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VIDEO: Poundland job graduate wins appeal
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.
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Music row interim agreement reached
An interim agreement is reached in the row over Welsh language musicians' royalty payments, BBC Cymru Wales has announced.
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North Korea a 'serious threat' to US
North Korea's military ambitions pose a "serious threat" to the US, outgoing Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says, after Pyongyang's third nuclear test.
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My next job in England - Mourinho
Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho says his next club will be English but a move to Manchester United is unlikely.
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Uranium concern at North Korea test
What might North Korea's nuclear test reveal, asks Jonathan Marcus
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Gatland wary of England overload
Lions coach Warren Gatland believes selecting too many English players for the Australia tour could bring extra pressure.
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Barclays announces 3,700 job cuts
Barclays says it will cut 3,700 jobs this year following a strategic review by its new chief executive Antony Jenkins.
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Frank Lampard signs kids' book deal
England footballer Frank Lampard is to write a series of children's books, says publisher Little, Brown.
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Family's pride for dead PSNI officer
The family of a police officer killed in Londonderry at the weekend say they hope her death will have a lasting legacy in Northern Ireland.
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Russia set to ban smoking in public
Smoking in Russia will be banned from restaurants, long-distance trains and housing block entrances under a tough new law passed by parliament.
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Nigeria charges over polio killings
Two Nigerian journalists are charged with incitement over the killing of nine vaccinators last week, after airing a programme about polio.
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Conditions 'worsen' on stranded ship
Passengers on a stranded cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico tell US media of worsening conditions, two days after an engine fire crippled the vessel.
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Fugitive baby death father arrested
A man wanted by police after his four-month-old son died when his mother knocked a television onto him at their home in Lancashire is arrested.
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Dale Cregan admits shooting PCs
The man accused of killing two police officers in a gun and grenade attack now admits their killings.
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VIDEO: Sea turtle gets artificial flippers
A loggerhead sea turtle thought to have lost its front flippers in a shark attack is fitted with a prosthetic pair in an aquarium in Japan.
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Coca-Cola 'linked to woman's death'
Drinking large quantities of Coca-Cola was a "substantial factor" in the death of a 30-year-old woman in New Zealand, a coroner says.
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Two French charity workers jailed
Two workers from French charity Zoe's Ark are jailed for two years for illegally trying to fly 103 African children from Chad to France in 2007.
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Search for man missing in river
A major search is under way on the River Wye at Chepstow after reports that a man's fallen into the water
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Mystery Israel prisoner 'identified'
A mystery prisoner reported to have hanged himself in 2010 in an Israeli jail where he was secretly held was an Australian national, an Australian news programme has reported.
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Jeremy Guscott's Six Nations Q&A
BBC expert on Cian Healy's stamp, talk of an English Grand Slam, the excellence of Stuart Hogg and many more topics
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