specially for Winston Churchill to disguise his lisp could fetch as much as £5,000 when they go up for auction.
- Picnic family rapped over windbreak
A council has apologised for overzealous workers who ordered a family to remove their windbreak because it was an "illegal semi-permanent structure".
- Bear turns Goldilocks in house
A black bear has walked into a US house through an open door, eaten two pears and a bunch of grapes, taken a drink from the family fish bowl and grabbed a stuffed bear on its way out.
- Pigeon bombardment cancels concert
An infestation of pigeons that bombarded the Kings of Leon with droppings at a St Louis concert forced an early end to the band's show.
- Kitten causes havoc in police chase
A kitten caused havoc in Austria after going on the run from police, who had to dismantle a force car to rescue her.
- The youth pill scientists at the brink of an anti-ageing revolution
- Why do some nations have lower IQ scores?
- Turkey straddles East and West
- What it's like to have a child imprisoned in Iran
- Australia's elections should matter to Obama
- Russia's Olympic fear
- With the rise of comedians, China embraces raunch
- How a viral program made me think I write good
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- Peter Mandelson 'ran worst Labour election campaign ever'
- Abolishing euro would boost recovery, says study
- US ambassador's blog praising ayatollah removed
- Exxon and BP silent on £100bn takeover rumours
- Fifa to change refereeing system for next World Cup
- Harrods owners set their sights on Shanghai
- America plunges into Depression for real
- Al-Qaeda plot in Norway linked to UK and US plots
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- How do you feel about the 2012 London Olympics?
- Excited - the Olympics is one of the world's great sporting events.
14% - Great - this will be a wonderful time to be British and celebrate the great kingdom of Britain.
12% - The Olympics are a waste of money and I'm bored of it all already.
33% - The Olympics won't be about Britain, it's for London only and the rest of Britain will be forgotten.
41%
- Excited - the Olympics is one of the world's great sporting events.
Nasty footy tackle causes riotFollowing a nasty tackle and a red card a brawl breaks out in this Chinese footy game, and even a fan gets involved.
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