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Action film The Hunger Games takes $155 million in its opening weekend, the biggest tally ever for a film that is not a sequel.

Why Gary Oldman feared he had lost top secret Batman script

A woman has been charged with aggravated burglary at the London home of media and music mogul Simon Cowell, the Metropolitan Police says.

The last Harry Potter film takes home best film and best director from the Empire Awards, while The Inbetweeners Movie wins best comedy.

Wales coach Warren Gatland is offered the job to coach the British and Irish Lions on their 2013 tour to Australia, BBC Sport understands.

Labour leader Ed Miliband says a "proper, independent investigation" must be held after Tory treasurer Peter Cruddas boasted he could secure access to the prime minister.

Avalanche experts are helping to study how ice-cream's structure changes when it is stored in a household freezer.

By 2050, the global average temperature could rise by 1.4-3C above levels for late last century, a mass computer simulation suggests.

Scientists identity a genetic variant that turns mild flu into a life-threatening illness, which may explain why some people are more at risk.

Police searching for a missing 77-year-old Perthshire woman since February say the body of an elderly woman has been found in woods.

A 41-year-old IT expert is in a critical condition after he was stabbed in an apparently unprovoked attack close to the River Thames.

Pope Benedict XVI has held an open-air Mass in the central Mexican city of Silao on his first visit to the Latin American country.

Israel's Supreme Court rejects a government deal with Jewish settlers to delay evacuation of the illegal West Bank outpost of Migron until 2015.

Scientists in Edinburgh and Cambridge say they have discovered a gene which may make some people more susceptible to flu.

Newcastle produce an excellent attacking performance to win at West Brom and move level on points with fifth-placed Chelsea.

A 47-year-old man is arrested and charged in connection with the death of a man in Edinburgh's Saughton Park.

Oil workers have been moved from a second platform and drilling rig in the North Sea because of safety concerns.

Pope Benedict XVI condemns drug-trafficking and corruption at a huge open-air Mass in central Mexico as part of his first visit to the country.

Greece marks its independence day amid heavy security over fears that anti-austerity protesters would target politicians.

Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard present insight and analysis from the pit lane after Fernando Alonso won a thrilling Malaysian Grand Prix. (UK users only)