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The official campaign encouraging people to vote "yes" in the Scottish independence referendum is to be launched, ahead of a possible vote in 2014.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser Adam Smith faces a second day of questioning later before the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics.
It is likely a decision will be made on Friday on where to site one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century - the Square Kilometre Array.
A US Senate panel says it is cutting $33m in aid to Pakistan after the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.
Welsh rugby captain Sam Warburton and two Olympic gold medal winners will carry the Olympic torch as it begins its five-day journey through Wales.
A new NHS patient rating system - known as the "friends and family test" - is to be introduced to help improve nursing care in England.
The MoD has pressed ahead with cuts to military and civilian workforce without understanding what skills it will need in the future, MPs say.
How much the numbers of applications to take children into care vary from region to region in England is revealed for the first time.
Counting begins at some polling stations after two days of voting in Egypt's first free presidential election, as the Muslim Brotherhood claims a lead.
A man confesses to suffocating six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 in New York, a notorious case that haunted American parents for years.
The Vatican sacks the director of its bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who is being investigated in a money laundering case.
A young penguin which escaped from a Tokyo aquarium is caught after more than two months on the loose in the Japanese capital.
Spain's Eurovision entrant admits her country would struggle to host the event next year if it were to win the competition for the first time in 43 years.
Japan's consumer prices rise in April, spurred by rising fuel and energy costs, official data shows.
The same currency exchange providers can offer significantly different rates across the UK, a consumer group says.
The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, more than previously estimated, revised figures show.
Scotland will become the first place in the UK to introduce minimum drink pricing, after MSPs passed the plan at parliament.
It may be possible to develop a new form of male contraceptive after researchers in Edinburgh identified a critical gene for the production of healthy sperm.
A growing number of primary care trusts are placing restrictions on access to eye surgery, figures obtained by campaigners show.
Fewer than half of the schools in England which applied for money for rebuilding work have been successful.
Latest figures show an increase in the number of young people not in work, education or training.
China's Huawei files a complaint against InterDigital, accusing the US firm of abusing its position and charging ''exploitative'' fees for mobile patents.
The social network's new photography app appears to replicate many features of Instagram which it is buying for $1bn.
New evidence from carbon in meteorites suggests that the basic building blocks of life are present on Mars, a study in Science journal says.
Once rare brown argus butterflies have been moving north due to a pattern of hot summers, say researchers.
Reality TV shows featuring child stars are made to apply for licences under the biggest overhaul of performance rules for 40 years.
Playwright Laura Wade updates her 2010 play Posh to reflect the changing political climate for its West End transfer.
The social unrest, economic gloom and austerity in Europe today mirrors the fall of the Roman Empire, says the historian Michael Wood.
Do you work more or fewer hours than the average in your country? And how does that compare with leading developed nations? Type in your hours and we'll give you the answer.
Departing Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola hints that he could be ready to return to management next season.
Wigan owner Dave Whelan says Roberto Martinez is in Miami for talks with Liverpool over their manager's job.
All five of Britain's men qualify for individual finals at the European Gymnastics in Montpellier, with Team GB qualifying in first place.
A bomb disposal expert undertakes a controlled explosion of a suspect package in the paddock at the Monaco Grand Prix circuit.
Rory McIlroy is eight behind leaders David Drysdale and Peter Lawrie after an opening 74 at the BMW PGA Championship.
Some £4.1m in counterfeit coins is seized in north London, Hertfordshire and Essex.
A 19-year-old who has become the youngest British woman to scale Everest describes the harrowing ascent she faced.
Researchers are carrying out clinical trials to find out if women with autoimmune diseases could be helped by hormones found in pregnancy.
Scotland's most senior law officer meets Libya's interim prime minister in London to discuss further investigations into the Lockerbie bombing.
A police officer is injured as petrol bombs are thrown during a security alert in Newry.
A man's body has been recovered from the sea off the County Antrim coast.
Opponents criticise the Welsh government for reducing the number of daily express trains between Holyhead and Cardiff.
A rare colony of birds making the Welsh coastline their home for three months are being protected by an electrified fence.
A senior commander in the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) should be granted amnesty just like other LRA fighters, his lawyer tells the BBC - sparking a row with the public prosecutor.
The International Criminal Court rejects a challenge from four Kenyan politicians accused of crimes against humanity, clearing the way for them to face trial in the Hague.
French President Francois Hollande makes an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to explain his decision to pull troops out a year earlier than planned.
Two officers of the container ship that ran aground off New Zealand causing its worst maritime spill are jailed for seven months.
A top EU official is launching a plan to rescue the eurozone by binding its 17 nations closer together.
Activity at European businesses hits a near three-year low in May, according to the survey of purchasing managers by Markit.
Argentina identifies the remains of a body that washed ashore in Uruguay in 1976 as a "disappeared" victim of that era.
Argentina takes away the concession to run two commuter lines from the railway company involved in a deadly crash in February in Buenos Aires.
Talks on Iran's nuclear programme end with "significant differences", EU officials in Baghdad say, but the two sides agree to meet again in Moscow in June.
The Syrian army and security forces are responsible for most of the serious rights abuses committed since March, say UN-mandated investigators.
Nearly 700 people are held in two Quebec cities in the biggest single night of mass arrests since student protests over fees began in February.
There will be nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season, a "near-normal" season, US weather officials forecast.
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A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that UK businesses need better management rather than deregulation.
There is growing concern among some Western officials about al-Qaeda's involvement in the Syrian uprising.
Opposition politicians in Ukraine are demanding an investigation into why a session of parliament descended into a fist-fight.
The UK's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 talks to the BBC's Steve Rosenberg about his hopes for the final.
Two African elephants wave a Union Jack as the Olympic torch passes their safari park on board a steam train.
Artist and designer Ollie Palmer explains how he has developed technology that he hopes will allow him to stage an "ant ballet".
The 30th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Coventry during the Falklands conflict will be marked at a ceremony in the city on Friday.
A man has confessed to suffocating a six-year-old boy who went missing in New York in 1979, police say.
A pet pig found living in a council house in Derby has settled into her new home at a rescue centre.
Flower Show winner's guide to the perfect garden
The Chopper was the daddy of cool bikes; what's its offspring?
The Men In Black are back with a blast in the past
Arabian leopard near for release into wild after breeding programme
Why new cookie rules have angered the advertising industry
Why the UK's contingency plan for a Greek euro exit is hush-hush
Papers focus on Jeremy Hunt's memo on Murdoch
Thousands march for peace in Mexico TENS of thousands of people have marched in Mexico's second most populous city, angry at the inability of authorities to end a crime wave.
(heraldsun world)
Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000 Malicious Android apps posed as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in a scam that used premium rate text messages to defraud customers of £27,850.
(telegraph technology)
First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches The creature lived in floodplains on what is now Greenland during a period known geologically as the Devonian period - about 360 to 410 million years ago.
(dailymail sciencetech)
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