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A Labour MP says on Twitter an annoying rail passenger should be killed "before he could breed" - comments she later insists were "flippant".

A former Metropolitan Police detective specialising in rape and sex assault cases is to be prosecuted for faking police records.

Nearly a third of the Olympics tickets which went on sale earlier this month remain unsold, the BBC has learned.

An "aggressive" drunken driver is jailed for nine years for killing a West Yorkshire couple when he ploughed into their car at 100mph.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati confirms that 11 Lebanese Shia pilgrims kidnapped in Syria have been released after being abducted in Syria on Tuesday.

Rangers ask the Court of Session to overturn a transfer ban imposed on the club by the Scottish Football Association.

West Bromwich Albion have talks with Claudio Ranieri and Ray Wilkins about succeeding Roy Hodgson as manager.

How Holyrood met Hollywood in "yes" campaign launch

A man is arrested after a 19-year-old woman was raped in Glasgow's west end.

Close to 150 jobs are at risk after an aerosol can manufacturer plans to close its factory in Merthyr Tydfil and move work to the east Midlands.

A rare two-seater car found buried under a cowshed in Gloucestershire wins a Best Vintage Car award.

A rare two-seater car found buried under a cowshed in Gloucestershire wins a Best Vintage Car award.

The Vatican says it has detained a person - said by sources to be the Pope's butler - on suspicion of leaking confidential documents to the Italian media.

The man held over the 1979 vanishing of six-year-old Etan Patz in New York is charged with one count of second-degree murder.

Former England footballer Kevin Beattie sorry over benefits claim

The Olympic torch begins its relay run through Wales on Friday as thousands of people line the route from Monmouth to Cardiff on Friday

British mountaineer Kenton Cool takes a gold medal from the 1924 Winter Olympics to the summit of Mount Everest.

Western nations should lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its President Robert Mugabe, says UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay.

The BBC's Jonathan Amos explains how the SpaceX capsule will dock with the International Space Station.