Pre-school nursery hours to increase
Plans to increase free pre-school childcare are spelled out by the Scottish government.
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Day in pictures: 18 April 2013
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 18 April
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Body in NHS van taken to garage
An investigation is launched after an NHS Grampian vehicle was taken to a garage while a body was inside.
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Legion rejects Cenotaph flags plan
The Royal British Legion says it is opposed to moves to fly the union flag at Belfast City Hall's cenotaph every day of the year.
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Drug-use rooms around the world
How other countries are trying out drug consumption rooms
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Anonymous offers citizen journalism
The loosely affiliated hacking group Anonymous is setting up a website dedicated to citizen journalism.
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VIDEO: Paralysed man wants right to die
A man left paralysed and in constant pain is challenging the law to allow doctors to help him to die.
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VIDEO: Giant cloud unveiled at St Pancras
A giant cloud installation is unveiled at St Pancras International station in London.
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Nokia narrows first-quarter loss
Finnish mobile phone company Nokia narrows its losses in the first quarter of 2013, helped by rising demand for Lumia smartphones.
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TalkTalk fined over silent calls
Telecoms operator TalkTalk has been fined £750,000 by the regulator Ofcom for an excessive number of abandoned and silent calls.
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London Marathon gets extra police
There will be an increased police presence at Sunday's London Marathon in light of the fatal bombings in Boston, the home secretary says.
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Tsunami survivor on lifeguard course
A teenager whose family survived the 2004 tsunami in Thailand is training to be a lifeguard in Wales.
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UAE arrests 'al-Qaeda suspects'
Seven members of an alleged al-Qaeda cell have been arrested over plans to attack targets in the United Arab Emirates, officials tell state media.
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Boxer in court on drugs charge
Boxer Herbie Hide appears in court charged with conspiring to supply cocaine.
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Greece farm shooting: 30 injured
About 30 migrant workers are injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting withheld salaries.
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VIDEO: Musharraf quick get-away from court
The former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf speeds away from a court in Islamabad which had ordered his arrest.
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WSL can be best in world - Del Rio
Bristol Academy striker Laura Del Rio says the Women's Super League has the potential to be the best in the world.
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Retail sales slip on icy weather
Retail sales in March were 0.7% lower than in February because of bad weather, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Bahrain GP can have 'healing effect'
FIA president Jean Todt says the Bahrain Grand Prix can have a "healing effect" on a country struggling with civil unrest.
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Debenhams profits hit by bad weather
Department store chain Debenhams reports a dip in half-year profits after trading was hit by the snow in late January.
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