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Labour MPs increase pressure to reopen the police investigation into alleged phone-hacking of key figures by News of the World reporters.

Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams appeal for help in tracing two people seen entering his central London flat.

A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.

Tony Blair cancels a planned book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".

Nearly 20 people die as a suicide bomber rams an explosives laden pickup truck into a police station in north-west Pakistan.

The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.

A Sussex vicar found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages is jailed for four years.

A primary school is closed in Antrim after an explosive device is found by an eight-year-old pupil and carried into a classroom.

Severe disruption is expected on London's Underground as the first workers begin a 24-hour strike.

Bruce Forsyth quits Strictly Come Dancing's Sunday results show and is replaced by Claudia Winkleman.

The ornamental duck island which sank the career of a Tory MP at the height of the expenses scandal is sold for charity.

A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world's shortest living man by Guinness World Records.

England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen is given an undisclosed fine by the ECB over his Twitter tirade.

Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki are in action at the US Open, with Svetlana Kuznetsova up first and Roger Federer playing later.

Andy Murray is at a loss to explain the physical problems behind his surprise defeat by Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round of the US Open.

Pakistan's Yasir Hameed says a meeting he had with the News of the World that was secretly recorded has been "inaccurately reported" by the tabloid.

A man who killed his wife after five months of marriage enjoyed "gymnastic" sex sessions with another woman, a court hears.

Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.

Banking giant Barclays announces it is to expand its presence in Glasgow, creating 600 jobs.

A soldier killed in Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as L/Cpl Joseph Pool of the Royal Scots Borderers.

A Scottish crime gang spent more than £50,000 advertising brothels in Belfast, a court is told.

Tony Blair warns the authorities on both sides of the Irish border not to underestimate the threat posed by dissident republicans.

Verdicts of accidental death are recorded on two men struck by a train while riding a quad bike on a railway line.

Twelve Welsh Assembly Government civil servants are warned for accessing inappropriate or pornographic websites at work over the last three years.

South African trade unions suspend a strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days.

Jackie Selebi, the former South African police chief convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer, is allowed to appeal against his 15-year jail sentence.

Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.

A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.

Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.

British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with.

Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile hold a ceremony to mark their first month underground.

Guatemalan officials say they have given up hope for dozens buried by mud as they tried to rescue other trapped people.

France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction.

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.

Several hundred thousand people flee towns and villages threatened by floods in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.

Tiffin carriers in the Indian city of Mumbai learn English and basic computer skills to improve their business prospects.

President Barack Obama is expected to call for a new $50bn infrastructure plan on Monday as he bids to find ways to jump-start the US economy.

Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.

Pensioners hit by the Equitable Life scandal are making a final attempt to persuade the government to pay them full compensation.

New car sales fell 17.5% in August - the second consecutive month of declines, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

A scheme offering up to 400,000 new firms a chance to trim their tax bill has come into effect.

MPs begin debating plans for a referendum on changing the way MPs are elected.

The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green will say in his first major speech on immigration.

The EU budget commissioner says he sees no grounds for the UK to keep its budget rebate.

A type two diabetes drug is still being prescribed in the UK two months after it was recommended for withdrawal, BBC Panorama learns.

Nearly one in four junior doctors drop out of their NHS training after two years, figures show.

Scientists say they have established one reason why gum disease may increase the risk of heart disease.

The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.

Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their networks.

Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year.

A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.

Former UK Prime Minster Tony Blair warns world leaders they may pay a heavy price in history if they fail to tackle global warming.

Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.

Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say.

Contemporary artwork owned by model Jerry Hall are expected to fetch more than £1.5 million when they are sold in October at Sotheby's in London.

American Pie actor Chris Klein pleaded no contest to drink-driving following and will serve four years probation.

The odds of Paul Weller winning the Mercury Prize are slashed after a bookmaker takes an "unprecedented" rush of bets backing him.

Our ability to recall events seems to sharpen as we get older, says Lisa Jardine, but can it be trusted to paint an accurate picture?

Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention?

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?

Plans for a referendum on changing the way in which MPs are elected to Parliament are being debated in the House of Commons.

Remarkable new footage of the the London blitz goes on show.

England manager Fabio Capello says striker Wayne Rooney is in the right frame of mind to play against Switzerland on Tuesday despite allegations about his private life.

The suspicious object was left in the playground of St Comgall's Primary School and picked up by an eight -year-old pupil.

The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam.

I Am Kloot singer John Bramwell talks to Elbow's Guy Garvey about Kloot's Mercury Music Prize-nominated album, which Garvey and bandmate Craig Potter produced.

Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams have released the most recent CCTV footage of the victim.

40% of domestic violence victims are male but a new study suggests victims are often ignored by police and there are only a handful of refuge places for abused men across the UK. Ian McNicholl was abused by a partner and told his story to BBC Breakfast

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At least 17 people, including schoolchildren, are killed in a suicide bombing at a police station in north-west Pakistan - the latest in a spate of attacks.

Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.

The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.

China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience.

President Barack Obama is expected to call for a new $50bn infrastructure plan on Monday as he bids to find ways to jump-start the US economy.

France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction.

Several hundred thousand people flee towns and villages threatened by floods in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.

South African trade unions suspend a strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days.

Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.

Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.

Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the "Lizard King", is jailed for trying to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage.

A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world's shortest living man by Guinness World Records.

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.

Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.

Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile hold a ceremony to mark their first month underground.

Guatemalan officials say they have given up hope for dozens buried by mud as they tried to rescue other trapped people.

A Sussex vicar found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages is jailed for four years.

Jackie Selebi, the former South African police chief convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer, is allowed to appeal against his 15-year jail sentence.

A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.

North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago.

Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.

British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman vows his party will block any attempt to extend the partial freeze on settlements in the West Bank.

US troops are called in to help Iraqi forces battle insurgents behind a deadly attack on an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, security officials tell the BBC.

The body of a prominent Afghan broadcast journalist is found near his home in the capital, Kabul, police say.

Tiffin carriers in the Indian city of Mumbai learn English and basic computer skills to improve their business prospects.

Labour MPs demand the police investigation into alleged phone-hacking by News of the World reporters is reopened, at an urgent Commons session.

A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.

Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year.

Russia's grain export ban will be lifted as soon as it is clear how much has been harvested, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.

The EU budget commissioner says he sees no grounds for the UK to keep its budget rebate.

Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki are in action at the US Open, with Svetlana Kuznetsova up first and Roger Federer playing later.

England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday.

Tiger Woods will find out on Tuesday if he has made the United States Ryder Cup team to play Europe at Celtic Manor.

George Clooney's The American is top film at the North American box office over a lacklustre Labour Day weekend.

American Pie actor Chris Klein pleaded no contest to drink-driving following and will serve four years probation.

Contemporary artwork owned by model Jerry Hall are expected to fetch more than £1.5 million when they are sold in October at Sotheby's in London.

The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam.

Nick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France.

The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.

They put their right foots in, they put their right foots out and broke the world hokey cokey record.

Emergency services in Guatemala say up to 100 people are feared to have been buried by landslides on the main highway linking it with Mexico.

The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link.

Politicians and industrialists in Berlin have agreed to extend the life of Germany's nuclear power stations - some of them until 2030 and beyond.

The Italian government is inviting private companies to sponsor the Colosseum to help fund repairs.

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Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle founds a new record label and will release her debut solo album, Insatiable, through Tesco supermarkets.

The replacement for GMTV, hosted by former BBC presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley, debuts on television.

The Brit Awards are to move to the O2 Arena in east London from Earl's Court in the west of the city.

Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa opens a festival in his native country following a nine-month battle with throat cancer.

Tony Blair cancels a planned book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".

Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.

George Clooney's The American is top film at the North American box office over a lacklustre Labour Day weekend.

Yoko Ono makes an "emotional" visit to John Lennon's former school and childhood home in Liverpool.

A major new exhibition of works by Andy Warhol focuses on a four-year period pivotal to his development as an artist.

A group that campaigns against conceptual art claims 15 works by the artist Damien Hirst were inspired by other artists.

TV comedienne Jennifer Saunders is to write the original story for musical Viva Forever - based on the songs of the Spice Girls.

Gone With The Wind actress Cammie King Conlon, who played the daughter of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler, dies aged 76.

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan reaches an agreement with tax authorities in Australia allowing him to return to his home in the US.

Natalie Portman graces the red carpet for the premiere of new movie Black Swan, which opens the Venice Film Festival.

Former X Factor contestant Olly Murs goes straight to the top of the UK singles chart with his debut single Please Don't Let Me Go.

The funeral is held of Ou Est Le Swimming Pool singer Charles Haddon, who died in a fall in Belgium.

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.

Songwriter Kara DioGuardi becomes the latest judge on American Idol to quit this year.

Stand-up comic Robert Schimmel, a regular guest on Conan O'Brian's show, has died following a car accident.

Director general denies he compromised the BBC's independence in visit to No 10 to discuss coverage of spending cuts.

Hugh Quarshie discovers his ancestory gives him the right to sit as a village chief in Ghana

The director Casey Affleck told the Venice Film Festival that his fly-on-the-wall documentary of the actor Joaquin Phoenix is not a hoax.

Actors Bradley James and Anthony Head talk to BBC Breakfast about saving Camelot from peril in the new series of Merlin.

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