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Wed Jul 28 18:23:48 BST 2010
The amount of plankton in the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, with warming...
Wed Jul 28 11:15:25 BST 2010
With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble...
Tue Jul 27 12:29:30 BST 2010
Mad Men's sassy secretary has been given government sanction for her body shape - but how realistic...
Tue Jul 27 07:58:05 BST 2010
Professor Robert Winston on how creative block has tormented great artists and even those in the...
Thu Jul 29 23:59:08 BST 2010
Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack,...
Thu Jul 29 23:48:32 BST 2010
Floods triggered by monsoon rains kill at least 100 people in north-west Pakistan, and further...
Thu Jul 29 23:45:31 BST 2010
Serbia seeks support for UN resolution opposing unilateral secession in territorial disputes such...
Thu Jul 29 23:08:23 BST 2010
Fires rage around Russia's capital Moscow after its hottest day on record, with temperatures...
Thu Jul 29 22:34:41 BST 2010
Fulham confirm the appointment of Mark Hughes as their new manager, replacing Roy Hodgson.
Thu Jul 29 22:33:13 BST 2010
The BBC's John Simpson visits the city of Peshawar in Pakistan to see how the country is dealing...
Thu Jul 29 22:24:46 BST 2010
A luxury car worth £1.2m is clamped outside Harrods in central London after being illegally parked.
Thu Jul 29 22:17:29 BST 2010
An agreement on the future of the Maze Prison site is reached by the NI first and deputy first...
Thu Jul 29 22:00:35 BST 2010
Ministers are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare...
Thu Jul 29 21:48:32 BST 2010
David Ngog's double strike eases an inexperienced Liverpool side to victory over Rabotnicki in...
Thu Jul 29 21:19:49 BST 2010
The publication of sensitive military documents on the Wikileaks website is "potentially severe and...
Thu Jul 29 21:17:15 BST 2010
Fundamental changes will be made in the way S4C is run after the sudden departure of chief...
Thu Jul 29 20:38:00 BST 2010
The X Prize foundation, best known for launching the private spaceflight industry, launches a $1.4...
Thu Jul 29 20:37:44 BST 2010
Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine scoop two prizes at this year's Kerrang! Awards, including...
Thu Jul 29 20:34:11 BST 2010
Triple jumper Phillips Idowu wins Great Britain's second gold of the European Championships as...
Thu Jul 29 20:20:37 BST 2010
Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, who was on hunger strike for more than 130 days, is released...
Thu Jul 29 20:20:14 BST 2010
David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about...
Thu Jul 29 19:58:36 BST 2010
The Attorney General is to review the sentences given to two teenage members of a "happy slapping"...
Thu Jul 29 19:56:23 BST 2010
A modern Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma is set to hit the big screen. Anna Holligan...
Thu Jul 29 19:55:56 BST 2010
The world of doggy ice cream, a huge waterfight in Russia and a walk-in cow wash. It's the week's...
Thu Jul 29 19:46:14 BST 2010
Business Secretary Vince Cable will not address the TUC's annual congress after his invitation to...
Thu Jul 29 19:32:30 BST 2010
Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in...
Thu Jul 29 19:22:24 BST 2010
Pakistanis are less afraid the country will be taken over by extremists and feel less threatened by...
Thu Jul 29 19:06:09 BST 2010
Eoin Morgan makes a superb maiden Test century as England reach an imposing 331-4 after day one of...
Thu Jul 29 18:55:06 BST 2010
A Cheshire businessman accused of killing a man has charges against him dropped - the third time he...
Thu Jul 29 18:23:48 BST 2010
Electronics giant Sharp says a "substantial" number of jobs will be created following a £30m...
Thu Jul 29 18:11:11 BST 2010
A Unesco panel votes to remove the Galapagos Islands from a "red list" of endangered heritage...
Thu Jul 29 17:52:34 BST 2010
Three time capsules are to be created on what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, to be...
Thu Jul 29 17:39:31 BST 2010
As many as 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery were mislabelled or unmarked because of...
Thu Jul 29 17:32:33 BST 2010
About 140 people are feared dead as a boat capsizes on a river in the western Bandundu province of...
Thu Jul 29 17:25:06 BST 2010
With monsoons being heavier than normal, floods in north-west Pakistan have killed at least 100...
Thu Jul 29 17:24:02 BST 2010
Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to...
Thu Jul 29 17:17:11 BST 2010
Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four...
Thu Jul 29 16:56:19 BST 2010
Oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil see profits almost double in the week rival BP...
Thu Jul 29 16:51:16 BST 2010
Felipe Massa insists he is not playing second fiddle to Fernando Alonso, despite controversy...
Thu Jul 29 16:43:08 BST 2010
A Spanish tourist remains missing after a Turkish tour boat was engulfed by flames while sailing in...
Thu Jul 29 16:26:28 BST 2010
President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the...
Thu Jul 29 16:25:34 BST 2010
The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to...
Thu Jul 29 16:10:10 BST 2010
The UK's Partygaming and Austrian firm Bwin unveil plans to merge and create the world's largest...
Thu Jul 29 14:10:09 BST 2010
Profile of new head of British army, Gen Sir Peter Wall
Thu Jul 29 14:00:44 BST 2010
Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a...
Thu Jul 29 13:49:37 BST 2010
Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an...
Thu Jul 29 13:48:34 BST 2010
No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK...
Thu Jul 29 13:45:34 BST 2010
Officials investigate damage to a Japanese oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, amid reports of a...
Thu Jul 29 12:59:00 BST 2010
The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697...
Thu Jul 29 12:45:19 BST 2010
The contenders for the Labour leadership have set out their personal circumstances, the reasons...
Thu Jul 29 12:40:36 BST 2010
Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of...
Thu Jul 29 12:29:07 BST 2010
More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.
Thu Jul 29 11:59:50 BST 2010
People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under...
Thu Jul 29 11:50:59 BST 2010
Happily married, don't want kids - why is it seen as odd?
Thu Jul 29 11:48:31 BST 2010
Greek police fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of lorry drivers protesting in Athens against a...
Thu Jul 29 11:47:14 BST 2010
Was Dr Crippen innocent of his wife's murder?
Thu Jul 29 11:32:37 BST 2010
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past...
Thu Jul 29 08:58:21 BST 2010
Seven doctors who treated Michael Jackson in the years before his death will not face charges, US...
Thu Jul 29 05:00:33 BST 2010
Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time,...
Fri Jul 30 03:41:19 BST 2010
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia pledge to help stabilise...
Fri Jul 30 03:32:41 BST 2010
The chancellor says the MoD, not the Treasury, will have to pay the £20bn cost of renewing...
Fri Jul 30 03:08:24 BST 2010
Wildlife authorities capture a 400lb (181kg) mother grizzly bear and two cubs who they believe...
Fri Jul 30 02:27:29 BST 2010
Arizona lodges an appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration...
Fri Jul 30 02:20:44 BST 2010
Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures,...
Fri Jul 30 02:12:58 BST 2010
The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho"...
Fri Jul 30 02:02:00 BST 2010
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000...
Fri Jul 30 01:28:51 BST 2010
A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US...
Fri Jul 30 01:04:48 BST 2010
The US senator, who is to chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release, tells...
Fri Jul 30 00:54:54 BST 2010
The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical...
Fri Jul 30 00:18:00 BST 2010
Delhi polishes up British accent in time for Games
Fri Jul 30 00:16:42 BST 2010
The Scottish government is told to release more details on the staging of meetings of its Council...
Fri Jul 30 00:15:02 BST 2010
The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed...
Fri Jul 30 00:14:02 BST 2010
Colourful 75-year history of the famous book publisher
Fri Jul 30 00:09:35 BST 2010
Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early...
Fri Jul 30 00:07:59 BST 2010
With nearly one in five people unemployed, the economic future looks bleak in Puerto Rico. Maria...
Fri Jul 30 00:05:58 BST 2010
Good weather and football's World Cup is thought to have given a boost to beer sales in the UK,...
Fri Jul 30 00:03:28 BST 2010
Police in California seize $1.7bn worth of marijuana in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Fri Jul 30 00:02:45 BST 2010
Human remains are found in County Monaghan by a group searching for one of the Disappeared, Charles...