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Updated: 9 hours 3 min ago

Probe as police crash seized car

9 hours 17 min ago
Two police officers are suspended from driving duties after crashing a car they had seized from a suspected drink-driver.

Sarah Kennedy leaves BBC Radio 2

9 hours 18 min ago
Veteran broadcaster Sarah Kennedy is leaving BBC Radio 2's Dawn Patrol show - 34 years after joining the station

15 rescued in city brothel raids

9 hours 20 min ago
15 "potential victims of human trafficking" have been rescued in raids on suspected brothels in Belfast, police say.

G20 death pathologist suspended

9 hours 23 min ago
A pathologist at the centre of a row over the death of a man during the G20 protests is suspended from the medical register for three months.

BBC defends Thompson No 10 visit

9 hours 24 min ago
The BBC denies the director general compromised its independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the government's spending cuts.

Lib Dem veteran Cyril Smith dies

9 hours 25 min ago
The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died, aged 82, the party confirms.

Portugal child sex abuse 'proved'

9 hours 31 min ago
Portuguese judges find an ex-ambassador, a former TV presenter and five others guilty of sexually abusing children in care.

US sees 54,000 jobs go in August

9 hours 32 min ago
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.

3D cameras and web TVs on show

9 hours 35 min ago
Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs.

Ex-MI6 man sentenced over leaks

9 hours 39 min ago
A former MI6 worker is given a 12-month jail sentence for trying to sell top secret material for £2m.

Men in short supply in primaries

10 hours 1 min ago
One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.

Dozens die at Pakistan rally bomb

10 hours 5 min ago
A bomb kills at least 42 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.

MP says paper 'hacked' his phone

10 hours 12 min ago
Welsh MP Chris Bryant says he believes his answer machine messages were intercepted by journalists at a tabloid newspaper.

Fringe defends ticket sales total

10 hours 21 min ago
Edinburgh Fringe officials defend their decision to count customers of free shows in their box office returns.

Four teenagers deny man's murder

10 hours 24 min ago
Four teenagers deny murdering a 61-year-old man at his home in Conwy.

Farage to contest UKIP leadership

10 hours 30 min ago
Nigel Farage says he will stand for the leadership of the UK Independence Party, a position he held until last year.

Irish delay EU-Israel data deal

10 hours 42 min ago
Dublin delays a deal to allow transfers of EU citizens' data to Israel, which is accused of forging passports.

Tycoon Nadir bailed in fraud case

10 hours 43 min ago
Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.

Police patrol after Maputo riots

10 hours 45 min ago
The police and army are patrolling the streets of the Mozambique capital Maputo after two days of riots over rising food prices.

Mother charged with son's murder

11 hours 2 min ago
A County Durham woman who took the lifeless body of her two-year-old to a police station has been charged with his murder