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The captain of the cargo ship which collided with a passenger ferry in Belfast Lough on Wednesday was over the alcohol limit while being in charge of his ship, a court hears.

Prince Harry says Britain and Brazil are "forging bonds that will stand the test of time" in a speech at the start of a three-day visit to the country.

Ulster Unionist leader Tom Elliott accuses some members of his party of blatantly undermining him and feeding "lies" to the press.

Jessica Ennis must settle for silver as Ukraine's Nataliya Dobrynska wins the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk denies snubbing French Socialist election candidate Francois Hollande in favour of Nicolas Sarkozy.

Barclays boss Bob Diamond was not the bank's top earner in 2011, while RBS and Lloyds also reveal how much their highest-paid employees have made.

Syrian opposition activists angrily reject calls by Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, for dialogue with the government.

A manufacturing 'hiccup' looks set to delay the delivery of the first batch of the Raspberry Pi computer to buyers.

Greater Manchester Police reopen a rape case after a DNA error led to a man being wrongly accused of rape.

Russian prosecutors launch a murder inquiry after a fire in a flat near the Urals city of Perm kills seven young children and their parents.

Soldiers from the Third Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, which lost five servicemen in Afghanistan this week, are about to begin another tour of duty there.

The Suzanne Pilley murder trial in Edinburgh finishes hearing evidence for the prosecution.

Whitney Houston's sister-in-law and manager has told Oprah Winfrey about the concerns she had for the singer before she died last month.

More than 6,000 branches of the Post Office are to be revamped by the UK government in the next three years.

Ministers have been ordered to publish a risk assessment of its NHS shake-up under Freedom of Information laws.

The sixth series of Britain's Got Talent is to be pitted against the BBC's brand new flagship show The Voice UK on Saturday nights, according to Alesha Dixon.

Japan ends its whaling season after catching less than a third of its annual target, blaming activists' sabotage and the weather.

Should Greece default have happened sooner?

Lord Hanningfield, the peer jailed over his expenses, will return to Parliament in April.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton meets up with BBC F1 presenter Jake Humphrey at the team's HQ to answer your questions.