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Community groups documented in run-up to Olympics

Pioneering banjo player Earl Scruggs, who helped create modern country music, dies aged 88.

Lives are being put at risk by gorse fires in Northern Ireland, a Sinn Fein councillor warns.

How do you reach the furthest places in the UK?

The families of three British servicemen killed in Afghanistan are joined by hundreds of people as their bodies are repatriated to the UK.

A 67-year-old man from Wiltshire dies after falling under the wheels of a tractor.

An elephant which escaped from a circus in Ireland has been re-captured in Cork but not before she went walkabout in the city centre.

Rihanna makes her acting debut in the blockbuster film Battleship which is released next month.

Troubled retailer Clinton Cards warns that the outlook for its full-year results is worse than it had previously expected.

Two-time world champion Liam Tancock takes inspiration from unorthodox sources in his quest for Olympic swimming gold.

Profits at clothing retailer H&M edge up after higher purchasing costs weighed on the company's performance.

The decision to add VAT to the price of all food sold at "above ambient temperature" has confused and angered many.

Police investigating a brutal attack on a North Lanarkshire grandmother stop and question motorists a week after the attack.

Teenage pregnancies in girls under-18 have fallen to their lowest rate in 18 years, figures show, but concerns over rising abortion rates are made.

House prices are lower than a year ago for the first time in six months after prices fell by 1% in March, the Nationwide says.

Police clash with protesters in Barcelona on the day of a general strike called to denounce the government's labour market reforms.

The Isle of Bute on the west coast of Scotland is hosting a pilot scheme that could bring broadband internet connections to the country's remotest areas.

Some members of the Anglican communion, including elements of the Church in Wales, have become more homophobic claims a vicar who has resigned over the issue of gay marriage.

Berlin is famous for its underground arts and music scene but some residents fear this sub-culture is under threat as new developments begin to take over.

The main emerging economies meet in the Indian capital, Delhi, to look at ways of strengthening their position against Europe and the United States.