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• NHS watchdog faces 'cover-up' claim
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:30 GMT)

England's healthcare regulator may have covered up knowledge of its own failings after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, a report says. ... Read

• Families win Iraq deaths damages bid
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:42:49 GMT)

Families of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the government for negligence and bring damages claims under the Human Rights Act, the Supreme Court rules. ... Read

• Football fixtures for 2013-14 announced
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:33:33 GMT)

New Man Utd boss David Moyes faces a trip to Swansea as the 2013-14 Premier League fixtures are announced. ... Read

• Karzai to boycott talks with Taliban
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:33:05 GMT)

The Afghan government will not take part in peace talks with the Taliban unless the process is "Afghan-led", President Hamid Karzai announces. ... Read

• Deputy Speaker Evans rearrested
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:58 GMT)

Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans is arrested on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault. ... Read

• Brazil sends force to quell protest
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:29:01 GMT)

Brazil is to send a national security force to five major cities to help restore order after massive protests, the justice ministry says. ... Read

• Bodies of two missing divers found
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:59:42 GMT)

The bodies of two missing divers are found close to a wrecked German warship in Scapa Flow in Orkney. ... Read

• Jail reckless bankers, report urges
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:03:38 GMT)

Measures including criminal sanctions to make bankers responsible for their own failings, are called for in a new report. ... Read

• Teacher 'will not give evidence'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:08:55 GMT)

A teacher accused of abducting a schoolgirl to France will not give evidence in his defence, a jury is told. ... Read

• BT complains about Sky Sports supply
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:47:00 GMT)

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom is to launch an investigation into BSkyB over the supply of its sports channels to rival broadcasters. ... Read

• Obama 'to call for nuclear cuts'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:55:36 GMT)

US President Barack Obama is to speak at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where he is expected to call for cuts in US and Russian nuclear arsenals. ... Read

• Food labels system to be rolled out
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:55 GMT)

A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says. ... Read

• Toxic substance in Fukushima water
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:32:04 GMT)

High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope, strontium-90, have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says. ... Read

• Home-buyers 'need 14 years to save'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:34:23 GMT)

The average single person in their twenties will now have to save for over 14 years before they can buy a home, says the housing charity Shelter. ... Read

• N Korea condemns Hitler report
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:04:42 GMT)

North Korea denounces a report that leader Kim Jong-un gave out copies of Adolf Hitler's memoir Mein Kampf to officials on his birthday. ... Read

• Freddie Starr rebailed by police
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:11:54 GMT)

Entertainer Freddie Starr is bailed for another two months by officers investigating allegations of sexual offences. ... Read

• Four vie to be UK City of Culture
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:08:32 GMT)

Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay make the shortlist to become the UK's second City of Culture in 2017. ... Read

• IMF entering university market
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:13:56 GMT)

The global monetary organisation is going to try to teach the world about public finances. ... Read

• Osborne set to outline bank plans
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:39 GMT)

The Chancellor, George Osborne, is expected to outline the government's plans for the future of Lloyds and RBS during his speech at the Mansion House. ... Read

• China's Wanda to buy UK yacht maker
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:04:16 GMT)

Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese property developer, says it will spend £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and property in London. ... Read

• BT's Livingston to be trade minister
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:03:57 GMT)

BT chief executive Ian Livingston is to leave the company to join the government as a trade minister, David Cameron announces. ... Read

• Speaker: MPs will vote on Syria arms
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:37:03 GMT)

MPs will get a vote on whether the UK should arm Syrian rebel forces before it happens, Commons speaker John Bercow says. ... Read

• Coroner urges resuscitation clarity
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:12:09 GMT)

Five organisations receive coroner's letters highlighting the "disturbing" death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home. ... Read

• 'Excessive' use of face-down restraint
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:04:06 GMT)

Ministers are considering a ban on face-down restraint in English mental hospitals as figures show the technique is being widely used. ... Read

• CBI chief warns over careers advice
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:36:44 GMT)

Careers advice is on "life support" in many schools in England with teenagers having little knowledge of the workplace, the director general of the CBI, John Cridland, claims. ... Read

• Universities 'ignore background'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:04:43 GMT)

Many UK universities do not consider candidates' backgrounds when offering places, research suggests. ... Read

• PlayStation update freezing consoles
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:18 GMT)

A system software update has rendered some PlayStation 3 consoles unusable, manufacturer Sony confirms. ... Read

• Smart ring and socks unveiled
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:59:17 GMT)

A ring that unlocks smartphones and socks which provide feedback about footsteps are the latest devices in the growing wearable tech sector. ... Read

• Saturn probe to acquire Earth image
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:08:23 GMT)

The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn is going to picture the ringed planet in a special photo that also includes a distant Earth. ... Read

• Applause is a 'social contagion'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:04:34 GMT)

The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests. ... Read

• Dyslexic author wins book prize
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:43 GMT)

Sally Gardner, a dyslexic author once branded "unteachable" at school, wins the prestigious Carnegie Medal for her book Maggot Moon. ... Read

• Radcliffe's Cripple enchants critics
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:04:40 GMT)

Daniel Radcliffe impresses reviewers with his "understated" performance as a disabled teenage orphan in Martin McDonagh's play The Cripple of Inishmaan. ... Read

• How do you prepare for a lifetime of renting?
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:35:57 GMT)

In much of the UK, many young people have no prospect of getting on the property ladder. How can they prepare for decades of renting? ... Read

• The street with 18 betting shops
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:35:19 GMT)

Fixed odds betting terminals, a kind of super-powered fruit machine, are driving profits in betting shops. Some councils are now fighting back. ... Read

• Celtic to open against Ross County
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:00:09 GMT)

Scottish Premier League champions Celtic will kick off next season at home to Ross County on 3 August. ... Read

• Wimbledon 2013 seedings announced
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:44:05 GMT)

Rafael Nadal could play Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer as early as the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. ... Read

• North fit for first Lions Test
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:23:10 GMT)

British and Irish Lions wing George North has overcome injury ahead of the first Test against Australia on Saturday. ... Read

• Camelot seeks Royal Ascot revenge
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:33 GMT)

The 2012 Derby winner Camelot faces recent conqueror Al Kazeem in the feature race of day two at Royal Ascot. ... Read

• FA Cup final moves to end of season
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:13:21 GMT)

The FA Cup final will be played at the end of the domestic season for the first time since 2010 in the 2013-14 season. ... Read

• Private firm to run child services
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:30:01 GMT)

A private consultancy firm is chosen to run Doncaster's troubled children's services department. ... Read

• Second man held after mosque arson
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:53:49 GMT)

A second man is arrested in connection with an arson attack on a mosque in Gloucester. ... Read

• Call for earlier sex education
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:59 GMT)

Sex education at a younger age and free contraception for people as young as 13 are needed to cut teenage pregnancy rates, according to a Holyrood inquiry. ... Read

• Hill murder to appear on Crimewatch
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:41:07 GMT)

The murder of a woman whose remains were discovered on Corstorphine Hill in Edinburgh a fortnight ago is to feature on BBC's Crimewatch programme. ... Read

• Japanese firm announces 416 new jobs
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:00 GMT)

A factory in Larne, County Antrim, that makes medical devices is creating 416 new jobs ... Read

• G8 summit most secure ever - Baggott
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:10 GMT)

Chief Constable Matt Baggott has said the G8 summit in Fermanagh was "the most peaceful and secure" in history. ... Read

• Groggs creator John Hughes, 78, dies
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:03:49 GMT)

The creator of Groggs, the hand-carved caricature statues of sporting heroes and other celebrities, dies at the age of 78. ... Read

• Web addicts 'suffer cold turkey'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:52:59 GMT)

Internet addicts can suffer a form of cold turkey when they stop using the web - just like people coming off drugs, according to research. ... Read

• Gun-battle inside Somalia UN office
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:12:26 GMT)

A gun-battle has lasted for more than an hour inside a UN office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, following a suicide bombing, witnesses say. ... Read

• Nigeria motorbike raiders 'kill 48'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:49:45 GMT)

Gunmen on motorbikes kill 48 people in an attack on a remote village in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state, an official says. ... Read

• Army leads north India flood rescue
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:02:12 GMT)

Military helicopters lead rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 130 people are now known to have died. ... Read

• Australian jailed for Meagher murder
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:34:17 GMT)

Australian Adrian Bayley is jailed for the rape and murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher, with a minimum jail term of 35 years. ... Read

• Protests force Bulgarian U-turn
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:08:24 GMT)

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski apologises for a political appointment that plunged his three-week-old government into crisis. ... Read

• Cyprus leader attacks bailout terms
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:01:50 GMT)

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades urges eurozone leaders to help his country's biggest bank and sharply criticises the bailout agreed in March. ... Read

• Chile to extradite Argentine judge
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:10:00 GMT)

The Chilean Supreme Court approves the extradition of former Argentine judge Otilio Romano, accused of human rights abuses under the military government. ... Read

• Arrest in US football dribbler death
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:22 GMT)

An Oregon motorist suspected of fatally running down a US man on a quest to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil for charity is arrested. ... Read

• Refugee numbers 'highest since 1994'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:43:40 GMT)

The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, the highest number since 1994, with the conflict in Syria a major new factor. ... Read

• Suicide bomber strikes Yemeni market
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:23:23 GMT)

A suicide bomber on a motorbike kills two people in Yemen's northern town of Saada, which is under the control of Houthi Shia rebels. ... Read

• US surveillance 'foiled 50 plots'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:50:29 GMT)

The head of the US electronic spying agency tells Congress surveillance programmes leaked to media helped thwart 50 attacks since 2001. ... Read

• US House passes abortion-limits bill
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:22:04 GMT)

The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passes a bill to restrict abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception. ... Read

• In pictures: Brazil protest banners
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:38:06 GMT)

Mass protests in Brazil ... Read

• Day in pictures: 18 June 2013
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:58 GMT)

Twenty-four hours of news photos: 18 June ... Read

• In pictures: Singapore haze
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:24:00 GMT)

Forest fires in Indonesia create haze ... Read

• In pictures: On solid ground
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:00:01 GMT)

Marking World Refugee Day ... Read

• In pictures: Afghan army's elite special forces
(Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:49:44 GMT)

Thwarting high-profile militant attacks ... Read

• Day in pictures: 17 June 2013
(Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:05:59 GMT)

Twenty-four hours of news photos: 17 June ... Read

• In pictures: Tanzania's traditional healers
(Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:30:29 GMT)

Healers in Tanzania’s southern highlands ... Read

• In pictures: India's dying telegram service
(Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:34:39 GMT)

Images from the last days of India's telegram service ... Read

• VIDEO: House of Commons
(Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:49:39 GMT)

Prime Minister David Cameron is making a statement on the recent G8 summit. ... Read

• VIDEO: Face-down restraint 'unpleasant'
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:35:01 GMT)

Mental health services in England could be banned from using face-down restraint and many are training their staff to resolve issues without physical intervention. ... Read

• VIDEO: Testing out battle kit of the future
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:12:02 GMT)

It is not just planes and helicopter on display at the Paris Air Show, as the BBC's Theo Leggett found out when he tried on some of US defence firm Raytheon's new kit. ... Read

• VIDEO: Michelle Obama and daughters on tour
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:46:33 GMT)

US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha have lunch with Irish rock star Bono and visit Glendalough. ... Read

• VIDEO: Food label system to be rolled out
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:15:12 GMT)

A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says. ... Read

• VIDEO: Camera pioneers' work goes on display
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:17:15 GMT)

Portraits by 19th century photographers Henry and Charles Meade are subjects of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. ... Read

• VIDEO: Protesters on Sao Paulo streets
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:15:58 GMT)

Thousands of people gathered in front of Sao Paulo Cathedral on Tuesday for a new protest which was largely organised through social media. ... Read

• VIDEO: Huawei unveils 'thinnest' smartphone
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:17:49 GMT)

Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei unveils its latest mobile handset, which the company says is the thinnest on the market. ... Read

• VIDEO: Wet summers down to Atlantic warming
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:51:00 GMT)

The UK's recent run of damp summers could be down to a cyclical warming of the Atlantic Ocean, scientists and meteorologists have said. ... Read

• How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:43:30 GMT)

As witnesses die, will the Holocaust be forgotten? ... Read

• Models for possible Syria intervention
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:42:00 GMT)

Possible models for intervention as West mulls action in Syria ... Read

• Telegram Era ends Stop
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:29 GMT)

The strange linguistic legacy of the telegram ... Read

• The play that keeps its audience in the dark
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:47:12 GMT)

The new play that keeps its audience in the dark ... Read

• VIDEO: The global middle class revolution
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:13:08 GMT)

Where is the middle class growing around the world? ... Read

• Russia: Faberge eggs symbol of power
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:56:56 GMT)

Russia falls again for eggs once despised as tsar’s playthings ... Read

• Glimmers of hope in Detroit
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:14:22 GMT)

Is down-at-heel Detroit on brink of a comeback? ... Read

• VIDEO: The 13-year-old fashion blogger
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:18:05 GMT)

The 13-year-old taking fashion blogging by storm ... Read

• Alaa Jarban: One of Yemen's first openly gay men
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:11:48 GMT)

Fears for author of 'I'm Queer' blogpost ... Read

• Commission backs Lloyds as first privatisation
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:24:11 GMT)

Commission says Lloyds ready for privatisation ... Read

• Too soon to call time on Abenomics
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:23:11 GMT)

Don’t call time on Abenomics yet ... Read

• The troubling secrets of England’s mental hospitals
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:56:02 GMT)

Troubling secrets of England’s mental hospitals ... Read