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British adventurer Sarah Outen is rescued after being caught in a tropical storm during her bid to row solo across the North Pacific.

Barry Unsworth, the celebrated author of historical fiction who shared the Booker Prize in 1992, dies in Italy at the age of 81.

Detectives investigating the murder of a 68-year-old man in Cardiff release CCTV images of a potential witness they want to identify.

Norway plans to keep Anders Breivik at a prison near Oslo even if he is ruled insane over his attacks which killed 77 people.

Ashley Cole takes part in an open training session as England continue their preparations for Euro 2012.

Facebook launches an app centre to promote software on its platform, a move that may boost profits from mobile users.

Large parts of Wales are hit by summer storms which halt several events, including a major agricultural show in Aberystwyth and the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Cardiff.

A businessman opens a dry cleaners in Somalia's capital - the city's first since the start of the civil war more than 20 years go.

Police road blocks are set up around schools and nearby construction sites are ordered to fall silent as the country is plunged into two days of 'Gaokao fever'.

A man and a woman die in a shooting at a house in Walsall in the West Midlands and police arrest two people.

Reference results via Microsoft's Bing search engine are getting help from Encyclopaedia Britannica

Rural communities across Africa may soon benefit from improved water supplies thanks to mobile phone technology.

Scores of workers from Foxconn, Apple's main manufacturer in China, riot after a row with a restaurant owner in Chengdu.

A businessman who donated £2.3m to refurbish a ward in a London cancer hospital says it is "criminal" to charge VAT on the work.

A range of animals from across the world are trying to predict the outcome of the Euro 2012 football tournament.

A 70-year-old Scottish politician is charged following an investigation into allegations of domestic assault.

The UK's joint-youngest altruistic donor explains why he wanted to give one of his kidneys to someone he will never meet.

A man accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey told his father to forget him, he had made a mistake - a police officer claims in court in Mauritius.

The story behind the palace being lit up

The city where England play their opening Euro 2012 game has a unique link to the UK.