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The oldest surviving film featuring a Charles Dickens character has been discovered, in the year of the 200th anniversary of the author's birth.

Japan ends its whaling season with less than a third of its original target, as ships head home from the Antarctic Ocean.

An Olympic-themed woollen scarf, stretching 50m out to sea, has been tied to the railings on Saltburn Pier on Teesside.

Nick Clegg is to tell Lib Dem members to start celebrating being in government, as the Lib Dem spring conference begins in Gateshead.

Dan Walker chats to musician Noel Gallagher and Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli as part of an exclusive Football Focus interview.

Indian batsman Rahul Dravid stands down

Oxfam is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe in the Sahel region of West Africa.

Greece has taken a crucial step towards its second bailout after it secured a deal that is the biggest ever reorganisation of government debt.

The task of clearing the millions of tonnes of debris left by last year's Japanese earthquake and tsunami is far from complete.

Afghan female boxer Sadaf Rahimi is hoping to compete in the inaugural women's boxing tournament at the Olympics.

Nigeria rescue bid hits headlines

The annual cost of providing policing and other services in Belfast's Holyland area rises to over £3m a year.

Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to tackle "absurd barriers" to mixed-race adoption, as part of moves to speed up adoptions in England.

Edwin Poots launches a 10-year strategy to tackle obesity in Northern Ireland.

An inquiry into whether BSkyB is a "fit and proper" owner of a broadcasting licence has been broadened by media regulator Ofcom.

A blaze at a high-rise hotel in the Thai capital, Bangkok, kills at least one tourist and injures several more.

Seabird numbers continue to decline, according to a new review. Compiled by BirdLife International, it says 28% of species around the world are threatened.

Measures as simple as getting patients to write down the time of their doctor's appointment themselves can cut non-attendance rates, a study suggests.

Hospital consultants should consider working weekends to cut the spike in deaths on Saturdays and Sundays, a doctors' leader says.

A senior Indian police officer is run over and killed by a vehicle carrying illegally quarried stones in northern Madhya Pradesh state, police say.