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The brother of a disabled girl who died after an alleged sexual assault tells a court he never sexually interfered with her.

Marvel Avengers Assemble fends off a challenge from comedy sequel American Pie: Reunion to remain the top film at the UK and Ireland box office.

24 hours of news photos: 9 May 2012

An augmented reality device shows how two users could share objects on a tabletop while based at different locations.

The Queen setsout the government's agenda

A simple drawing test may help predict the risk of older men dying after a first stroke, a study in the journal BMJ Open suggests.

South Africa confiscates assets worth nearly $7m (£4m) from three suspected rhino poachers - two of whom are vets, police say.

The Japanese government is to take a controlling stake in Tokyo Electric Power in return for a 1 trillion yen ($12.5bn; £7.8bn) taxpayer bailout.

Spain's Carles Puyol says he expects to miss Euro 2012 because he requires arthroscopic surgery on a knee injury.

More than 100 ex-employees of Dresdner Kleinwort bank win their fight to claim unpaid bonuses from current owner Commerzbank.

An explosion hits a Syrian military truck which was escorting a convoy of UN observers to the city of Deraa, injuring a number of soldiers.

Television cameras will go into some courts in England and Wales under a proposal in the Queen's Speech.

Plans to make it easier for the police and security services to monitor e-mails and telephone are unveiled but with promises of "strict safeguards".

Blackburn sack deputy CEO Paul Hunt after he called for Steve Kean's dismissal in December, while Kean says he is going nowhere.

A draft bill on overhauling care and support for elderly and disabled people in England has been announced in the Queen's Speech.

Human bones are found by a dog walker on a disused railway line on Merseyside.

The truth about how two voicemail messages on Milly Dowler's phone were deleted may never be known, the Leveson Inquiry hears.

New measures designed to boost economic growth have been outlined in the Queen's Speech, including cutting regulation on businesses.

How will Nato withdraw troops and their kit?

Police arrest four more people in an inquiry into claims a rape victim was named on social media sites after the conviction of Wales footballer Ched Evans.