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There are warnings of possible flooding in southern England and Wales with heavy rain forecast to continue.

Legendary Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson, who won three Olympic gold medals but turned down the chance to fight Muhammad Ali, has died aged 60.

The Duke of Edinburgh misses a garden party and a trip to the East Midlands with the Queen as he recovers from a bladder infection.

Voting begins in by-elections to 26 assembly seats in eight Indian states and one parliamentary seat, with Congress pitted against a breakaway group.

Spain's borrowing costs hit a euro-era high, while Italy's yields touch levels not seen for months, as optimism over the Spanish bank bailout fades.

Tens of thousands of Russian anti-government protesters join a rally in Moscow, a day after police raided leading activists' homes.

Rupert Murdoch warned John Major to change his policy on Europe or his papers would not support him, the former PM tells the Leveson Inquiry.

Syrian troops are torturing children and using them as human shields on tanks to prevent attacks by opposition forces, a UN report says.

The US urges an end to deadly violence in Burma's Rakhine state, while the EU expresses 'satisfaction' at the government's measures.

More than 4,000 armed forces personnel will find out from the MoD on Tuesday that they are to be made redundant.

How three men escaped from Alcatraz - or didn't

Children with older fathers and grandfathers are "genetically programmed" to live longer, scientists have discovered.

A controversial fertility treatment which uses eggs from two women is an ethical way to prevent life-threatening genetic disorders, a report says.

Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, the mother of a baby girl who disappeared from a beauty spot in Australia 32 years ago, speaks of her relief and delight at a coroner's ruling.

Public satisfaction with the NHS has dropped by a record amount, the British Social Attitudes Survey suggests.

The Royal College of Surgeons condemns NHS Trusts in England for changing clinical criteria and dropping patients from operation waiting lists without notice.

The Church of England warns that government proposals to legalise gay marriage by 2015 could undermine its status.

Police in the Bahamas say a boat carrying Haitian immigrants apparently trying to reach the United States has sunk killing at least 11 people.

Iranian journalist Kamin Mohammadi describes the complicated and creative behaviour used by young Iranians to navigate around restrictions on their private lives.

Pupils at St Mathews School in Surbiton, Surrey give their verdict on the Raspberry Pi computer.