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Oil giant BP is given consent to drill a controversial deep-water well - called North Uist - west of Shetland.

The current ban on gay and unmarried couples should remain in place until the Stormont Assembly decides otherwise, the Attorney General says.

Lord Heseltine makes his first contribution in the House of Lords since becoming a peer 2001, explaining a new advisory role he has been given.

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A 12-year-old boy who smashed a florist's window becomes one of the youngest to be sentenced over last summer's riots in London.

Al-Qaeda's North African affiliate reportedly demands in a video that Germany free a woman jailed on terror charges in return for a German hostage.

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand has had a dig at Manchester City fans by suggesting they have only become more visible now the club is tasting success.

The parents of a teenager shot and killed in a Florida suburb address a rally in New York to call for justice, as the local police chief is censured.

Renegade troops in Mali loot the presidential palace in the capital as the leaders of the coup call for calm and say all borders are closed.

Five Metropolitan Police officers are injured in an attack by a dog as they try to make an arrest in east London.

Attempts to shorten school summer holidays and change terms in England could lead to more regional strike action by teachers.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle describes Fabrice Muamba's improving condition as "remarkable".

Stella McCartney has spoken about designing the Team GB kit for the 2012 Games, which is dark indigo blue, inspired by the union flag and paired with vivid red shoes.

Hayley Okine is 14-years-old, but a rare genetic condition called progeria means she ages eight times faster than the average person. In medical terms, her body is that of a 100-year-old woman. But Hayley, faces her condition with immense courage and, along with her mum, has documented her unusual life. She spoke to BBC Breakfast.

Labour has demanded the government hold a leak inquiry, after various media outlets accurately reported several of the chancellor's plans before the Budget was officially delivered to Parliament.

In a nod to sci-fi film Minority Report, Google wins patent for personalised ads based on environmental conditions.

England successfully chase 359 to beat the Sri Lankan Development XI but Ravi Bopara is "unlikely" to bowl in the Test series.

Deadly 60 presenter Steve Backshall says he was taken by surprise when he witnessed a quick change in behaviour from a group of Komodo Dragons.

Restrictions on hundreds of Welsh and Cumbrian sheep farms dating back to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are lifted - 26 years on.

A coach-load of day trippers takes a 117-mile tour of the M25 motorway, dubbed by frequent users as "the UK's biggest car park".