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A paralysed woman completes the London Marathon in a "bionic" suit - 16 days after starting the race.

Experts in the United States have been analysing a sophisticated new al-Qaeda bomb to see if it could have slipped past airport security.

A mother who subjected her two youngest children to five years of cruelty, including forcing them into unpaid work and locking them in freezing bedrooms, is jailed.

24 hours of news photos: 8 May 2012

The political leadership of local government in Wales takes shape after big gains for Labour in the council elections.

Former Blackburn striker Kevin Gallacher fears the club will lose a number of key players following relegation to the Championship.

British soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan are forced to abandon an attempt to climb Mount Everest because of the risk of avalanches.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says in a letter to newly elected French President Francois Hollande, that "necessary decisions" must be taken to resolve the debt crisis.

Unions and parents accuse councils of undermining standards in nurseries by employing fewer teachers and more nursery nurses.

Ukraine postpones a regional summit amid a boycott over Kiev's treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

Honduran journalist and gay rights campaigner Erick Martinez is found dead two days after being reported missing, officials say.

With tales of passport queue woes in the UK and overzealous security staff in the US, has going through an airport become a horrible experience?

Rangers' administrators deny turning down or dragging their heels over police requests for information about Craig Whyte's takeover.

What's set to be in government's plans for the next year - bill-by-bill

The socialist president-elect, Francois Hollande, and his defeated rival, Nicolas Sarkozy, have taken part together in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the end of the WWII in Europe.

A chicken is released on to the Ewood Park pitch during Blackburn's match against Wigan in protest at the club's owners Venky's.

Electronic Arts reports that there has been about a 25% fall in subscribers to its Star Wars online video game.

US singer Paul Simon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma are the recipients of this year's Polar Music Prize.

High levels of dental fraud in England prove the system needs overhauling, ministers say.

Driverless cars are set to hit the roads of Nevada as Google is granted the first US autonomous vehicle licence.