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It’s a century-old invention that costs billions to build. So does anyone still need aircraft carriers?

Mark Easton on why the crown remains so popular

Firefighters in London are being called out nearly every hour to rescue people who have themselves in or out of a building.

The idea of a distinctive "Tudor era" in English history is a misleading invention, an Oxford University historian argues.

Jaguar Land Rover and British Airways are among household names backing 15 new university technical colleges (UTCs) approved by the government.

China will allow direct trading of the yuan and the Japanese yen next month, in a move aimed at promoting trade between Asia's two biggest economies.

Radioactivity from last year's Fukushima accident has been found in Pacific bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California.

NHS Lothian is asked to explain the nature of a contract it says its former chief executive placed with a management consultancy firm.

Nasa scientists believe they have found a way to spot osteoporosis bone loss at the earliest stages of the disease.

Are women their own worst enemies in race to top?

Fewer than a third of the UK's most influential jobs are held by women, figures compiled by the BBC News website show.

Pro-Palestinian activists disrupt the UK debut of Israel's Habima theatre company at Shakespeare's Globe in London.

The funding gap for reforming social care in England could be plugged by raiding the NHS surplus or restricting access to benefits such as the winter fuel allowance, experts say.

BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones tries to live without cash for a few days using just mobile phone payment applications instead.

Some dentists are misleading their patients about their right to NHS treatment, so the patients pay for more expensive private ones instead.

Protecting China's diners from counterfeit bird's nest soup

The campaign HQ of Egyptian presidential run-off candidate Ahmed Shafiq is attacked, as hundreds gather to protest against the election result.

A fire at a shopping centre in the Qatari capital Doha has killed at least 19 people, including 13 children.

The government of Haiti announces it will use mobile phones to transfer cash benefits to mothers who make sure their children attend school.