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It doesn't take much effort to find bags of coffee with labels that promise social and environmental improvements. But each one of these certification programs promises something different for the farmer and the land — and every promise involves some compromises.

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Will Co-Op pull out of banking, asks Robert Peston

Older patients should not be put under pressure to leave hospital too soon in a drive to tackle waiting times, a charity warns.

Peter Day goes down Europe's second deepest mine - one mile below the North Sea, where there are 600 miles (1,000 km) of roadways leading to the potash face.

A woman dies following a crash involving her car and a lorry on the A970 in Shetland.

A police and crime commissioner blames 'target culture' for his force's high use of cautions for serious offences and pledges to tackle the problem.

Brad Haddin will be Australia's vice-captain for the Ashes tour, with bowler Mitchell Johnson not in the 16-man squad.

The officially appointed Climate Change Committee warns the UK's CO2 emissions are rising, not falling as ministers claim.

Papers consider Abu Qatada latest ruling

Hundreds of Europeans are fighting with rebel forces in Syria - and could pose a threat when they return, says the EU's anti-terror chief.

Members of the Cuban opposition group Ladies in White have collected the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in Brussels.

Australian police say they have arrested and charged a "self-proclaimed leader" of the hacking group LulzSec.

MPs are to debate the government's proposed abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board, which ministers say is obsolete but Labour argues is vital to the rural economy.

Reports of the release of two bishops abducted by gunmen in a rebel-held area of northern Syria are denied by sources close to the pair.

The department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the disgraced cyclist who earned millions through his sponsorship with the U.S. Postal Service. According to The Associated Press, Armstrong's attorney called the government's complaint "opportunistic and insincere."

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The number of people treated in hospital in England and Wales after violent incidents fell by 14% in 2012, a Cardiff University study suggests.

Patients are getting lost in UK hospitals because they are constantly being moved from ward to ward amid pressures on A&E units, nurses say.

Two men arrested in Canada on suspicion of plotting what officials describe as an al-Qaeda-backed plot to derail a train appear in court.

Computer and smartphone maker Apple reports its first quarterly drop in profits in a decade, despite strong sales in the three months to March.

The spread of HIV in England could be halted within a generation, according to a new prevention campaign.