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Lee Westwood has a one-shot advantage over Louis Oosthuizen and Peter Hanson after a difficult first day of the 76th Masters.

A teachers' union conference warns of strike action over cuts to pensions.

How UK officials could boost their surveillance powers

Thanks to the Olympics and the Queen's Jubilee, 2012 is shaping up to be a big year for the portable toilet world.

Business leaders urge ministers to do more to help companies create a "pro-employment landscape" as a change to employment law comes into force.

New models hitting the road this spring

African singer tells of giving up career in computing

The Freedom of Information Act could be reformed as the government finds the lack of privacy 'paralysing' and it costs almost £8m.

A town advertised as the smallest in the US, current population one, is sold at auction to two Vietnamese men for $900,000 (£569,000).

Arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed the "merchant of death", is sentenced to 25 years in jail by a New York federal judge.

World number one Luke Donald is cleared after officials investigate a potential error on his scorecard that could have seen him disqualified.

Mali is on the brink of a major humanitarian disaster following a coup and rebellion in the north, Amnesty International says.

US President Barack Obama says women should be allowed to join Augusta National, the all-male golf club that hosts the Masters tournament, the White House says.

A military policewoman killed herself following a campaign of bullying after she accused two colleagues of rape, her mother says.

Larry Page posts a letter to his firm's social network a year after becoming chief executive promising improved search.

The Italian government announces a major new investment to save the ancient site of Pompeii from decline.

Three people are examined in hospital and 10 others are hurt as a Ryanair flight to East Midlands Airport is forced to make an emergency descent.

Scientists find new evidence that resistance to the front-line treatments for malaria is increasing.

The developer of the Mass Effect 3 video game is to offer an expanded ending following complaints, but resists making major changes.

A 24-year-old student dies after being hit by an unmarked police car in Birmingham.