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Sales of games on the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 have dropped precipitously in recent years as mobile gaming has become more popular. Now a familiar champion, Tomb Raider and its heroine Lara Croft, returns to fight the good fight for old-school console gaming.

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QPR boss Harry Redknapp angrily denies a newspaper report that a training break in Dubai descended into a "stag party".

Abused as children - but no compensation paid

Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez says he was delighted with the Stamford Bridge atmosphere for the victory against West Brom.

US-based online information storage firm Evernote asks all its 50 million users worldwide to reset their passwords following a security breach by hackers.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says it is "paramount" for Egypt's battered economy to "get back on its feet" during talks in Cairo.

Children are being "babied" by intrusive parents who do too much for them, leaving them unable to manage alone, says an adviser to David Cameron.

Kerry says bickering Egyptian government and opposition leaders need to reach a political consensus to help their country emerge from an economic crisis.

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A 32-year-old man local man has died and three people were taken to hospital following a car crash on Anglesey, say police who have arrested a man, 23.

Jay Bothroyd's late winner boosts Queens Park Rangers' hopes of staying up but harms Southampton's own survival prospects.

Shinji Kagawa scores a hat-trick as Manchester United beat Norwich and extend their Premier League lead to 15 points.

Italian composer Armando Trovajoli - who wrote the music for about 300 films as well as a celebrated serenade to Rome - dies at the age of 95.

Further big cuts in defence spending would lead to the loss of the UK's military capability, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond warns.

A North Sea oil platform is partially evacuated for the second time this year after another oil leak is detected.

Pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale wins Great Britain's first gold medal of the European Indoor Championships.

The Nato-led Isaf force apologises for the deaths of two young Afghan boys, killed when a coalition helicopter fired mistaking them for insurgents.

Rescuers are back at work outside a central Fla. home, testing the edges of the sinkhole to see if they can get close enough to search for Jeff Bush. He fell inside late Thursday night and is feared dead.

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Fly-half Gareth Steenson inspires Exeter Chiefs to a stunning win at Premiership leaders Harlequins.

Firefighters in Poland say a small dog probably saved the life of a three-year-old girl who went missing from her home overnight in freezing temperatures.

A parade in Swansea by 3rd Battalion the Royal Welsh to mark St David's Day goes ahead despite the absence of the Queen, who had been due to hand out ceremonial leeks to the soldiers.