Wednesday 29 May 2013

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A tremor measuring 3.8 in magnitude hits north Wales and is felt as far away as Merseyside

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Everton apologise to fans after more than 22,000 people sign a petition criticising the football club's newly-launched badge.

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A dog which attacked and killed a 79-year-old man in Liverpool was not a banned breed under the Dangerous Dogs Act, police say.

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DNA tests are being carried out on a body found on the Spanish island of Lanzarote where a Merseyside woman went missing in 2011.

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Singer George Michael leaves hospital nearly two weeks after suffering head injuries in a crash on the M1.

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A house is destroyed and two more are badly damaged in a suspected gas explosion in Sheffield.

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The disappearance of a 17-year-old girl from Shropshire is "completely out of character" say police after a man is arrested on suspicion of kidnap in Glasgow.

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Iraq violence: Baghdad bomb attacks leave 15 dead

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A leading security expert says he has seen evidence that criminals are suffering as a consequence of the Liberty Reserve arrests.

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The Pakistani Taliban's second-in-command has been killed in a suspected US drone strike, a senior militant source tells the BBC.

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The UN Human Rights Council condemns Syrian troops' attacks on the town of Qusair, and the use of foreign fighters in the offensive.

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Chinese baby 'fell into sewage pipe accidentally'

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The Pakistani Taliban's second-in-command has been killed in a suspected US drone strike, a senior militant source tells the BBC.

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A post-mortem examination finds Lee Rigby died of "multiple incised wounds", police say as they make a new appeal for information about the soldier's killing

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France's first gay wedding takes place amid tight security, just days after the controversial same-sex marriage bill was signed into law.

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The European Commission has said it will allow some EU member states to slow their pace of austerity cuts, amid concerns over growth

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Up to 90 Afghans held at Camp Bastion are set to be returned to the Afghan authorities, the Ministry of Defence says, after their lawyers argue their detention could be unlawful.

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Friday 24 May 2013

The M6 is closed in both directions in Warwickshire because of what police describe as a "suspicious vehicle".

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A man is jailed for life for stabbing to death his wife as she was getting ready for a weekend away with her new boyfriend

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A Spanish judge has ordered an investigation into the tax affairs of King Juan Carlos' daughter, Princess Cristina, over suspected fraud.

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The lawyer leading the UN's inquiry into drones welcomes President Obama's speech as a "significant step towards increased transparency".

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Afghan security forces battle insurgents for several hours in the centre of the capital, Kabul, following an attack claimed by the Taliban

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A woman has been seriously injured by a tiger at a zoo in Cumbria.

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The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".

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Two men are held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after RAF jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan Airlines plane in UK airspace.

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Rebecca Rigby at the family's press conference Previous image | Pause | Next image1 / 4The wife of the soldier murdered in a London street says she expected her husband to be safe in the UK.

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Thursday 23 May 2013

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A woman who took to Twitter to say she had knocked a cyclist off his bike tells the BBC it was the "biggest mistake of my life

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A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients at his surgery is jailed for 12 years.

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Five men are arrested after a child tells of being sexually assaulted at a children's nursery in Worcestershire.

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Uefa announces a series of new measures designed to combat the use of performance-enhancing drugs in European football

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Recovery efforts in an Oklahoma city hit by a huge tornado are hampered by thunderstorms, as the first victim's funeral is held.

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President Obama is expected to defend US drone strikes and promise more transparency over the attacks, in a major counter-terrorism speech.

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Suicide bombers target a military camp and a French-run uranium mine in north-western Niger leaving at least 20 people dead, officials say.

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President Obama is expected to defend US drone strikes and promise more transparency over the attacks, in a major counter-terrorism speech

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A man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones in a sexually motivated attack tells a court he is not a paedophile.

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The soldier killed on a London street is named as Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, as two more people are arrested.

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Sunday 19 May 2013

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Liverpool's Central Library reopens to the public after a £50m refurbishment that has taken more than two years.

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A man believed to be missing French national Christophe Borgye died as a result of "blunt force trauma", post-mortem tests reveal.

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A 51-year-old pedestrian dies after he was struck by a car in the early hours in Tarporley, Cheshire.

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A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles in 1967 fetches $408,000 (£269,000) at auction in New York

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Three teenagers are arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs after a 16-year-old girl dies in Warrington.

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Two charged in connection with missing Frenchman's death

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A man has died and two other people, all from the same Lancashire family, are critically ill after a light aircraft crashes.

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Sir Alex Ferguson is denied victory in his 1,500th and final game in charge of Manchester United by a 5-5 draw at West Brom

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A 31-year-old man dies in hospital Brighton after a gunman fires at three people, in an attack described by police as "horrific".

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Two charged in connection with missing Frenchman's death

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Arsenal finish fourth in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League and deny north London rivals Spurs a place in the competition

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The health secretary rebuffs claims the PM is losing control of his backbenchers over Europe - as Tory activists complain of a "crisis" destroying the party.

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The world's largest camel herd - in Australia

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Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.

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Hundreds of people attend the funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, at a mosque in Karachi.

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Heavy fighting is reported in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair as state forces launch a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold.

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An explosion injures four people, destroys a house and severely damages another, in Nottinghamshire

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The UK astronaut Tim Peake is given a date to fly to the International Space Station.

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Heavy fighting is reported in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair as state forces launch a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold

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The health secretary rebuffs claims the PM is losing control of his backbenchers over Europe - as Tory activists complain of a "crisis" destroying the party.

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Wednesday 15 May 2013

Margate traders' Ofcom complaint follows Portas show

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A widower is awarded £150,000 in a settlement from the NHS after suffering brain damage linked to alcohol abuse following his wife's death

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Queens Park Rangers striker Loic Remy is arrested along with two other men on suspicion of rape

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Urgent changes must be made to the way A&E units are run - or the system could collapse, doctors and managers say

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Snow is reported on Dartmoor as winds of up to 65mph hit Devon and Cornwall.

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Cardinal Keith O'Brien is to leave Scotland for several months after admitting improper sexual conduct, the Vatican confirms

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The French economy has gone back into recession, official figures show, on the first anniversary of President Hollande's coming to power. 653

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Ariel Castro's lawyers say their client, accused of imprisoning three women for about a decade in his Ohio house, will plead not guilty to all charges

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Syrian rebel fighters launch an attack on Aleppo prison, and government forces respond with air raids and tank shells, reports say

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Nigeria declares a "massive" campaign to combat militants in the country's border territories, amid a flourishing Islamist insurgency.

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Rory McGrath arrested in Redruth over alleged assault

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David Cameron is "deeply" concerned by claims of price fixing by major oil firms, as the energy secretary promises tough sanctions if they are true

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The Bank of England upgrades its economic growth forecast, but separate figures show a rise in UK unemployment.

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Human cloning is used to produce early embryos, marking a "significant step" for medicine, say US scientists.

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Saturday 11 May 2013

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A 23-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an injured man was found in a Swansea road early on Saturday

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The new Star Wars film is to be made in the UK in what Chancellor George Osborne is hailing as a coup for British tax breaks.

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Carers should be routinely screened for signs of depression by their GP to ensure their health needs are not neglected, doctors' leaders say.

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Elections take place amid tight security in Pakistan, in the first-ever transition of democratic power, but a bomb kills 10 people in Karachi

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A man has died after he was found collapsed on a beach in Cornwall

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Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Man City and Wigan in the FA Cup Final.

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A man who faked pilot's qualifications to get a job as a commercial airline pilot is believed to be on the run after failing to turn up at court

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Cleveland Police agrees to pay over £500,000 in damages after prominent defence lawyer James Watson and his family were falsely imprisoned, BBC Newsnight learns.

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Tuesday 7 May 2013

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An elderly woman is killed in a crash on the M62 on Merseyside.

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Liverpool-born comedian Jimmy Tarbuck is arrested over an allegation of child sex abuse dating back to the 1970s

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Liverpool-born comedian Jimmy Tarbuck is arrested over an allegation of child sex abuse dating back to the 1970s

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Two men have been arrested after a van dumped at a Gatwick Airport car park caused a major security alert

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A woman dressed as the Incredible Hulk is believed to have attacked a teenager outside a McDonald's during a night out in York.

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A father and son are jailed for keeping vulnerable men, who were often out of work and homeless, captive and forcing them to work.

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Students are being urged to have the MMR vaccination after a case of measles is confirmed at Cardiff University.

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A friend of April Jones who was playing with the five-year-old before she went missing told police she had a "happy face" as she got into a vehicle, a jury hears

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Leading Pakistani politician Imran Khan is injured after falling off a makeshift lift that was taking him onto a stage at an election rally in Lahore.

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A gas tanker explodes on a highway in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens more, officials say.

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The man accused of murdering schoolgirl Tia Sharp took a photograph of the naked 12-year-old dead on her bed, the Old Bailey hears

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North Korea will no longer be rewarded for provocative behaviour, warn US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye

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Visual effects master Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion wizardry graced such films as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, dies in London at the age of 92.

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David Cameron promises to give voters "a proper choice" between staying in a reformed EU and leaving, after ex-Chancellor Lord Lawson urged him to speed up a referendum

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Officials praise three women found alive along with a six-year-old girl in a Cleveland home, after vanishing about a decade ago.

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Monday 6 May 2013

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A herd of escaped cattle has returned to a neighbouring field just over a week after a rampaging bull smashed its way into a house in west Norfolk.

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A man is charged following the escape of two men from a prison van in Salford.

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Giulio Andreotti, who served seven times as Christian Democrat prime minister, and was dogged by corruption allegations, dies at the age of 94

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UN investigator Carla Del Ponte says there are strong suspicions Syrian rebels have used sarin nerve agent - her commission says it's not conclusive.

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An alleged member of a German neo-Nazi cell, Beate Zschaepe, goes on trial over racially motivated murders - but the case is later adjourned for a week.

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A 93-year-old alleged ex-guard at the Auschwitz extermination camp, Hans Lipschis, is arrested in Germany on suspicion of complicity in murder.

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UN investigator Carla Del Ponte says there are strong suspicions Syrian rebels have used sarin nerve agent - her commission says it's not conclusive.

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A TV executive who died in a speedboat crash off the Cornish coast which also killed his daughter was a devoted family man, his brother says

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Thursday 2 May 2013

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A 38-year-old man from Liverpool is one of two people jailed over the seizure of heroin with an estimated street value of £100,000 in Aberdeen.

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An SAS sniper charged with illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition is recommended to be medically discharged from the Army.

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The Olympic Stadium will host five games at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, one of 13 venues in England and Wales, including eight football stadiums

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The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones in a sexually motivated attack visits his home.

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April 2013 was Iraq's deadliest month since June 2008, the United Nations mission in Iraq says

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The US calls on North Korea to grant amnesty to US citizen Kenneth Bae, who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for anti-government crimes

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The UN food agency says action should have been taken earlier, after a study finds nearly 260,000 people died during the recent famine in Somalia.

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The European Central Bank says it's 'ready to act if needed', as it cuts its benchmark interest rate to a new record low of 0.5%.

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Coronation Street star William Roache "strenuously" denies raping a 15-year-old girl in the 1960s

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Former Pope Benedict returns to a new home in the Vatican, two months after becoming the first pontiff to resign in 600 years

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The European Central Bank says it's 'ready to act if needed', as it cuts its benchmark interest rate to a new record low of 0.5%.

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BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall pleads guilty to 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls, including one as young as nine, between 1967 and 1985.

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Wednesday 1 May 2013

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A charity aims to put Harwich back at the heart of the Pilgrim Fathers story by building a replica of the ship that sailed to America in 1620

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Major private finance initiative projects in Devon will cost nearly five times more than the initial price, figures show.

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Rescue crews end their search for a British sailor who went missing after falling from a yacht in the Pacific Ocean.

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Fistfights break out in Venezuela's parliament over the recent disputed presidential election, leaving several lawmakers bloodied and bruised.

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A report into a Hong Kong boat crash which killed 39 people says a "litany of errors" and "systemic failings" in the marine department contributed to the accident.

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A general strike against tough austerity measures is under way in Greece, with trade unions calling for "mass mobilisation" of protesters amid a series of May Day demos around the world

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The rest of the UK faces damage to its international reputation if Scotland becomes independent, according to a committee of MPs.

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A British man has died during a trek across Greenland's ice sheet, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office says.

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The number of cross-border family legal disputes referred to a UK judge who offers global assistance in such cases is rising sharply.

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Three British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan after their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, the Ministry of Defence says.

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