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PM urges MEPs to back EU budget cut

Mon, 2013-02-11 08:50
Prime Minister David Cameron urges British Euro MPs to back the latest EU budget deal, which will see its first ever real-terms cut.

Father 'held dying son in arms'

Mon, 2013-02-11 08:48
The trial of a man accused of four murders hears a statement from a father, himself later killed, saying he held his dying son after he was shot.

Energy firms' 15,000 daily gripes

Mon, 2013-02-11 08:41
The UK's major energy companies collectively received more than 15,000 complaints every day on average in the last three months of 2012.

Arrests over man's murder in town

Mon, 2013-02-11 08:39
Two people are arrested over the murder of a 31-year-old man in Bangor, County Down, at the weekend.

Plane crash kills Guinea army chief

Mon, 2013-02-11 08:34
The head of Guinea's armed forces is killed in a plane crash in neighbouring Liberia, along with 10 other people, it is announced.

UK 'not soft touch' for migrants

Mon, 2013-02-11 08:31
The UK must not be a "soft touch" for migrants, including those who may come from Bulgaria and Romania in future, ministers say.

VIDEO: Education Committee

Mon, 2013-02-11 08:14
HM Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw gives evidence on the Ofsted annual report.

Man holding chips fights off attack

Mon, 2013-02-11 08:01
A pub landlord trained in martial arts says he fought off four attackers with one hand while carrying his fish and chips.

VIDEO: Actor Stamp on films for older audience

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:59
Terence Stamp spoke to BBC Breakfast about the increasing appetite for films about the older generation.

Hospital death rate probe extended

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:44
Another nine hospitals are to be investigated for high death rates in the wake of the damning report on the NHS over its handling of the Stafford Hospital scandal.

Modern pentathlon faces Games axe

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:40
IOC leaders meet to discuss dropping a sport from 2020 Games, with the modern pentathlon thought to be under threat.

Body found in knight's grave hunt

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:35
Archaeologists find a body after a castle owner's death in 1698

One walker found dead on mountain

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:35
One walker is found dead after five companions are airlifted to safety from the Cairngorms following an overnight search.

Kumbh Mela chief quits over stampede

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:23
The head of the Kumbh Mela festival organising committee in India resigns a day after a stampede kills 36 people at the railway station in the northern city of Allahabad.

Romania rejects blame for horsemeat

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:19
Romania's prime minister rejects claims two of the country's abattoirs sold horsemeat purported to be beef, as UK MPs are to be updated on the scandal.

Benedict XVI: The reluctant Pope?

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:15
Pope Benedict cut a very different figure from John Paul II. Mark Dowd asks whether he was a natural leader of the Church.

Cable: UK must be open to investors

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:13
The UK's borders must be "as open as possible" to genuine foreign visitors and business investment, Business Secretary Vince Cable says.

Cardinal 'shocked' by Pope's going

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:12
The leader of Scotland's Catholics, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, says he is "shocked and saddened" to hear that Pope Benedict is to resign.

Africa edited over climate change

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:11
The BBC re-edited the final episode of David Attenborough's nature series, Africa, to remove a piece of commentary about climate change, it has emerged.

Mali troops in Gao hunt for fighters

Mon, 2013-02-11 07:06
Malian troops are carrying out house-to-house searches following fierce clashes with Islamist militants in the northern town of Gao on Sunday.
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