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AUDIO: Schoolgirl creates password app

Tue, 2013-02-05 05:08
A school girl from Luton told 5 live about the app she created that has sparked the interest of Silicon Valley in the US.

Adlington: British Swimming's golden girl

Tue, 2013-02-05 05:04
What is Rebecca Adlington's legacy for British swimming?

'No a la carte Europe' - Hollande

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:58
French President Francois Hollande tells the European Parliament there can be no "a la carte" attitude to the EU in an apparent swipe at the UK.

Thatcher statue offered to town

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:57
A marble statue of Margaret Thatcher that was decapitated by an attacker in 2002 is offered to Grantham Museum.

Lorry fire closes A90 near Perth

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:56
A lorry fire on the A90 causes severe disruption to northbound traffic travelling from Perth near Kinfauns.

France takes aim at Britain

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:46
France to blame UK for EU budget fight, Gavin Hewitt says

Reconstructed face of Richard III

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:38
A facial reconstruction of how Richard III may have looked is released, after archaeologists confirmed a skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park was that of the English king.

Business unveils Crossrail 2 plan

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:29
Business leaders reveal their proposed route for a Crossrail 2 railway line crossing London from the south west to the north east.

BP posts fall in full-year profits

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:27
Oil giant BP reports a fall in full-year profits as it continued to settle charges related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Day in pictures: 5 February 2013

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:27
24 hours of news photos: 5 February

Barclays' mis-selling bill rises

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:24
Barclays has increased the amount of money it is setting aside to cover two-mis-selling scandals by another £1bn.

Father 'made child sex gang plea'

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:19
The father of a schoolgirl allegedly abused by a child sex ring in Oxford pleaded with police and social workers for help, a court hears.

Girl raped at 14th birthday party

Tue, 2013-02-05 04:15
A 28-year-old man who admitted raping a girl at her 14th birthday party is jailed for six years.

Tourists raped near Mexico resort

Tue, 2013-02-05 03:59
Six Spanish tourists have been raped by armed men at a beach resort near the Mexican city of Acapulco, local authorities say.

Forest and McLeish part company

Tue, 2013-02-05 03:55
Nottingham Forest manager Alex McLeish leaves the club by mutual consent after just 40 days in charge.

Cardiac guidelines 'not endorsed'

Tue, 2013-02-05 03:55
The guidelines used to assess children's cardiac services in Northern Ireland were not endorsed by local professional medical bodies, it emerges.

VIDEO: Ross and McCall visit Red Nose project

Tue, 2013-02-05 03:48
Presenters Davina McCall and Jonathan Ross have been visiting a Comic Relief project in Ghana to mark 25 years since the first Red Nose Day.

Bangladesh Islamist chief guilty

Tue, 2013-02-05 03:41
A war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh sentences a leader of the main Islamist party to life in prison for crimes against humanity during the 1971 war of independence.

Last-stand Neanderthals queried

Tue, 2013-02-05 03:41
Radiocarbon studies question whether a late Neanderthal population really did hang on in southern Spain long after the species died out in the rest of Europe.

China policeman 'has 192 houses'

Tue, 2013-02-05 03:33
A top policeman in the southern Chinese city of Lufeng is alleged to have bought almost 200 houses with fake identity papers, state media report, amid growing anger over official corruption.
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