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Scott last letter published in full

Fri, 2013-03-29 01:10
One of Captain Scott's final letters written from the south pole is made public to mark 101 years since his final diary entry on 29 March 1912.

Rare Rothschild giraffe born at zoo

Fri, 2013-03-29 01:09
Staff at Chester Zoo are celebrating the birth of a rare giraffe that is already 6ft tall.

School dinners clear of horsemeat

Fri, 2013-03-29 00:56
No horsemeat or pig DNA is found in food samples taken from schools and care homes in Cardiff after tests were ordered by the city council.

AUDIO: Thought for the Day: Justin Welby

Fri, 2013-03-29 00:47
Thought for the Day from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

Murray through to Miami semi-final

Fri, 2013-03-29 00:40
Britain's Andy Murray advances to the semi-finals of the Sony Open with a straight-sets victory over Marin Cilic.

Met Office advice was 'not helpful'

Fri, 2013-03-29 00:37
The Met Office has admitted issuing "unhelpful" advice to government during last year's remarkable switch in weather patterns.

Hospital stops child heart surgery

Fri, 2013-03-29 00:30
Children's congenital heart surgery is suspended at a Leeds hospital amid concerns about data on death rates.

Heart patients 'helped by vest'

Fri, 2013-03-29 00:24
Doctors in London have been using special vests to help diagnose abnormal heart rhythms, in the first UK test of its kind.

100 years of carmaking in Oxford

Thu, 2013-03-28 23:40
Oxford's 100 years of carmaking in pictures

Boat Race basics

Thu, 2013-03-28 23:36
The fastest, the heaviest, the most successful, the sinkings - BBC Sport gives you the lowdown on Oxford v Cambridge

VIDEO: Hospital stops child heart surgery

Thu, 2013-03-28 23:26
Children's congenital heart surgery has been suspended at Leeds General Infirmary while an internal review is carried out.

VIDEO: N Korea 'readies rocket force'

Thu, 2013-03-28 23:23
North Korea says it has put missile units on stand-by to attack US targets in response to US stealth bomber flights over the Korean peninsula.

Spacecraft shortens trip to ISS

Thu, 2013-03-28 22:57
A Soyuz space capsule docks at the International Space Station (ISS) after a journey of under six hours - much shorter than the normal two-day flight.

VIDEO: The Bible hooks US TV audiences

Thu, 2013-03-28 22:46
Millions of Americans are expected to tune in to The History Channel on Sunday for the culmination of one of the year's surprise cable TV hits: a five part dramatisation of The Bible.

Has Rodgers made Liverpool better?

Thu, 2013-03-28 22:37
Brendan Rodgers's vision is beginning to take hold but Liverpool still have some way to go, says BBC Sport's Ben Smith

VIDEO: Pope breaks with Maundy tradition

Thu, 2013-03-28 22:37
Pope Francis has broken with tradition by including women in a ritual in which he washed and kissed the feet of 12 young prisoners.

Offender's beach snaps anger papers

Thu, 2013-03-28 21:44
Offender's beach snaps anger papers

Five dead in Mumbai factory fire

Thu, 2013-03-28 21:37
Five people die and three others are injured in a fire at a factory in the western Indian city of Mumbai, fire brigade officials say.

Mitchell to sue Sun over 'plebgate'

Thu, 2013-03-28 20:11
Former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell is suing the Sun over claims he swore and called police officers plebs in a row in Downing Street, his lawyer says.

Amazon buys book recommendation site

Thu, 2013-03-28 19:57
Online retailer Amazon says it will buy a book discovery and recommendation website Goodreads, which has 16 million members.
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