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Steelmaking returns to Teesside with the relighting of the blast furnace at the former Corus plant in Redcar.

Unconfirmed rumours on the internet about the death of Briton Neil Heywood in China suggest he was poisoned with potassium cyanide.

The Taliban carry out co-ordinated attacks on UK and other embassies, parliament and Nato's HQ in the capital Kabul, and elsewhere in Afghanistan.

Highlights from the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Titanic disaster in Belfast and at the site of the wreck in the north Atlantic.

Labour leader Ed Miliband says donations - including from trade unions - to political parties should be capped at £5,000 but says gifts from union members should continue.

Almost 400 inmates have escaped from a prison in north-west Pakistan after it was attacked by militants, officials in the region have said.

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg wins his first race at the Chinese GP, with Jenson Button second and Lewis Hamilton third for McLaren.

The costly effort to rebrand Iranian group on the US terrorist list

Winning trainer Paul Nicholls says the Grand National will never be without risk following the deaths of two horses in this year's race.

Haile Gebrselassie easily outpaces Paula Radcliffe in Sunday's "Emperor versus the Queen" half-marathon in Vienna.

Fresh clashes erupt in Syria as a vanguard of UN monitors are set to arrive to oversee the nation's shaky ceasefire.

An "explosion" in unwanted guinea pigs prompts a Cambridgeshire charity to teach animal "sexing" techniques to pet shops.

The Italian football federation has postponed all league games on Sunday, following the death of Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini from a heart attack during a match on Saturday.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen battle it out from the pit-lane during Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, bringing an unexpected Mark Webber into the frame as they rejoin the track.

Nudists using a eight-mile stretch of beach which is popular with families are warned they could be prosecuted if there are complaints

The Egyptian Electoral Commission has disqualified 10 of the 23 candidates standing in the presidential elections, including several of the favourites.

Severe storms are threatening to bring more tornadoes to a large part of the US Midwest, forecasters are warning.

Police are investigating a house fire in which a mother and daughter died in Dungannon at the weekend.

Almost 400 prisoners escape from a jail in north-west Pakistan after it comes under attack from heavily armed militants, officials say.

Row continues over proposed cap on charity tax relief