The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.
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Bank loses 'irreplaceable' jewels
NatWest loses a pensioner's safety deposit box which contained family heirlooms worth £20,000.
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UK 'must adapt' for weather extremes
Britain must become more resilient to both drought and flooding as the climate changes, the chairman of the Environment Agency warns.
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Coulthard fronts driving campaign
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard fronts a road safety campaign aimed at reducing accidents on country roads.
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Education reforms 'failed the poor'
Fifty years of education reforms have failed to significantly improve exam results of the disadvantaged in Scotland, says a major new report.
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Patches 'may tackle prostate cancer'
Skin patches which deliver oestrogen into the blood may be a cheaper and safer treatment for prostate cancer than current therapies, a study suggests.
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UK diabetes cases hit three million
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.
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VIDEO: Man's eight-year effort to build a wooden ship
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.
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Robot warriors: Lethal machines coming of age
Engineers are designing robots that will kill on future battlefields without human intervention - and the ethics are being hotly debated.
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UAE 'coup plot' trial set to begin
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.
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US pledges $450m in Egypt assistance
US Secretary of State John Kerry pledges a boost for Egypt's faltering economy as violence over a football riot trial rocks Port Said.
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Paris chefs kick-start a horsemeat gastro-trend
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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VIDEO: Inside Microsoft's house of the future
Microsoft offers BBC News access to its Envisioning Centre, a facility it uses to portray what life might be like five to 10 years in the future.
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VIDEO: Flight on RAF's new transport plane
As the Ministry of Defence announces a raft of investment linked to the RAF's new A400M Atlas fleet, the BBC's Jonathan Beale takes flight on one of the new planes.
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VIDEO: Bringing colour to Wainwright sketches
Artist Andy Beck is nearing the end of a five-year project to paint a watercolour version of every single sketch in Alfred Wainwright's guides to the Lakeland fells.
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Cyclist killed in road race crash
British cyclist Junior Heffernan dies in a crash with a car during a road race in Gloucestershire.
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Woman kicker injured in NFL trial
Lauren Silberman manages only two kicks because of an injury after becoming the first woman to undergo an NFL trial.
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Timberlake's Mirrors hits number one
US singer Justin Timberlake tops the UK singles chart with Mirrors while Emeli Sande stays at number one on the album chart.
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Cardinal sorry for sexual misconduct
Cardinal Keith O'Brien admits his sexual conduct has at times "fallen beneath the standards expected of me" after the claims that prompted his resignation.
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Baby is born as parents die in crash
A premature New York baby has been delivered alive after his parents were killed in a car crash on their way to hospital, police say.
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Florida sinkhole home demolished
Crews have partially demolished the home of a man presumed dead after he was swallowed up by a sinkhole in Florida and expect to finish the work on Monday.
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