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Labour must offer "solutions" to voters' problems if it is to be seen as an "effective party of government", ex-Home Secretary Lord Reid says.

MP Glyn Davies says snow-hit farmers are going through "desperate times" and calls for a debate in Parliament.

The general secretary of the UK's biggest trade union is re-elected for another five-year term of office.

One-fifth of complaints to banks about current accounts are not being cleared up to the satisfaction of customers, says consumer group Which?

Research by the BBC finds a number of NHS trusts are not referring details of poor care to the doctors' regulator.

Croatians go to the polls to elect members of the European Parliament for the first time, ahead of the country's EU accession in July.

Robbers carrying hammers and a knife have carried out a "brazen" raid on a jewellers shop in East Renfrewshire.

The BBC Panorama reporter behind a programme on North Korea has strongly defended the documentary against claims from a university that it put students at risk.

The North Pole Marathon is one of the most challenging races, where participants run in punishing conditions of snow and ice while coping with temperatures of minus 30 degrees.

The number of people prosecuted for cruelty to badgers has almost doubled in five years, new figures obtained by Labour suggest.

BBC presenter Andrew Marr said he was lucky to be alive as he appeared on his show for the first time since suffering a major stroke.

In the coming weeks, the Obama administration will ply host to the leaders of several Middle Eastern nations. They are coming, in part, to register their concerns about the ongoing violence in Syria and to nudge the Obama administration to do more to tip the balance in favor of the rebels trying to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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Cardiff can reach the Premier League against Charlton on Tuesday, but boss Malky Mackay says they will approach it like any other game.

Tension in the Pennsylvania city continues between new Spanish-speaking immigrants and longtime residents. Longtime residents still struggle with their new neighbors' presence, while others are helping the families become part of the community.

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Forty-five states have adopted the Common Core State Standards. Proponents say these new guidelines will significantly improve what is taught and how students are prepared for college and work. Skeptics say it's a misguided effort to create the first-ever national curriculum and tests.

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At Alice Terry Elementary School in Colorado, a music teacher decided the students should occasionally have a "silent" lunch break. No talking, just listening to live music. Ami Hall says hearing new sounds makes children curious, which then carries over into other subjects.

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Two men and a woman wave to attract an RAF rescue helicopter on a training mission after getting in trouble about 2,500 feet up a Snowdonia ridge.

"The top priority is diagnosis — the capability to be able to pick up this virus, should it emerge outside of China," says virologist John McCauley. Flu researchers are getting started on creating a vaccine, but there are still many unknowns.

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Neighbours speak of their shock and thousands join a tribute page after a County Durham family of five were killed in a crash near Grimsby.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso dominates to win the Chinese Grand Prix ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton.