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England call up Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson to the squad for Sunday's Six Nations clash with France in Paris.

It is still too dangerous to enter the area where ammunition stockpiles exploded in Congo's capital, Brazzaville, killing at least 146 people, rescue workers say.

Russian protest leader Alexey Navalny is briefly held as police arrest 550 people after a rally against Vladimir Putin's election as president.

A student robbed by two men who pretended to help him during last summer's riots says people should forgive his attackers.

The government suffers three defeats in the House of Lords over proposed changes to the legal aid system.

Vince Cable tells the BBC he has "concerns" about the future of Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant, but that he is also "positive" it will stay open.

Ex-New Zealand cricket all-rounder Chris Cairns sues Lalit Modi, the former chairman of the IPL, for libel over claims of involvement in match fixing.

Malaysian student Ashraf Rossli, who was injured and robbed during the riots in London in August 2011, says he wants the public to forgive the men who attacked and stole from him, and is ''not angry''.

A cancer patient tells the BBC that pioneering radiotherapy treatment could help him see his young son grow up.

Dr Anne Weaver of London's Air Ambulance shows the new kit that will allow the service to carry blood supplies for the first time.

Secondary school pupils are so scared of looking stupid in maths lessons they will not tell their teachers if they do not understand, suggests research.

A Scotland rugby international is cleared by a jury of assaulting a man with a glass in an Edinburgh nightclub.

Amateur video has emerged of the devastating tornadoes which wreaked havoc in the US at the weekend.

Ireland captain Paul O'Connell and scrum-half Conor Murray are ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations with knee injuries.

The spectacular snouts of sawfish are revealed as complete hunting weapons - even as the creatures themselves head to extinction.

Police are investigating the deaths of three young men in Anglesey, all known drug users, over the last two weeks.

Syria is at increasing risk of "all out civil war" if President Bashar Assad remains in power, David Cameron has told the House of Commons.

Homs refugees give their accounts of 'slaughter'

Officials prepare to move a dead whale which washed up on the beach in Skegness.

A 40-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman are charged with the murder of Belfast man Christopher Mackin, who was shot dead last week.