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Michael predicts tight F1 season

Sun, 2013-03-03 22:44
McLaren sporting director Sam Michael says Formula 1 is poised for an intensely competitive season.

'Serious sex assault' investigated

Sun, 2013-03-03 22:42
Police in County Fermanagh are investigating what they have described as "a serious sexual assault" in Enniskillen at the weekend.

Queen's hospital stay on front pages

Sun, 2013-03-03 22:37
Queen's hospital stay makes many front pages

Lab bids to combat species smuggling

Sun, 2013-03-03 22:15
The laboratory battling to protect endangered species

New supermarket creating 150 jobs

Sun, 2013-03-03 21:59
An independent supermarket is creating 150 jobs with the opening of a new store in Coalisland, County Tyrone.

S Korea's Park warns over 'deadlock'

Sun, 2013-03-03 21:44
South Korea's President Park Geun-hye warns political deadlock over plans to reorganise government is damaging the economy and security.

Queen spends second day in hospital

Sun, 2013-03-03 20:46
The Queen is spending a second day in hospital - her first stay for 10 years - where she is being assessed for symptoms of gastroenteritis.

Black Saturday bushfire case opens

Sun, 2013-03-03 20:04
Survivors of one of the biggest bushfires in Australian history sue a power company for negligence, in a case expected to last several months.

Broken Britain 'comeback' for Roth

Sun, 2013-03-03 17:48
The film that brought Tim Roth back from Hollywood

Bank loses 'irreplaceable' jewels

Sun, 2013-03-03 17:19
NatWest loses a pensioner's safety deposit box which contained family heirlooms worth £20,000.

UK 'must adapt' for weather extremes

Sun, 2013-03-03 17:18
Britain must become more resilient to both drought and flooding as the climate changes, the chairman of the Environment Agency warns.

Coulthard fronts driving campaign

Sun, 2013-03-03 16:57
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard fronts a road safety campaign aimed at reducing accidents on country roads.

Education reforms 'failed the poor'

Sun, 2013-03-03 16:56
Fifty years of education reforms have failed to significantly improve exam results of the disadvantaged in Scotland, says a major new report.

Patches 'may tackle prostate cancer'

Sun, 2013-03-03 16:46
Skin patches which deliver oestrogen into the blood may be a cheaper and safer treatment for prostate cancer than current therapies, a study suggests.

UK diabetes cases hit three million

Sun, 2013-03-03 16:45
Three million people in the UK have now been diagnosed with diabetes, says charity Diabetes UK, which warns this new high could create a huge NHS burden.

VIDEO: Man's eight-year effort to build a wooden ship

Sun, 2013-03-03 16:29
Jonah Eaton has devoted much of the past eight years to his dream of building a 42ft (13m) wooden boat by hand, then sailing it across the Atlantic.

Robot warriors: Lethal machines coming of age

Sun, 2013-03-03 16:23
Engineers are designing robots that will kill on future battlefields without human intervention - and the ethics are being hotly debated.

UAE 'coup plot' trial set to begin

Sun, 2013-03-03 16:16
The mass trial of 94 activists accused of plotting to seize power in the United Arab Emirates is set to begin, but rights groups say it is a sham.

US pledges $450m in Egypt assistance

Sun, 2013-03-03 16:12
US Secretary of State John Kerry pledges a boost for Egypt's faltering economy as violence over a football riot trial rocks Port Said.

Paris chefs kick-start a horsemeat gastro-trend

Sun, 2013-03-03 16:07
The consumption of horsemeat in France has been in decline for decades but fashionable Parisian chefs are pushing for a comeback.
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