FPFL news: 2014

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A new tailfin design for the Red Arrows jets is unveiled to mark the team's 50th display season.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26239748

Wolverhampton City Council says it is shedding up to 2,000 jobs because budget cuts are 'worse than previously thought'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26238862

Moors Murderer Ian Brady says he still wants to die after losing his bid to be transferred from hospital to prison.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26246608

French police investigating the killing of a British family in the Alps in 2012 arrest a man three months after an identikit image of a motorcyclist seen near the scene is published.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26240055

The Court of Appeal upholds the principle of whole-life prison terms, increasing the sentence of a killer who had been jailed for 40 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26236225

The UK's inflation rate falls to 1.9% in January, the first time in more than four years that it has gone below the Bank of England's 2% target.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26239631

A South Florida artist is facing criminal charges after deliberately dropping a vase by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in an apparent protest.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26233909

At least four people are killed and dozens injured in violence that erupted as Thai police began clearing protest sites in the capital, Bangkok.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26224510

What is the code behind coloured markings on the road?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25915468

A six-day-old baby who died at a house where a dog was later seized is named as Eliza-Mae Mullane.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-26242506

Insurance companies responded well to the recent flooding to hit the UK, says the director general of the Association of British Insurers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26236519

Riot police arrest a man in Kiev, Ukraine (18 Feb 2014) Previous image | Pause | Next image1 / 6At least seven people are killed in clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Kiev, in the worst violence seen in Ukraine in weeks.

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Wednesday 12 February 2014

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Hundreds fail new compulsory police fitness test

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26157384

The father of Ellie Rowe, from Somerset, who died after taking the drug ketamine at a festival in Hampshire, says "one act of stupidity has destroyed our family".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26157465

China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover has been declared dead on the surface of the Moon, state media have reported.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26153520

Central African Republic leader Catherine Samba-Panza says she will "go to war" with Christian militias who are slaughtering Muslims.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26160251

The UN-backed relief operation goes on in Homs, with aid supplies going in and more than 200 people evacuated - though hundreds remain.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26148194

Veteran US comedian Sid Caesar, who appeared in the hit musical Grease, has died at the age of 91, according to American media reports.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26162316

The main Westminster parties will declare that whoever forms the next UK government will not agree to an independent Scotland using the pound

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-26163637

Two accomplices of "sadistic" triple killer Joanna Dennehy are convicted of helping her dispose of the bodies during her 12-day spree of violence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-26135825

Man dies as winds gusting over 100mph lash parts of the UK in what the assistant chief of the defence staff describes an "almost unparalleled natural crisis".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26153889

Saturday 8 February 2014

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Indian scientist's long hours in pursuit of historic mission

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25989262

Glitz and golds in the first 24 hours of Sochi Winter Games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26096559

Martin Skrtel and Raheem Sterling each score twice as Liverpool thrash Premier League leaders Arsenal 5-1 at Anfield

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25994878

Storms leaves heart-shaped hole in Sandbanks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-26097641

man aged in his 20s dies after being stabbed on a street in west London.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26097688

The funeral is held of Jayden Parkinson, the teenager whose body was found in a disturbed grave in Oxfordshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26086434

An appeal for help to find a student and a man missing since January will be made at York City's ground later.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-26098765

Man charged after 'Koran ripped up at football match'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-26100883

Homes are evacuated near a house in Surrey after an adult and child are taken to hospital.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-26098944

Three diplomatic protection officers have been arrested for allegedly exchanging "extreme" pornographic images, the Metropolitan Police confirms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26093695

McDonald's opens first outlet in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26101009

Two people die and at least nine are injured when a falling boulder derails a tourist train in the southern French Alps.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098700

The Syrian government and rebels accuse each other of violating a ceasefire in the besieged city of Homs, where the UN is waiting to deliver aid.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26096116

Spain's Princess Cristina is being questioned in court over a corruption scandal involving her husband, a historic first for Spain's royal family.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26094035

Video and text commentary as Sage Kotsenburg wins the Games' first medal, but Britain's Jamie Nicholls and Billy Morgan miss out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/winter-olympics/25885403

Immigration minister Mark Harper resigns after it emerges his cleaner did not have permission to work in the UK.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26101442

Gusts reaching as high as 80mph are hitting southern and western parts of the UK as severe weather conditions continue.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26095937

Thursday 6 February 2014

Primary schools in England are going to share an extra £150m per year sports funding until 2020, Prime Minister David Cameron announces

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26049332

More than 3,000 people who were subject to the government's cap on welfare payments have now found work, according to new figures.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26065080

Global deaths from measles dropped 78% between 2000 and 2012, estimates the World Health Organization

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26075567

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Londoners endure a second day of Tube disruption as strike action over planned job cuts and ticket office closures continues

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26061749

A soldier who hanged herself two years after claiming she was raped had a box of live crickets released in her room in a bullying campaign, an inquest hears

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26070320

A father's plea to watch a video based on his dead son's Facebook page provokes the network to look again at how families can remember loved ones

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26066688

Italy's navy rescues 1,123 people from inflatable boats south-east of Lampedusa in one day, while seven migrants drown trying to reach Spain.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26064697

Pakistan's government holds its first formal talks with a Taliban-nominated team, setting out five conditions, including an end to hostilities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26065385

Images show storm damage done to parts of England

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26064424

Bombardier has won a £1bn contract to provide trains for the London Crossrail project, the government announces

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26063121

A police officer who admitted lying about witnessing the "plebgate" row in Downing Street that led to the resignation of a cabinet minister is sentenced to a year in jail.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26064536

As southern England braces itself for yet more severe weather, more money is pledged for flood repairs and marines move in to help on the Somerset Levels.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26061795

William Roache and supporters outside court Previous image | Pause | Next image3 / 3Coronation Street actor William Roache found not guilty of all charges of two rapes and four indecent assaults against women

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26068034

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Actor Steve Coogan and Philomena Lee, whose story inspired the Oscar-nominated film Philomena, meet Pope Francis in Rome.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26049000

Many young people who chose a vocational route over an academic one say they were actively discouraged from following that path, a survey suggests.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25986713

Conservative MP Aidan Burley, who was at the centre of a row over a Nazi-themed stag party, is to step down at the next election.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26059862

Experts are concerned about the spread of a new strain of bird flu that has already killed one woman in China.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26020015

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The disputed suggestion drunkenness was a factor in the Hillsborough disaster will be explored in new inquests, lawyers for senior police officers say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-26054096

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has met MP Andrew Mitchell to apologise for one of his officers' roles in the "Plebgate" affair

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26059987

Tests on the body of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman are inconclusive, the New York city medical examiner says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26059893

Work is halted on the expansion of the Panama Canal, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, as negotiations over cost overruns break down

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-26053032

In an unprecedented report, the UN demands the Vatican "immediately remove" priests who are known or suspected child abusers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26044852

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26054220

Millions of passengers are hit by disruption and delays during London's 48-hour Tube strike.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26037534

Thousands of Tube passengers are enduring delays on their journeys home because of strike action over planned job cuts and ticket office closures.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26043372

Ten people are injured in a gas explosion that "flattened" two houses on a street in Clacton, Essex.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-26046430

Parts of Britain are battered by a storm which has washed away part of a railway line and seen homes evacuated - with more bad weather forecast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26042990

Tuesday 4 February 2014

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Copeland in West Cumbria is the fattest local authority area in England, according to new government figures.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26037619

A teenager from Hull is found guilty of the murder of his grandmother and the attempted murder of his grandfather in an attack "like the film Psycho".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-26032966

A strike on the London Underground is due to start later as a row continues over the proposed closure of ticket offices.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26028940

The Prince of Wales meets residents and farmers in the flood-hit Somerset Levels, and says it is a "tragedy" that nothing happened for so long.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26028216

UK military advice was given to India before the 1984 Golden Temple attack but it had "limited impact", the foreign secretary says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26027631

The Prince of Wales meets residents and farmers in the flood-hit Somerset Levels, and says it is a "tragedy" that nothing happened for so long

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26028216

Why the global killer is an ever greater threat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26031748

A man suspected of being involved in the assassination of two prominent Tunisian MPs is among eight killed in a police raid in Tunis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26033217

Pakistani Taliban negotiators condemn the failure of government representatives to meet them in Islamabad, as peace efforts get off to a chaotic start.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26035961

Technology giant Microsoft announces Satya Nadella will succeed Steve Ballmer as its chief executive, with Bill Gates becoming a "technology adviser".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25973762

UK MAN SURFS BIGGEST WAVE INTO WORLD RECORD

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26029812

Technology giant Microsoft announces Satya Nadella will succeed Steve Ballmer as its chief executive, with Bill Gates becoming a "technology adviser".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25973762

The Prince of Wales meets residents and farmers in the flood-hit Somerset Levels, and says it is a "tragedy" that nothing happened for so long.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26028216

Oil giant BP boss Bob Dudley has warned there are "big uncertainties" for the company over the possibility of Scotland becoming independent.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26028481

Friday 31 January 2014

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A man who left a severed deer head in a Tesco store appears in court again after attacking a car showroom with an axe, claiming a Porsche he bought there a decade ago was "no good".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25986588

Three lapdancers and their manager are cleared by a jury of kidnapping a club boss who owed them money.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-25979385

Triple killer Joanna Dennehy was like a Shakespeare villain who bent alleged accomplices to her will and turned one into a "nodding dog", a jury hears.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-25978279

The jury in the trial of UK barrister and part-time judge Constance Briscoe is discharged after failing to decide if she perverted the course of justice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25983680

Medical workers block police from questioning a Ukrainian protester, being treated in hospital after apparently undergoing severe torture.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25988661

Syrian rival delegations end a week-long peace conference in Geneva by trading insults, as no deal emerges on how to end the conflict

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25983181

Almost a third of NHS trusts in England are now forecasting a deficit at the end of the financial year

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25981936

Francois Hollande says David Cameron's plan to renegotiate EU treaties was "not a priority" after talks with the UK prime minister

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25972302

Sienna Miller tells the phone-hacking trial it is "likely" she left a voicemail message for actor Daniel Craig that ended "I love you".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25982358

The family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher say they "are still on a journey to the truth", after murder convictions were reinstated against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25975395

Sunday 26 January 2014

Blustery showers continuing, wintry overnight. More persistent rain further north.

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MPs vote "overwhelmingly" in favour of urging the government to release papers on a strike 41 years ago, which led to the jailing of six pickets, including actor Ricky Tomlinson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-25866461

A judge rules Moors Murderer Ian Brady's notoriety "has not diminished" as he rejected his transfer bid.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25878104

A "mini-tornado" brought down trees, damaged property and blew cats round like paper bags, an eyewitness says

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25902371

Police shoot at the tyres of a car in Crawley to bring it to a stop and arrest three people in the vehicle, including one suspected of attempted murder.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-25904646

Heavy rain has swept across parts of the UK, including recently flooded areas in southern England, with forecasters warning of ice on Sunday night

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25898521

Teenager arrested under terror law after London raid

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25907505

A 16-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 17-year-old girl is sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-25902377

Egypt says presidential elections have been moved forward, increasing speculation over whether army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will stand.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25904575

Stanislas Wawrinka beats an injured Rafael Nadal to win his first Grand Slam with victory in the Australian

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/25893279

Protests in Ukraine are spreading further outside the capital Kiev, deeper into the Russian-influenced east of the country, say media reports

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25905031

Ed Balls rejects claims that Labour's pledge to bring back the 50p top rate of income tax is part of an "anti-business agenda" in the party.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25902208

Education Secretary Michael Gove says his team has not briefed against England's chief inspector of schools - who says he is "pleased to be assured" of that.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25906736

Syria will allow women and children to leave the besieged area of Homs "from now", UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says at the Geneva peace talks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25905465

Lloyds Banking Group says it has fixed problems that affected customers with Halifax, Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and TSB using ATMs and debit cards.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25907000

Wednesday 22 January 2014

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A jury is shown CCTV footage of triple killer Joanna Dennehy and two men filling a petrol can at a garage near Peterborough.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-25851804

The barrister who investigated claims of sexual misconduct by Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock towards a female constituent found her evidence "credible", according to a leaked report.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25847685

A judge warns a jury at the trial of a Muslim defendant wearing the full-face veil that it would be "wrong" to be prejudiced against a person's expression of religious faith

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25846528

A jury hears Coronation Street star William Roache told police he was "absolutely surprised" and "amazed" when he was first arrested.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25841386

The stars of British TV prepare for the National TV Awards at London's O2, with Ant and Dec and Broadchurch leading the nominations

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25817923

MP Mike Hancock is suspended by the Liberal Democrats after parts of a report into claims of sexual misconduct towards a female constituent are leaked.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25852536

Controversial French comedian Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala is questioned after bailiffs allege they were fired on with rubber bullets at his house

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25849418

Two demonstrators are killed in clashes in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, the first fatalities since anti-government protests flared up in November.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25838962

Two demonstrators are killed in clashes in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, the first fatalities since anti-government protests flared up in November

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25838962

Syria's government and main political opposition trade bitter accusations on the first day of a major peace conference in Switzerland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25836827

The unemployment rate drops sharply to 7.1%, approaching the point at which the Bank of England has said it will consider raising interest rates

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25841570

Monday 13 January 2014

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Four men are jailed for making more than £1.3m worth of counterfeit £10 notes at a printing firm in Birmingham.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-25710800

An inquest hears how a man was fatally shot by police in Huddersfield after "firing a gun 34 times" in a siege that lasted overnight.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-25716275

The parents of a boy who died while trekking in Morocco criticise the trip's organisers after an inquest hears of a lack of arrangements for emergency care

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25715383

April Jones's killer Mark Bridger drops his application for permission to appeal against his whole-life sentence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25715492

French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler will stay in hospital for more rest, her aides say, after a magazine alleged Francois Hollande was having an affair

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25720255

India marks three years since its last case of polio was reported, a landmark seen as confirmation of one of its biggest public health successes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25708715

French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler will stay in hospital for more rest, her aides say, after a magazine alleged Francois Hollande was having an affair.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25720255

British warship HMS Montrose is to join a convoy transporting chemical weapons from Syria, Foreign Secretary William Hague says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25718753

French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler will stay in hospital for more rest, her aides say, after a magazine alleged Francois Hollande was having an affair.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25720255

Israel holds the burial service for former PM Ariel Sharon, earlier lauded at a state memorial as an "indomitable" defender of his people

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25708082

Victims have waited years to tell their stories to the biggest public inquiry into child abuse ever held in the UK, its senior counsel says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25697391

Victims have waited years to tell their stories to the biggest public inquiry into child abuse ever held in the UK, its senior counsel says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25697391

Councils that back fracking will get to keep more money in tax revenue, PM David Cameron says, urging opponents to "get on board".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25705550

Thursday 9 January 2014

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A teacher on a trek in Morocco in which a teenager died did not know emergency help was at least two hours away, an inquest heard.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25673255

Three lapdancers who were working during the National Hunt Festival in Cheltenham kidnapped a man who owed them money, Bristol Crown Court hears

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-25670070

A Red Arrows pilot died when his ejector seat fired him into the air and he hit the ground with "tremendous" force, an inquest hears.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-25667256

George Osborne warns against "self-defeating" increases to the minimum wage, amid reports that some cabinet ministers want an above-inflation rise.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25666442

A porter at Northern Ireland's biggest A&E unit says he is "fed up watching our nurses cry" after a backlog of patients led to a 'major incident' being declared

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25672554

Tributes pour in for a Pakistani teenager killed when he tackled a suicide bomber targeting his school in the north-western Hangu area

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25663992

Afghanistan says it will release scores of prisoners regarded by the US as a security threat, saying there is insufficient evidence against them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25673011

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie sacks an aide who allegedly orchestrated traffic mayhem to pursue a petty political vendetta, and apologises.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25671970

Tesco and Morrisons both report a fall in like-for-like UK sales over the Christmas period, sending shares in both companies lower.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25664398

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie sacks an aide who allegedly orchestrated traffic mayhem to pursue a petty political vendetta, and apologises.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25671970

George Osborne warns against "self-defeating" increases to the minimum wage, amid reports that some cabinet ministers want an above-inflation rise.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25666442

A rape victim has met her attacker in prison to tell him she forgives him - and called the meeting a "great" experience.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25666416

George Osborne warns against "self-defeating" increases to the minimum wage, amid reports that some cabinet ministers want an above-inflation rise.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25666442

Mark Duggan's aunt Carole says the family will fight the lawful killing decision "through the courts" and says there should be "no more violence".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25665484

Tuesday 7 January 2014

Sea Odyssey giants return to Liverpool for WW1 commemoration

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Acid attack victim Naomi Oni 'followed by woman in veil'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25644206

A policeman shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat threatened to hang himself on a video call while forcing his estranged wife to watch, an inquest hears

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-25637902

Bosses of a documentary about a street in Birmingham are criticised for portraying residents in a bad light and encouraging criminal behaviour.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-25640092

An ice cream seller admits imprisoning a 34-year-old man with learning difficulties in his garage and treating him "like a slave".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-25642431

Two sets of unique Pablo Picasso linocuts, called Still Life under the Lamp and Jacqueline Reading, are acquired by the British Museum.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25641407

Two people plead guilty to sending "menacing" tweets to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25641941

There are warnings of further serious flooding in southern England after another night of rain and high tides led to water crashing over flood defences on the Dorset coast

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25633693

A judge in Spain summons a daughter of King Juan Carlos, the Infanta Cristina, to appear in court over accusations of tax fraud and money-laundering.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25635858

Turkey dismisses 350 police officers and the top judiciary body says it will investigate officials overseeing an inquiry into government corruption.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25637710

A brutal blast of arctic air settles in eastern North America, bringing dangerously low temperatures not seen in two decades

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25632586

UKIP leader Nigel Farage says migrants should be made to wait five years to claim benefits, as a survey suggests Britons want to see immigration cut.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25630036

UKIP leader Nigel Farage says migrants should be made to wait five years to claim benefits, as a survey suggests Britons want to see immigration cut.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25630036

The first consignment of chemical weapons materials leaves Syria on a Danish ship, as part of a UN-backed deal to destroy Syria's chemical arms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25642463

The first consignment of chemical weapons materials leaves Syria on a Danish ship, as part of a UN-backed deal to destroy Syria's chemical arms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25642463

Two people plead guilty to sending "menacing" tweets to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25641941

There are warnings of further serious flooding in southern England after another night of rain and high tides led to water crashing over flood defences on the Dorset coast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25633693

Monday 6 January 2014

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A Fathers4Justice campaigner who attacked a portrait of the Queen in Westminster Abbey appeared to spray the word "help", a court hears.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25627699

An inmate at a privately-run prison says a disturbance that authorities claim ended peacefully after a few hours was actually a "near riot" that lasted twice as long.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25618613

A motorist has been banned from driving for 12 months after he was caught driving at 62mph with both hands behind his head.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-25624978

German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffers a partial fracture of her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident, her spokesman says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25622660

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki urges residents of the city of Fallujah to force out insurgents linked to al-Qaeda who have taken control of the city

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25620538

Parts of the United States and Canada are braced for potentially record-breaking low temperatures as an Arctic chill brings further freezing weather.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25609411

Arsenal and England forward Theo Walcott will miss the World Cup after being ruled out for at least six months with a knee injury

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25631561

A policeman shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat was having an affair with a 7/7 survivor months before his death, an inquest hears.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-25623254

A motorist has been banned from driving for 12 months after he was caught driving at 62mph with both hands behind his head.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-25624978

Huge waves batter southern and western coasts of the UK, as forecasters warn coastal areas could see more flooding.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25618080

Big welfare cuts will be needed after the next election, warns the chancellor - but coalition partner Nick Clegg calls the plans "extreme" and "unfair".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25617844

Saturday 4 January 2014

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A near-complete ichthyosaur skeleton discovered on the Dorset coast after Christmas storms was hours away from destruction, fossil hunters say

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-25578510

Police investigate the "unusual circumstances" of the birth of a baby at a sports retail warehouse

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-25603466

The search for a Devon teenager who disappeared after going out to take photographs of stormy seas is called off for a second night.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25602676

A four-year-old boy has died, after apparently being crushed by a horse at his family's farm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-25603392

The Russian authorities relax a ban on protest rallies at the Sochi Winter Olympics but set strict conditions for demonstrations.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25604220

Iraqi troops have reportedly lost control of the strategic city of Fallujah after intense fighting with al-Qaeda militants and local Sunni tribesmen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25605459

Direct talks between teams representing the warring parties in South Sudan officially open in Ethiopia, despite earlier fears that the process had run into trouble

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25599192

A British man who was shot dead in Libya is named by the UK Foreign Office as energy worker Mark De Salis, who had been working in Tripoli for six years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25603868

People are being warned to brace themselves for fresh floods on England's coasts and rivers, ahead of further severe weather across the UK on Sunday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25606031

Friday 3 January 2014

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A woman who defrauded hundreds of customers in an iPad scam worth £450,000 is jailed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-25589668

A woman who defrauded hundreds of customers in an iPad scam worth £450,000 is jailed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-25589668

Nearly 300 flood warnings and alerts are in force in England as flood-affected areas prepare for more high tides.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25585538

The funeral of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, complete with a Hell's Angels guard of honour and a floral two-fingered salute, takes place

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25594688

The number of overweight and obese adults in the developing world has quadrupled to almost one billion since 1980, a UK think tank says

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25576400

Fans of injured Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher hold a vigil to mark his birthday at the French hospital treating him.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25582925

Initial ceasefire negotiations in Ethiopia to end South Sudan's conflict have been fruitful, mediators say

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25586456

A winter storm has blanketed parts of Canada and the north-eastern US with up to 2ft (61cm) of snow, with dangerously cold temperatures.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25592058

Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, is declared bankrupt but says it will not stop him standing again as an MEP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25590155

The UK government calls on Libyan authorities to conduct a "thorough investigation" into how a British man and New Zealand woman found dead on a beach in western Libya were killed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25583080

The sister of teenager Nida Ul-Naseer, missing from her home in Newport for six days, makes an emotional appeal to her to come home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25594535

High tides and strong winds lead to flooding in Wales and south-west England as officials warn of a continuing flood threat across the west of the UK.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25584221

Wednesday 1 January 2014

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A woman who has helped raise almost £3m for her local hospital has been honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours List.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-25550872

A 40-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and arson following a fatal fire in Liverpool.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-25562274

Taking DNA samples from bodies to be buried at sea could become a legal requirement, in a move being considered by the government.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25335350

A person dies after a crash on the M25 in Surrey in the early hours of New Year's Day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-25565589

A teenager is arrested over the death of a man found injured at a house in Hartlepool on New Year's Eve

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-25566089

Search for Guilford man washed out to sea in Cornwall

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-25566391

People should pledge to try and emulate Nelson Mandela and change the world around them, the Archbishop of Canterbury says in his new year message

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25564943

At least one person has been killed and nearly 600 others injured by New Year fireworks and gunfire in the Philippines, officials have said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-25566056

The head of a jihadist group behind the suicide bomb attack on the Iranian embassy in Lebanon in November is arrested, report say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25566784

Formula 1 seven-time champion Michael Schumacher is "stable" in hospital after a skiing accident on Sunday, his manager has said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25566612

Celebrations take place around the world to mark the start of 2014, with cities lit up by spectacular pyrotechnics and traditional ceremonies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-25557023

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says the country is stronger after the execution of his uncle last month, his first public comments on the move.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25565645

All Bulgarian and Romanian citizens will be free to live and work in the UK after temporary controls in place since 2007 come to an end

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25549715