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Babywear retailer Mothercare reports a hefty annual loss as it seeks to tackle the poor performance of its UK business.

The Olympic torch travels on a Severn Valley Railway steam train during the journey from Gloucester to Worcester on day six.

A recent piece on how Vidal Sassoon changed people's hair prompted many email examples of 1960s and 1970s cuts. Here are 10 of the best.

Highways Patrol officer Steve Price on how Spaghetti Junction is managed and why it holds a special place in the hearts of many Midlands residents.

The second US drone strike in 24 hours kills eight people in a volatile tribal area of north-west Pakistan, security officials say.

One of two men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey was "subjected to police brutality", the trial jury is told.

A council withdraws an application to replace the governing body of a school where it said standards were unacceptably low.

Free banking is a "dangerous myth", according to Andrew Bailey, who is due to become the chief regulator of the financial services industry.

A 25-year-old man arrested in Italy is charged with murdering a crane driver found in a burning car near Southampton.

Archaeologists are to exhume and analyse human bones found under a prehistoric monument in Pembrokeshire recently identified as the cap on a burial site.

Schools are to receive a share of £32.4m in funding to help the least well-off pupils, based on the number eligible for free meals.

More than one in 10 of all adder bites on mainland Britain in recent years were in Wales, with the south west a particular hotspot, figures show.

A three-year-old is captured on CCTV driving his toy scooter though a busy intersection in China.

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The winner of this year's American Idol contest is announced, after a record 132 million votes are cast in the final showdown.

Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to attend the World Economic Forum in Bangkok next week, leaving Burma for the first time in 24 years.

Several governments in the Asia-Pacific region responded to the Arab Spring protests with a clampdown on dissent, Amnesty International says.

The International Criminal Court's incoming chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda tells the BBC the world must stop being "blackmailed" by alleged war criminals.

Nick Clegg is to warn of the dangers of a Greek exit from the euro and describe the response to the crisis as "woefully fragmented".

Lawyers for three men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks seek testimony from US President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W Bush.