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Councillors 'for hire' for planning

Sun, 2013-03-10 23:25
Falklands vote and councillors 'for hire' dominate papers

£4.6m to fight 'inoperable' cancer

Sun, 2013-03-10 23:15
Cancer patients whose condition had been considered inoperable will now be offered treatment after a £4.6m investment at a Cardiff hospital.

Cites meeting votes to protect shark

Sun, 2013-03-10 23:13
Delegates at the Cites conservation meeting in Thailand vote to extend the protection to a threatened species of shark, the Oceanic whitetip.

Tory urges radical economic strategy

Sun, 2013-03-10 23:06
Nick Robinson on the Tory battle lines ahead of the general election

Bastille debut tops album chart

Sun, 2013-03-10 22:52
Bad Blood, the debut album by Bastille, tops the UK album chart in a week that sees four new entries in the Top 10, including Dido's first album in five years.

Coalition cuts 'too deep and fast'

Sun, 2013-03-10 22:50
The Welsh finance minister says the UK government's public cuts and austerity measures have been too fast and deep, calling for growth measures in next week's budget.

Syria massacre: What happened in the village of Haswiya?

Sun, 2013-03-10 22:44
Conflicting stories of a dark day in a Syrian village

Japan marks quake anniversary

Sun, 2013-03-10 22:39
Services are held in Japan marking the earthquake and tsunami, two years after the disaster that left more than 18,000 dead and sparked a nuclear crisis.

Neolithic settlement found in quarry

Sun, 2013-03-10 22:32
Four Neolithic houses found in a quarry are thought to make up one of the oldest permanent settlements ever found in England.

Fukushima's long road to nuclear clean-up

Sun, 2013-03-10 22:03
Challenges facing Fukushima plant's nuclear clean-up

VIDEO: Sweden's Princess Lilian dies aged 97

Sun, 2013-03-10 21:55
Swansea-born Princess Lilian, renowned for her decades-long romance with Sweden's Prince Bertil, has died in Stockholm aged 97.

China inflation hits 10-month high

Sun, 2013-03-10 21:55
China's inflation rate hits a 10-month high in February, as Lunar New Year festivities drive up food prices.

Drills begin amid Korea tensions

Sun, 2013-03-10 21:41
The US and South Korea begin annual military exercises amid high tensions with North Korea in the wake of a UN sanctions vote.

Analysis: Antibiotic apocalypse

Sun, 2013-03-10 21:36
Are we about to enter a world without antibiotics?

The photographic legacy of Garry Winogrand

Sun, 2013-03-10 20:15
The lost photos of Garry Winogrand

VIDEO: Inside Japan's contamination zone

Sun, 2013-03-10 20:06
Two years after the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes visits the contamination zone to see the clean-up operation under way.

632 anti-Muslim incidents recorded

Sun, 2013-03-10 19:52
A project set up to monitor anti-Muslim hate in the UK says it has recorded 632 incidents in its first year of operation.

Capriles to stand in Venezuela poll

Sun, 2013-03-10 19:49
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles confirms he will stand in April's presidential elections, called after the death of Hugo Chavez.

Wolfing down Singapore's wobbliest cake

Sun, 2013-03-10 18:54
Wolfing down Singapore's most colourful and glutinous cake

Dragons' Den announces newest member

Sun, 2013-03-10 18:32
Cloud computing pioneer Piers Linney is announced as the latest member of the Dragons' Den, replacing Theo Paphitis on the BBC Two business show.
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