Cell assault sergeant facing sack
A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.
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Rooney set to travel with England
Wayne Rooney is still expected to travel to Switzerland for England's Euro 2012 qualifier despite allegations about his private life.
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Ex-army head attacks Labour PMs
Former head of the Army Gen Sir Richard Dannatt accuses Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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New Zealand assesses quake damage
Officials assess the damage caused by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, as aftershocks continue.
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BP well 'poses no further risk'
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
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Iran stoning woman 'to be lashed'
An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency, her son says.
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Briton killed in NZ crash named
The Foreign Office confirms that 24-year-old Briton Brad Coker was among nine killed in a light aircraft crash in New Zealand.
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Crash survivors back Chile miners
Survivors of a 1972 plane crash in the Andes arrive at the San Jose mine to support the 33 men trapped underground.
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Bid to identify golf course body
Officers are trying to establish the identity of a badly-burnt body discovered by players on a golf course near Brighton.
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Two killed as aeroplanes collide
Two people are killed when their plane crashes to the ground after a collision with another aircraft on the Isle of Wight.
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Craigslist ends adult service ads
Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.
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Saxon boat and strange cargo found in Norfolk river
A Saxon boat is uncovered during flood defence work on the River Ant in Norfolk.
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Collingwood remains fully focused
England captain Paul Collingwood says his side are "100% prepared" for Sunday's first Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Cardiff.
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Federer sails through in New York
Five-time champion Roger Federer cruises into the fourth round of the US Open with a straight sets win over Paul-Henri Mathieu.
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Hargreaves fails to make Euro cut
Injury-hit midfielder Owen Hargreaves has been left out of Manchester United's Champions League squad.
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Dawson facing spell on sidelines
England and Tottenham defender Michael Dawson will miss the game with Switzerland after being ruled out for at least six weeks.
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England women chasing final glory
England captain Catherine Spencer believes her side can end New Zealand's dominance of the women's game when the two meet in Sunday's World Cup final.
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Pensioner 'stabbed in the heart'
An elderly man found dead at a house in Surrey had received a fatal stab wound to the heart, post-mortem tests reveal.
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Rovers takeover man left UK debts
The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals.
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Rider airlifted at horse trials
Scottish event rider Nicola Malcolm is airlifted to hospital after falling from her horse during the Burghley Horse Trials.
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Seven children ill with E.coli
Seven children in County Armagh have been infected with E. coli 0157, the Public Health Agency has confirmed.
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Four held over Blair egg pelting
Four men are arrested after eggs and shoes are thrown at former Prime Minister Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin.
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Villagers told by BT it will cost
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More cuts in councillors proposed
More plans to reduce the number of councillors in Wales are put forward to create what ministers say would be greater fairness for voters.
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Mozambique police fire at rioters
Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.
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UN calls special food price talks
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
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South Korea FM offers to resign
The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.
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New Zealand crash victims named
Police in New Zealand name nine people, including four foreigners, who died when a light aircraft crashed after taking off from Fox Glacier on Saturday.
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Car bomb kills Russian soldiers
A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five soldiers and wounds about 40 others.
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Protests over French Roma policy
Thousands attend rallies in Paris and other French cities to protest at the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
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Heavy rains devastate Guatemala
A state of emergency is declared in Guatemala where heavy rain has caused widespread flooding and landslides, killing at least 18 people.
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Six die in Barbados shop attack
Armed robbers in Barbados have set fire to a clothing shop in the capital, Bridgetown, killing six people who were inside.
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One dead in Israeli raids on Gaza
Israel carries out three bombing raids on the Gaza Strip, killing one man and injuring another.
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Bahrain charging Shia activists
Prosecutors in Bahrain accuse 23 Shia activists of forming a "terrorist network" aiming to overthrow the Gulf state's Sunni-dominated government.
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Long lines at troubled Kabul Bank
Afghans have continued to withdraw money from the country's largest bank, Kabul Bank, over fears it may collapse.
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Karzai sets up Taliban talks body
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.
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Tropical storm Earl hits Canada
Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.
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US sees 54,000 jobs go in August
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
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Six million facing new tax bills
HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about
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Petrobras files $65bn share offer
The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64.5bn of new stock, in one of the world's largest share offers.
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HSBC threatens to quit London HQ
HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says.
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Balls seeks phone hack statement
Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls says the home secretary should make a statement about claims of phone tapping by the News of the World.
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Tory defects over schools scheme
A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".
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Blair in 'radical Islam' warning
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the BBC that radical Islam is the greatest threat facing the world.
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Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'
Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
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'No evidence' implants are toxic
Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe, UK experts say.
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Compost sparks Legionnaire's fear
Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost.
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Men in short supply in primaries
One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.
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Music tuition falling, poll says
Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.
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School lottery 'failed in aim'
England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
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PS3 hack escapes court challenge
Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.
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Memristor revolution backed by HP
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
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Global broadband divide revealed
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
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Hubble re-shoots 1987 star blast
The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987.
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Danish rocketeers go for lift-off
A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts are set to launch a dummy 30km into the sky as part of their quest to develop a private launch system.
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Plans for solar 'close encounter'
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
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DJs unite for Love Parade track
Three of the world's most successful club DJs join forces to pay tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany in July.
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Sarah Kennedy leaves BBC Radio 2
Veteran broadcaster Sarah Kennedy is leaving BBC Radio 2's Dawn Patrol show - 34 years after joining the station
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Robbie turns on Blackpool lights
Thousands of people watch Robbie Williams switch on Blackpool's illuminations.
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Eddie who?
Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention?
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Don't let the bed bugs bite
The world is on the verge of a bed-bug pandemic, according to a report - how did the tiny biting insects come to pose such a threat?
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Autobiographies of the rich and famous
Tony Blair's memoirs has become the fastest selling autobiography in Britain. But what are the biggest overall sellers?
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Could adverts appear on the Colosseum?
The Italian government is inviting private companies to sponsor the Colosseum to help fund repairs.
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Trapped miners speak to families
The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link.
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Imran Khan on corruption in cricket
The former Pakistan cricket captain, Imran Khan, has said that if players are found guilty of spot fixing, they should not be given a life ban, which some officials are demanding.
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Blair pelted with eggs in Dublin
Eggs and shoes have been thrown by anti-war protestors at former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.
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Ian McEwan: Booker winner 'not my best'
Author Ian McEwan talks to Matt Stadlen about the exercise of writing, the importance of long, moody walks, the "thinginess" of James Joyce and getting to grips with quantum mechanics.
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Making music from children's old toys
The Modified Toy Orchestra is a band made up of five musicians - and 48 tweaked toy instruments.
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The military 'junk' left in Iraq
Thousands of tonnes of US military equipment have been moved out of Iraq but plenty has been left behind - and not just for the troops who remain there.
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'Worst earthquake I have ever felt'
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island, causing widespread minor damage and power cuts.
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Missing in Mexico
Mystery of young women disappearing in Ciudad Juarez
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Crumble in the jungle
Ali-Foreman boxing match venue now in state of decay
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Remember when...
How much can you trust the human memory?
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Medieval munchies
How an ancient diet could aid healthy eating
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Cottage country
Escaping the hustle and bustle of city life in Ontario
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Reporter's dilemma
Should a journalist bear witness, or interfere to help save a life?
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Newspaper review
Phone hack claims in some papers
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