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Foreign Office minister Lord Howell agrees to brush up his language skills after criticism over British pronunciations of the current and past French presidents.

The NME publicly apologises to singer Morrissey for an article it published in 2007 which, the singer claimed, suggested he was racist.

Bombardier Aerospace announces the biggest business aircraft sale in the company's history which, it says, will sustain existing jobs at its Belfast base.

The partner of new French President Francois Hollande lends her support to an opponent of his former partner ahead of elections on Sunday.

An inquest hears a 15-year-old girl from Suffolk, who collapsed during a school PE lesson, died of sudden adult death syndrome.

More than 20 people, including several children, have been rescued from flooded caravans at two holiday parks in West Sussex after heavy rainfall.

Artist and presenter Rolf Harris is awarded one of Australia's highest honours, the Order of Australia, as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has rejected a Labour suggestion that his stewardship of the NHS in England prompted a record decline in public approval of how the service is run.

Kenya's prime minister asks for help from the US and Europe in a "final onslaught" on the Somali port of Kismayo, the main stronghold of al-Shabab.

The Olympic Stadium will be transformed into the "British countryside" for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games on 27 July.

The leader of Rochdale Council says he "strongly" disagrees with politicians who appear to argue that the recent child sex scandal in the town can be described as an "Asian crime".

A footballer is under police guard in hospital while officers wait to question him on suspicion of killing a 15-year-old girl.

Ministers overhaul the child protection system in England by replacing more than 700 pages of instruction manuals with three short documents.

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Mark Allen is fined £10,000 and given a three-month suspended ban for accusing Cao Yupeng of cheating at the World Championship.

Thousands protest against government

China prepares to put its first woman into space

Clicking on search engines for instant answers risks making learning too shallow, says the head of an independent girls school charity.

Construction of world's biggest optical telescope has been approved by member states of the European Southern Observatory (Eso).

The finances of the UK's final-salary pension schemes reached a new high in May, according to the Pension Protection Fund.