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Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it has decided not to carry out "armed actions" in its campaign for independence, the BBC learns.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:32:16 GMT
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan says the three cricketers accused of spot-fixing should receive life bans from cricket if found guilty.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:14:09 GMT
A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:32:55 GMT
A British soldier from The Royal Scots Borderers has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:45:19 GMT
Education Secretary Michael Gove says 16 so-called "free schools" will be set up over the next year - "well in excess" of the numbers he hoped for.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:40:53 GMT
The Scottish government is set to shelve plans for an independence referendum before next year's election.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:35:19 GMT
Police trying to identify a badly-burnt body found on a golf course in East Sussex believe the young man was murdered elsewhere.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:56:22 GMT
Former head of the Army Gen Sir Richard Dannatt accuses Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:35:15 GMT
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales says taxpayers should help fund the Pope's visit because it is an official state event.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:38:57 GMT
Two men and two women are due in court following a series of raids on suspected brothels in Belfast in a UK-wide operation.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:52:58 GMT
Wayne Rooney will travel to Switzerland for England's Euro 2012 qualifier despite allegations about his private life.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:53:46 GMT
Penny farthing riders from around the world take to the streets for the 1km Knutsford Great Race.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:54:53 GMT
A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts trying to launch a dummy 30km into the sky abort the mission when a valve on their rocket freezes up.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:43:48 GMT
England win the toss and will bowl first in the first Twenty20 match against Pakistan in Cardiff.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:09:36 GMT
Britain's Andy Murray says he will take heart from his thrashing of Stanislas Wawrinka in 2008 when they meet again in the US Open third round on Sunday.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:50:04 GMT
Dani Pedrosa wins the San Marino MotoGP, but the race is overshadowed by the death of Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa in the preceding Moto2 race.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:06:48 GMT
Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa dies after a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:43:54 GMT
Ireland's Padraig Harrington says he will add a European tour event to his schedule after missing the cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:07:50 GMT
A pilot is praised for avoiding a village and landing his plane safely after a mid-air collision which killed two people on the Isle of Wight.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:28:13 GMT
The first of a series of Underground strikes begins later in London, with journeys expected to be severely disrupted this week.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:29:56 GMT
The family of a father and son killed in a motorbike crash say the tragedy will leave a huge hole in their lives.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:04:26 GMT
Scotland faces nearly £4bn of cuts over the next four years, Finance Secretary John Swinney is warning.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:47:44 GMT
Seven children in County Armagh have been infected with E. coli 0157, the Public Health Agency has confirmed.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:36:09 GMT
Four men are arrested after eggs and shoes are thrown at former Prime Minister Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:41:51 GMT
Some community identities in Wales may be "wiped clean" by proposals to shake up local councils, it is claimed.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:21:39 GMT
A pub landlady tells how she discovered a car embedded in the wall of the men's toilets.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:29:15 GMT
Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:23:54 GMT
Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister says.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:04:42 GMT
Officials assess the damage caused by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, as aftershocks continue.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:03:24 GMT
The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:37:06 GMT
A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five soldiers and wounds about 40 others.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:29:56 GMT
Thousands attend rallies in Paris and other French cities to protest at the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:50:56 GMT
Survivors of a 1972 plane crash in the Andes arrive at the San Jose mine to support the 33 men trapped underground.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:58:38 GMT
A state of emergency is declared in Guatemala where heavy rain has caused widespread flooding and landslides, killing at least 20 people.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:47:22 GMT
Israel carries out three bombing raids on the Gaza Strip, killing one man and injuring another.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:48:32 GMT
An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency, her son says.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:35:49 GMT
Armed police are posted outside the main branch of Kabul Bank as customers continue to withdraw money amid fears it may collapse.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:14:41 GMT
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:27:44 GMT
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:27:10 GMT
Songwriter Kara DioGuardi becomes the latest member of the judging panel on American Idol to quit this year.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:31:21 GMT
HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:40:43 GMT
The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:02:53 GMT
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:40:42 GMT
Allegations surrounding Andy Coulson and phone hacking at the News of the World are being "recycled", a senior Cabinet minister says.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:56:08 GMT
Foreign Secretary William Hague says he and his wife have received "huge public support" since making a frank statement about their private life.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:36:12 GMT
A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:56:22 GMT
Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:56:38 GMT
Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe, UK experts say.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:36:41 GMT
Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost.
: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:03:58 GMT
One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:52:36 GMT
Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:39:09 GMT
England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:49:43 GMT
Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:13:18 GMT
Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:43:40 GMT
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:33:44 GMT
The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:03:14 GMT
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:44:59 GMT
The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:20:39 GMT
Prince Charles and ex-prime minister Tony Blair will be guests in the first week of new ITV morning show Daybreak.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:44:08 GMT
The funeral is held of singer Charles Haddon from Northamptonshire who died in a fall in Belgium.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:55:51 GMT
Thousands of people watch Robbie Williams switch on Blackpool's illuminations.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:44:56 GMT
Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention?
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:10:21 GMT
The world is on the verge of a bed-bug pandemic, according to a report - how did the tiny biting insects come to pose such a threat?
: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:42:04 GMT
Tony Blair's memoirs has become the fastest selling autobiography in Britain. But what are the biggest overall sellers?
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:12:22 GMT
The Italian government is inviting private companies to sponsor the Colosseum to help fund repairs.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:25:53 GMT
The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:54:48 GMT
The former Pakistan cricket captain, Imran Khan, has said that if players are found guilty of spot fixing, they should not be given a life ban, which some officials are demanding.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:01:08 GMT
Eggs and shoes have been thrown by anti-war protestors at former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:39:08 GMT
Author Ian McEwan talks to Matt Stadlen about the exercise of writing, the importance of long, moody walks, the "thinginess" of James Joyce and getting to grips with quantum mechanics.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:25:47 GMT
The Modified Toy Orchestra is a band made up of five musicians - and 48 tweaked toy instruments.
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:30:13 GMT
Thousands of tonnes of US military equipment have been moved out of Iraq but plenty has been left behind - and not just for the troops who remain there.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:13:34 GMT
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island, causing widespread minor damage and power cuts.
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:02:36 GMT
Mystery of young women disappearing in Ciudad Juarez
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:15:04 GMT
Ali-Foreman boxing match venue now in state of decay
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:59:23 GMT
A major new exhibition focuses on crucial four-year period
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:57:16 GMT
How can Italy best commercialise its world-famous Colosseum?
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:00:35 GMT
Escaping the hustle and bustle of city life in Ontario
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:48:21 GMT