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Fifty high quality jobs are to be created in Belfast by a leading US-owned firm.

Hollywood actor says he meant no offence over comments he made at a fundraiser.

A Hertfordshire school is banning girls from wearing skirts over concerns their length could "impact adversely on girls' learning".

The UN Human Rights Council adopts a resolution urging Sri Lanka to investigate alleged abuses during the final phase of war with Tamil rebels.

Catering and hospitality experience, efficiency and discretion are among the requirements as the Royal Household advertises for a trainee butler to work at Buckingham Palace.

Backstage with the boy band as they crack the US

Convicted sex attacker Antoni Imiela, described by a judge as the M25 rapist, is jailed for 12 years for an attack on a woman in 1987.

A police sniper shot and killed the gunman who carried out a spate of murders in southern France, prosecutors say, after a 32-hour siege.

George Osborne has defended plans set out in his Budget to end age-related tax allowances for pensioners, amid claims millions of pensioners will be left worse off.

Video emerges of suspected gunman Mohammed Merah joyriding in 2010.

A report into corruption in the Republic's planning process finds that former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern failed to truthfully account for a number of financial transactions.

Bolton boss Owen Coyle says some of his squad may struggle to play against Blackburn after Fabrice Muamba's collapse.

Penguins at Edinburgh Zoo are moving to a new home while their pool is refurbished.

Opposition groups in Syria say at least 10 civilians have died on a bus trying to flee to Turkey, with about 60 people killed throughout the country.

UK retail sales volumes fell by 0.8% in February compared with the previous month, official figures show, a sharper decline than expected.

Stolen jewellery and coins which could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are recovered during a police operation in Dumbarton.

Seven Kurdish rebels and six members of the security forces die in fighting in the far south-east of the country, sources say.

About one in seven pupils in England missed out on their first choice of secondary school this year, official figures show.

Fans have been marking the death of horror writer HP Lovecraft 75 years ago. He has gone on to influence a generation of writers.

Wales' injured Grand Slam captain Sam Warburton is to visit a shoulder specialist in London.