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The UK's trade deficit widens sharply in April to its highest level in almost seven years, official figures show, as car and chemical exports fall.

More than 120 jobs are under threat in Carmarthenshire at a company storing clothes for High Street giant Marks and Spencer.

AC Milan turn down a world record offer for a defender from Paris St-Germain for Brazil international Thiago Silva.

The process of reselling Olympics tickets is open again after it failed to work properly in January, says organiser Locog.

The President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, says further support for the banking system will be provided if needed.

The French philosopher Roger Garaudy, a former Communist who stirred controversy for denying the Holocaust, dies at the age of 98.

So are MPs now allowed to call each other liars?

New Labour pressure group Progress describes attempts by a union to get it banned from the party as "deeply disappointing" and rejects comparisons with the Militant Tendency.

The banning of a blog - about school dinners

The AA says petrol prices in the UK have fallen by more than four pence a litre - a reduction for the second month running.

Moody's cuts the long-term credit ratings of Dutch and Belgium banks including ING and ABN Amro, blaming the impact of the eurozone debt crisis.

Europe on edge ahead of crucial Greek election

A shop in the east end of Glasgow is completely demolished in a suspected gas explosion.

An American acrobat is to become the first person in more than a century to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls after being granted rare permission.

Community leaders are calling for meetings with Unilever bosses over plans to shut sites in Flintshire, Swansea and Bridgend, cutting 450 jobs.

Disgraced tycoon Allen Stanford is sentenced to 110 years in jail for operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of more than $7bn (£4.5bn).

Team GB's deputy chef de mission Sir Clive Woodward is not surprised by rows over selection for the London 2012 Olympics.

Tiger Woods launches his bid for a 15th major title in impressive fashion for a share of second place in testing conditions on day one of the US Open.

The Dalai Lama dismisses a threat by China to pull its Olympics team out of a Leeds training camp as he visits the city.

Banking reform, fiscal challenges, NAMA and the impact of the Eurozone crisis will be discussed when ministers from NI and the Republic meet later.