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Sir Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, says he expects the UK economy to shrink due to the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday.

The Afghan girls dressed and raised as boys

A first-class stamp is to rise in price from 46p to 60p after the regulator lifted some controls on Royal Mail.

Schools in England should be fined if pupils leave school with poor literacy skills, an independent report into last year's riots says.

Actress Kate Winslet and director James Cameron visit London for the red carpet premiere of a new 3D version of Titanic.

The family of a 15-year-old British boy, originally from Surrey, who died after falling from the balcony of a building in Dubai have paid tribute to him.

Police investigating newspaper phone hacking have released the former US editor of the now-defunct News of the World from bail without charge.

A Congolese airline is to destroy six planes that belonged to the suspended airline company from which they were formed, its chief executive says.

A lawyer for Dominique Strauss-Kahn predicts that a French pimping case against his client will collapse.

The BBC announces 140 posts are to go in news by 2013, as part of the corporation's Delivering Quality First plan.

A Tesco store in central London has a serious mouse problem, environmental health inspectors find.

Syria's government has agreed to accept the peace plan put forward by the United Nations and Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, his spokesman has said.

The story behind the TV hacking allegations

The chairman of Neath RFC says the club's outstanding liabilities will be met in full as it faces being wound up.

Clashes between rival militias in the southern Libyan city of Sabha leave more than 30 people dead and dozens wounded, officials say.

England hooker Dylan Hartley receives an eight-week ban for biting the finger of Ireland's Stephen Ferris in the Six Nations.

The Cassini spacecraft makes its lowest pass yet over the south pole of Enceladus, an active moon of Saturn which may harbour a liquid water ocean.

The Irish government is to hold a referendum on the European fiscal treaty on 31 May, Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore says.

US house prices continued to fall in January, but at a slower pace than in the previous month, a closely-watched survey suggests.

Cairo giants Al Ahly are to boycott all domestic football in the wake of the decision by the Egyptian FA to suspend al-Masry for two years.