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A man is jailed for 10 years for killing another man who agreed to be stabbed as part of a revenge pact.

The death of Claire Squires less than a mile from the finish of the London Marathon has prompted people to donate £1m to charity. Why?

The holding company of Championship club Birmingham fails for a fourth time to file its financial results for the year to 30 June 2011.

The UK has seen a dramatic change in the weather in the past few days, changing from drought warnings to flood alerts.

Jeremy Clarkson loses a legal battle in a dispute over public access to a path near his Isle of Man lighthouse property.

The BBC says it received nearly 500 complaints over last week's episode of Silent Witness, with people saying the show was "too violent".

Ticketus withdraw their commitment to funding a takeover of Rangers, as Paul Murray and Brian Kennedy discuss a joint bid.

An Australian ex-firefighter is jailed for 17 years and nine months for starting what became known as a "Black Saturday" blaze that killed 10 in 2009.

One of China's best known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, escapes house arrest and releases a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Three men arrested by police investigating the alleged naming of a rape victim on Twitter are released on bail.

Spanish unemployment hits a new record high of 5.64 million, official figures show, hours after the country's debt rating was downgraded.

Microsoft has rushed out a fix for a serious bug that affected its Hotmail webmail service.

The family of an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after eating a KFC chicken meal is awarded $8.3m (£5.1m) in damages.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini hints that Mario Balotelli could face Manchester United on Monday.

Universal Pictures, which has created some of the most famous movie moments in history, including King Kong, ET, and Psycho, is celebrating a century of film-making.

A paramilitary-style shooting in Londonderry was deliberately timed ahead of a rally against a dissident republican group, claims one of its organisers.

Retired British businessman Christopher Tappin has been speaking about his extradition to the US, describing the experience which included 10 days in solitary confinement as "terrible".

Paddy O'Connell delves into the Olympic sport of sailing. Leaving London behind, he visits the sailing venue in Weymouth on England's south coast and takes to the water.

Singer Bob Dylan is to receive America's highest civilian honour, the Medal Of Freedom.

A 51-year-old woman from Scunthorpe dies after a crash involving a military bomb disposal vehicle in East Yorkshire.