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The prosecution in the case of the death of a pensioner during the London riots accepts a guilty plea of manslaughter by a 17-year-old.

The UK's trade deficit was less than expected in January, thanks to strong exports of cars to the US, China and Russia, official figures show.

Uganda opens its first treatment centres in the north of the country to help thousands of children suffering from a mysterious fatal condition known as nodding syndrome.

A 78-year-old woman has died following a fire at a house in the Linseys Hill area of Armagh.

About 75 people attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in the UK have been incorrectly diagnosed with syphilis, public health officials have warned.

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An 18-year-old man is remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murders of two teenagers found stabbed at a flat in West Yorkshire.

The first complete performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen's opera Mittwoch aus Licht, which features a section played from four helicopters, is to premiere this summer in Birmingham.

Tablet computers, fiction books for teenagers and cans of stout are being put in the basket of goods used to calculate the rate of inflation.

One person has died after a caravan in the grounds of a pub near Loch Lomond caught fire, police say.

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Elaine C Smith will portray Susan Boyle in a stage musical based on the Britain's Got Talent contestant's life story.

Disney's sci-fi film John Carter debuts at number one on the UK box office chart, despite lukewarm reviews.

The percentage of women on the boards of the UK's 100 largest-listed firms has risen to a record 15.6%, a report says.

Former News International chief Rebekah Brooks and five others are released on bail after being arrested in connection with phone-hacking allegations.

A serving soldier is being questioned on suspicion of murdering his 24-year-old girlfriend in Greater Manchester.

Militants in Afghanistan launch an attack on a top government delegation visiting the site where a US soldier killed 16 civilians.

Plans are expected to be unveiled later to provide around £100m support for the medical technology and pharmaceutical industry in Wales.

Human Rights Watch says Syria has laid hundreds of landmines on its borders with Lebanon and Turkey, along routes used by refugees.