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Two teenagers suffer serious injuries after a stabbing in north London in the early hours, the Metropolitan Police say.

One person remains in hospital after a double decker bus with 60 people on board overturns into a field just outside Lisburn, County Antrim.

A 17-year-old woman dies in hospital after a crash on the outskirts of Perth last week which claimed the life of another teenager.

The Lyrid shower is caused by Earth passing through the orbit of a comet known as Thatcher. The best time to watch should be in the early hours of Monday morning, just before dawn.

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Texas and Oklahoma are fighting over access to the Red River. Fast-growing Texas is eager to fuel its expansion in a time of drought, while the poorer state of Oklahoma is water-rich. The court's decision could impact interstate water-sharing agreements across the country.

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Tony Blair's former chief of staff Jonathan Powell says that the government and the Stormont executive need to do more to help loyalist communities in Northern Ireland.

US private-equity magnate Stephen Schwarzman launches a $300m scholarship fund that aims to send hundreds of students to study in China.

A controversial new song, produced to celebrate the arrival of a new Dutch king, has been withdrawn as the country's official anthem - by the man who created it.

Homes in part of Denbigh are evacuated for a second time, as bomb disposal experts help in a property search after a spate of firework attacks.

Patients and NHS staff have saved more than £13m since hospital car parking charges were abolished in 2008, the Scottish Government says.

Members of the Greek Presidential Guard perform an important and highly respected function

Animal rescue centres warn of a steeper rise in the number of abandoned Staffordshire bull terriers.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have rediscovered their courage but the party is at a crucial turning point, their leader will tell the party's spring conference.

Semi-nomadic Sami people feel modern world pressures

Twitter accounts for news programmes by US broadcaster CBS are hacked by a group proclaiming support for the Syrian government.

Footage of the moments leading up to the arrest of the Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been released by the Massachusetts State Police.

Hundreds of extra police officers will be on duty at the London Marathon in a bid to reassure runners and spectators after the Boston bombings.

Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov tops the annual Sunday Times list of the wealthiest people in Britain and Ireland with a £13.3bn fortune.

The Italian parliament has re-elected the 87-year-old president, Giorgio Napolitano, for an unprecedented second term.

Scrutiny falls on FBI over Boston suspect