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Dozens die at Pakistan rally bomb

1 hour 4 min ago
A bomb kills at least 42 people at a Shia Muslim-organised rally in Pakistan's south-western city of Quetta.

G20 death pathologist suspended

1 hour 9 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.

MP says paper 'hacked' his phone

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

US sees 54,000 jobs go in August

1 hour 15 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.

Fringe defends ticket sales total

1 hour 19 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

1 hour 22 min ago
Four teenagers deny murdering a 61-year-old man at his home in Conwy.

Ex-MI6 man sentenced over leaks

1 hour 22 min ago
A former MI6 worker is given a 12-month jail sentence for trying to sell top secret material for £2m.

Farage to contest UKIP leadership

1 hour 28 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

1 hour 40 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

1 hour 41 min ago
Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.

Portugal child sex abuse 'proved'

1 hour 42 min ago
Portuguese judges say charges of child sex abuse at a state-run children's home are proved against all seven defendants on trial.

Police patrol after Maputo riots

1 hour 43 min ago
The police and army are patrolling the streets of the Mozambique capital Maputo after two days of riots over rising food prices.

Women rescued in 'brothel raids'

1 hour 44 min ago
Foreign woman suspected of being forced to work as prostitutes in Belfast are understood to have been rescued in a series of raids.

Mother charged with son's murder

2 hours 20 sec 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

Officer hurt in seized car crash

2 hours 5 min ago
Two police officers are suspended from driving duties after crashing a car they had seized from a suspected drink-driver.

UN calls special food price talks

2 hours 11 min ago
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rise in global food prices.

'No evidence' implants are toxic

2 hours 15 min ago
Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they unsafe, UK experts say.

Fox rules out French 'ship share'

2 hours 19 min ago
Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.

PSNI seize counterfeit car parts

2 hours 21 min ago
A large amount of suspected counterfeit car parts, as well as cash, are seized by police in Cullaville, south Armagh.

GMTV says goodbye after 17 years of early mornings

2 hours 22 min ago
Morning show GMTV appears on ITV1 for the final time after 17 years with presenter Andrew Castle paying tribute to viewers.