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Drawing offices where Titanic was designed

Ministers will "unwind" any tax avoidance schemes being used by public sector employees, Treasury...

24 hours of news photos: 2 February 2012

Readers pictures on the theme of hunger

Many die in clashes after match between rivals

Ghana qualify for the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations after edging past Tunisia 2-1,...

Mimi Alford, a former mistress of President John F Kennedy, reveal new details of their...

Finland elects its first conservative head of state in decades, the pro-European Sauli Niinisto,...

Egypt says it is to try 43 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged...

Motorists are urged to take extra care in icy conditions as Heathrow Airport cancels half of its...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN...

Soldiers patrol the streets in the Brazilian state of Bahia where a police strike has caused the...

Motorists are being warned to drive with extreme care as the icy conditions around England look set...

US singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey goes straight in at number one in the UK album chart with her...

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have attended a church service on the eve of the Diamond...

Manchester United climb off the canvas to snatch a point at Chelsea as Javier Hernandez's header...

A murder investigation is launched after a man is found dead at a flat in Lurgan, County Armagh.

A police officer is stabbed while responding to an emergency call in the Kilwilkie estate in...

Motorists have been urged to take extra care in treacherous conditions as snow across much of the...

Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique...

Wales stage a thrilling late comeback to launch their Six Nations campaign with a stunning victory...

Heathrow Airport says only half of Sunday's scheduled flights are likely to leave but services...

Suspected militants say they have attacked an oil pipeline in Nigeria, in what would be the first...

Forecasters are warning of widespread ice on Sunday as the worst of the wintry weather begins to...

When working in a new country can prove unlucky

The death toll from freezing weather across Europe continues to climb, with transport links also...

Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the...

More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to...

In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon...

Prince William's deployment to the Falkland Islands, along with that of a warship, is "entirely...

Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail...

Finance Secretary John Swinney defends plans to let EU nationals living in Scotland vote in the...

England face a mammoth task to avoid a series whitewash after Azhar Ali's composed 157 keeps...

Three Tibetans set fire to themselves in south-west China in an anti-Beijing protest, reports say,...

Front-runner Mitt Romney declares victory in the Republican caucuses in Nevada, as he seeks to win...

Snow and freezing temperatures across Europe have claimed more than 200 lives in the past week.

Paintings by Winston Churchill have gone on display alongside works by the now-famous Moroccan...

More than half of Welsh councils are owed money from private developers which should be going...

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs.

What awaits Flight Lieutenant Wales in the Falklands?

A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience...

Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including...

The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of...

The Highways Agency is warning drivers to take care on the roads, as the cold weather continues.

Searching for witches on a tropical island

Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but...

Floods continues to threaten Queensland in eastern Australia, with 3,000 evacuated and the town of...

Eli Manning produces yet another ice-cool performance in the fourth quarter as the New York Giants...

UK firms plan to cut back on capital investment and hiring as the UK economic outlook remains...

MPs have warned the government not to neglect the threat from extreme far-right terrorism, saying

Party leaders in Greece's governing coalition are to resume crisis talks on backing a 130bn-euro...

A campaign to stop people smoking in cars when children are present, and which could pave the way...

The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of...

China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting...

The US is working closely with Israel to use diplomacy to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear...

Prime Minister David Cameron praises the "magnificent service" given by the Queen, as she...

Panama's jailed ex-leader Manuel Noriega is moved from his prison cell to hospital, suffering...

Scientists find two species of colourful worms

The Syrian activists daring to evade the secret police

World Champions Argentina beat Great Britain 1-0 to win the Champions Trophy.

The Queen is marking 60 years as monarch of the UK and Commonwealth and says she is dedicating...

New regulations come into force which will allow Scots to make certain home improvements without...

England coach Fabio Capello says he disagrees with the Football Association's decision to strip...

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) calls for a new body to be set up to protect workers from abuse and...

The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between...

Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the recovery going as new data shows unemployment down to...

Historian Lisa Jardine mourns the lost art of letterwriting

The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, accuses the Iranian authorities of intimidating those...

News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February

Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.

Spencer Kelly explains, with the help of some rather outlandish wigs, how malware changes and...

24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012

Scooters are becoming increasingly popular as people look to cut costs and stretch their budgets,...

Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne

Haunting views of Venice's waterways

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The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in...