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4:54 pm (2 minutes ago)
Two women raped by their father over 25 years - bearing nine of his children - are given an apology by authorities.
4:45 pm (12 minutes ago)
The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and urges bold steps to peace.
4:16 pm (41 minutes ago)
Police searching for a Dundee mother who went missing two weeks ago say they have found a body.
4:03 pm (54 minutes ago)
The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan has returned home against police wishes, the BBC learns.
3:52 pm (an hour ago)
Around 150 jobs will go at the Toyota plant on Deeside, Flintshire, as part of 750 posts going across the UK.
3:43 pm (an hour ago)
David Beckham believes his AC Milan side can overturn a 3-2 deficit and send his former club Manchester United crashing out of the Champions League.
3:35 pm (an hour ago)
More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released.
3:24 pm (an hour ago)
South Africa's ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify a media report in which she apparently fiercely criticised ex-husband Nelson.
2:54 pm (2 hours ago)
A man stabbed to death his 17-year-old daughter with a hunting knife as she sat in the passenger seat of his car.
2:44 pm (2 hours ago)
Lost Boys actor Corey Haim dies at the age of 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms.
2:43 pm (2 hours ago)
The Conservatives pledge to reverse what they say is the UK's "shrinking" influence in the world if they win power.
2:20 pm (3 hours ago)
A Leeds drugs gang are jailed for torturing a boy, 16, to force his family to pay a £20,000 ransom over a "drugs debt".
1:59 pm (3 hours ago)
A Spanish woman aid worker kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, the Spanish government says.
1:57 pm (3 hours ago)
Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.
1:56 pm (3 hours ago)
Lottery admissions can be destabilising for children and bad for their welfare, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, says.
1:33 pm (3 hours ago)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.
1:30 pm (3 hours ago)
Who can read my notes? Electronic records explained
1:14 pm (4 hours ago)
Plaid Cymru and the SNP say planned televised debate plans breach the BBC's duty of impartiality.
1:08 pm (4 hours ago)
A faulty electric blanket led to the fire that killed a baby girl in her home in County Londonderry last June, an inquest is told.
1:07 pm (4 hours ago)
Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
1:06 pm (4 hours ago)
Oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
1:04 pm (4 hours ago)
Test yourself, now Royal Mail will no longer limit the stuff
1:03 pm (4 hours ago)
Can a fatwa to counter a fatwa really work?
1:02 pm (4 hours ago)
England bowler Graham Onions is ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh with a back injury, but there are more encouraging signals about Stuart Broad.
12:55 pm (4 hours ago)
A care home manager from Somerset accused of killing two of her residents has denied she was a "drug-crazed monster killer", a court is told.
12:36 pm (4 hours ago)
PM tries to be seen as modern-day Churchill
12:02 pm (5 hours ago)
Onlookers watch gang steal jewels in broad daylight
11:38 am (5 hours ago)
It's a big task, but how do you recycle a plane?
11:28 am (5 hours ago)
Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly says her marriage to fellow presenter Vernon Kay is "worth fighting" for.
11:19 am (6 hours ago)
A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.
10:43 am (6 hours ago)
The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.
10:39 am (6 hours ago)
Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.
10:34 am (6 hours ago)
Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.
10:19 am (7 hours ago)
Actress Farrah Fawcett was not in the Oscars memorial segment because she was more known as a TV star, the Academy says.
9:48 am (7 hours ago)
Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.
9:00 am (8 hours ago)
Doctors leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.
7:56 am (9 hours ago)
Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan are banned indefinitely from representing their country.
4:46 am (12 hours ago)
About 60% of prisoners serving short sentences reoffend within a year. Is prison the right answer?
1:26 am (16 hours ago)
Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists.

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