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Wrestling dropped from Olympics

Tue, 2013-02-12 13:19
Wrestling is dropped from the 2020 Olympic Games after the IOC decides to make space for a new sport.

Tory Leveson plan 'basis for talks'

Tue, 2013-02-12 13:13
Labour and the Liberal Dems cautiously welcome Tory plans for a new press regulator backed by royal charter in the wake of the Leveson inquiry.

Slaughterhouse and meat firm raided

Tue, 2013-02-12 12:53
A slaughterhouse and a meat firm are raided by the Food Standards Agency and police as part of inquiries into alleged labelling of horsemeat as beef.

Governor quits over sex abuse claims

Tue, 2013-02-12 12:52
A former member of staff at the music school at the centre of a sex abuse trial resigns as governor at a leading music college.

Man jailed over M5 fatal coach crash

Tue, 2013-02-12 12:35
A coach driver who was over the drink-drive limit when he caused the deaths of two people on the M5 is jailed for six years.

Desperate 999 call of fire victim

Tue, 2013-02-12 12:30
An inquest into the deaths of six people at a Camberwell tower block hears how one victim had a 28 minute telephone conversation with an emergency operator.

Back-to-work schemes breached law

Tue, 2013-02-12 12:17
Judges agree with a graduate's claim unpaid back-to-work schemes are legally flawed, but the government passes new rules to allow them to continue.

Steel boost as new furnace fires up

Tue, 2013-02-12 11:50
One of the biggest private employers in Wales delivers a boost by beginning production at its new £185m blast furnace in Port Talbot.

VIDEO: New £185m blast furnace powers up

Tue, 2013-02-12 11:49
One of the biggest private employers in Wales has started production at its new £185m blast furnace in Port Talbot.

Six injured after ski-lift derails

Tue, 2013-02-12 11:36
Five children are taken to hospital and 36 people are rescued after a chair-lift derails at the Lecht Ski Centre in Aberdeenshire.

Repairs report reveals £27m gap

Tue, 2013-02-12 11:17
Edinburgh City Council has paid £27m to contractors for statutory building repairs to private homes which it has not recouped from residents.

VIDEO: 'Botched fire plan' killed children

Tue, 2013-02-12 11:13
A couple started a house fire which killed their six children in "a plan that went horribly wrong", a court has been told.

VIDEO: Poundland job graduate wins appeal

Tue, 2013-02-12 11:06
The regulations for some of the government's back-to-work schemes are unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled, quashing them with immediate effect.

Music row interim agreement reached

Tue, 2013-02-12 10:52
An interim agreement is reached in the row over Welsh language musicians' royalty payments, BBC Cymru Wales has announced.

North Korea a 'serious threat' to US

Tue, 2013-02-12 10:51
North Korea's military ambitions pose a "serious threat" to the US, outgoing Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says, after Pyongyang's third nuclear test.

My next job in England - Mourinho

Tue, 2013-02-12 10:45
Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho says his next club will be English but a move to Manchester United is unlikely.

Uranium concern at North Korea test

Tue, 2013-02-12 10:43
What might North Korea's nuclear test reveal, asks Jonathan Marcus

Gatland wary of England overload

Tue, 2013-02-12 10:29
Lions coach Warren Gatland believes selecting too many English players for the Australia tour could bring extra pressure.

Barclays announces 3,700 job cuts

Tue, 2013-02-12 10:25
Barclays says it will cut 3,700 jobs this year following a strategic review by its new chief executive Antony Jenkins.

Frank Lampard signs kids' book deal

Tue, 2013-02-12 10:05
England footballer Frank Lampard is to write a series of children's books, says publisher Little, Brown.
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