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A date is set for a mental health tribunal into whether Moors Murderer Ian Brady can be granted his wish to be returned to prison.

American singer Jimmy Ellis, who sang on the classic disco hit Disco Inferno, dies at the age of 74.

Damaged wires were found in the home of a man charged with sending a suspect package to the Celtic manager, a trial hears.

Photos posted on social media sites like Facebook that are geotagged - marked with a location - put soldiers and their families in danger, the US Army warns.

The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, has said that the best chance of saving two hostages in Nigeria was to go in to try and rescue them.

The tourist trade in the scenic coastal town of Matsushima disappeared following the 2011 tsunami, but now locals and other Japanese tourists are coming back.

24 hours of news photos: 9 March 2012

An investigation into an allegation of attempted fraud against welfare to work company A4e is launched by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Pole-dancing robots and cars that can shrink in size are among the new tech on display at this year's Cebit trade show in Germany.

The US economy created 227,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate stayed at 8.3%, official figures show.

A 20-year-old mother from Carmarthenshire died after taking too many paracetamol, an inquest has heard.

Families speak out over England's adoption process

Dan Simmons reports on the advances Japan has made with technology to help in the future should disaster strike again.

The US and Afghanistan reach a deal to transfer US-run prisons, including the controversial Bagram jail, to full Afghan control.

The MP for Falkirk, Eric Joyce, has been given a 12 month community service order after admitting assaulting four people in a House of Commons bar.

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Sir David Murray's Glasgow-based call centre company Response loses a major contract with broadcaster Sky.

The government pushes ahead with a final plan for public sector pensions as talks with unions come to an end.

Police say they have had complaints of teenagers free running across roofs in a historic part of a seaside town.

In under a week, Invisible Children's viral video campaign about the African warlord Joseph Kony has gone from social media darling to the source of much scepticism.