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UK unemployment has risen by 28,000 to 2.67 million, according to latest figures, which the government says show signs of "stabilising".

Ten years, $900m, one verdict - is the ICC worth it?

Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph are to be awarded 'city status' after winning a competition to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

St Asaph in Denbighshire is awarded city status to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

US network HBO cancels its lavish TV horse-racing drama Luck after a third animal was injured and put down during production.

TV adventurer Bear Grylls, star of the survival show Man vs. Wild, is sacked by the Discovery Channel.

Pressure from animal rights activists on airlines and shipping companies is reducing the number of animals being brought into Britain for research, meaning people will "suffer and die", scientists warn.

The owners of Daw Mill colliery in North Warwickshire are consulting on closing the mill by 2014, putting 800 jobs at risk.

Prince Harry admits he sometimes wishes he was "normal" and suggests his royal role can put women off.

Should George Osborne borrow for 100 years?

Fashion retailer French Connection says it is reviewing its UK store operations after reporting a sharp fall in profits.

Rajan Datar meets the first Australian Geisha girl in Tokyo.

Sir David Murray admits making a "huge mistake" in selling Rangers to Craig Whyte, having seen the club plunge into administration.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urges political and judicial reform in a landmark address on state-controlled media ahead of by-elections in April.

Bionics could connect wirelessly with the nervous system and feel

Teachers need to be given more "status, pay and autonomy" if countries are going to improve school standards, says an international report.

The Welsh government says figures suggesting the economy in poorer parts of Wales has fallen further behind the European average are misleading.

The mother of a Ballykelly teenager who was murdered 13 years ago says she misses her son every day.

US defence chief Leon Panetta is in Afghanistan for talks following the massacre of 16 Afghans by a US soldier, as bomb attacks leave nine dead.

Rescue workers searching a ferry in Bangladesh which sank on Tuesday with around 200 people on board find 67 bodies.