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Pressure mounts on Foreign Secretary William Hague, to explain why Britain did not intervene more quickly over the death of a British businessman in China.

New talks aimed at averting strikes by fuel tanker drivers are to be held on Monday, conciliation service Acas has said.

Novak Djokovic beats Alexandr Dolgopolov at the Monte Carlo Masters, hours after suffering the loss of his grandfather.

A surgeon at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary had to complete an operation by torchlight after maintenance workers switched off the power.

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Malians fleeing to Mauritania in the wake of the northern rebellion and coup, a medical charity says.

Why welfare changes may prove too complex

Kevin Pietersen scores his first Twenty20 century to lead the Delhi Daredevils to victory in the Indian Premier League.

The home secretary defends her handling of attempts to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada, but tells MPs he is likely to remain in the UK "for many months".

Robert Fitzpatrick, 88, dies following house fire in Castlederg, County Tyrone.

A cage-fighting loan shark from Stoke-on-Trent is jailed for illegal money lending, blackmail and money laundering.

Government web surveillance plans will create a "nation of suspects", says former shadow home secretary David Davis.

A Welsh TV cameraman risks being thrown out of a White House reception to take a snap of President Obama, as part of a charity campaign.

A US base is dismantled, but Afghanistan's Taliban fight on

Saroo Brierly told BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire about tracking down his birth mother using Google Earth.

News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch and his son James are to appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week, the inquiry confirms.

A woman is so determined to speak to President Ahmadinejad during a tour of Bandar Abbas that she defies his bodyguards and clambers on top of his open-top car.

Labour dismisses calls from Apprentice star and party member Lord Sugar for people not to vote for London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone.

A couple who kept 69 pets in a semi-detached house, including 56 large dogs, are banned from having animals for eight years.

The organisers of the London Olympic Games torch relay have gone to extreme lengths to ensure it stays lit.

There are angry scenes outside a South African court where suspects appear in connection with filming an alleged gang rape of a teenager.