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Pre-school nursery hours to increase

Thu, 2013-04-18 03:53
Plans to increase free pre-school childcare are spelled out by the Scottish government.

Day in pictures: 18 April 2013

Thu, 2013-04-18 03:52
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 18 April

Body in NHS van taken to garage

Thu, 2013-04-18 03:49
An investigation is launched after an NHS Grampian vehicle was taken to a garage while a body was inside.

Legion rejects Cenotaph flags plan

Thu, 2013-04-18 03:36
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.

Drug-use rooms around the world

Thu, 2013-04-18 03:29
How other countries are trying out drug consumption rooms

Anonymous offers citizen journalism

Thu, 2013-04-18 03:05
The loosely affiliated hacking group Anonymous is setting up a website dedicated to citizen journalism.

VIDEO: Paralysed man wants right to die

Thu, 2013-04-18 03:00
A man left paralysed and in constant pain is challenging the law to allow doctors to help him to die.

VIDEO: Giant cloud unveiled at St Pancras

Thu, 2013-04-18 02:56
A giant cloud installation is unveiled at St Pancras International station in London.

Nokia narrows first-quarter loss

Thu, 2013-04-18 02:51
Finnish mobile phone company Nokia narrows its losses in the first quarter of 2013, helped by rising demand for Lumia smartphones.

TalkTalk fined over silent calls

Thu, 2013-04-18 02:37
Telecoms operator TalkTalk has been fined £750,000 by the regulator Ofcom for an excessive number of abandoned and silent calls.

London Marathon gets extra police

Thu, 2013-04-18 02:26
There will be an increased police presence at Sunday's London Marathon in light of the fatal bombings in Boston, the home secretary says.

Tsunami survivor on lifeguard course

Thu, 2013-04-18 02:17
A teenager whose family survived the 2004 tsunami in Thailand is training to be a lifeguard in Wales.

UAE arrests 'al-Qaeda suspects'

Thu, 2013-04-18 02:13
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.

Boxer in court on drugs charge

Thu, 2013-04-18 02:12
Boxer Herbie Hide appears in court charged with conspiring to supply cocaine.

Greece farm shooting: 30 injured

Thu, 2013-04-18 02:09
About 30 migrant workers are injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting withheld salaries.

VIDEO: Musharraf quick get-away from court

Thu, 2013-04-18 02:06
The former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf speeds away from a court in Islamabad which had ordered his arrest.

WSL can be best in world - Del Rio

Thu, 2013-04-18 01:57
Bristol Academy striker Laura Del Rio says the Women's Super League has the potential to be the best in the world.

Retail sales slip on icy weather

Thu, 2013-04-18 01:42
Retail sales in March were 0.7% lower than in February because of bad weather, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Bahrain GP can have 'healing effect'

Thu, 2013-04-18 01:40
FIA president Jean Todt says the Bahrain Grand Prix can have a "healing effect" on a country struggling with civil unrest.

Debenhams profits hit by bad weather

Thu, 2013-04-18 01:36
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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