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Michael Attenborough is to step down as artistic director from London's Almeida Theatre after 11 years.
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United StatesBritain's Alex Dowsett believes Lance Armstrong is a "legend" but could not shake his hand in light of recent doping allegations.
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The first private clinic to offer abortions to women in Northern Ireland is due to open next week, but pro-life campaigners say they will fight to have it shut down.
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The actions of Lance Armstrong make it hard for anyone to trust cycling, says British Cycling boss Dave Brailsford.
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KenyaIn Nairobi the matatu is what the tube is to London and the subway to New York - but its safety record puts many tourists off.
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Rangers football club formally announces that it intends to float its shares on the AIM market in London.
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Wales assistant manager John Hartson says he is not unduly concerned by the side's lack of goals in recent matches.
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Prime Minister David Cameron is to set out plans to commemorate the centenary of the start of WWI at a speech in London later.
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Stoke City striker Michael Owen says the influx of foreign players is responsible for the growth of diving in England.
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Tim Burton says he is "honoured" that his stop-motion 3D animation Frankenweenie has opened the BFI London Film Festival.
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Prime Minister David Cameron vows to build an "aspiration nation" to save Britain from economic ruin, as he closes the Conservative conference.
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SyriaTwo Britons arrested at Heathrow Airport over terrorism offence claims face questions about the kidnap of a UK photographer in Syria, police confirm.
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Stuart Broad says Kevin Pietersen will be welcomed back into the England dressing-room when he returns to the side.
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British singer Sarah Brightman is to travel as a space tourist to the International Space Station.
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United StatesAdele is honoured by the US music industry for the success of her hit Rolling In The Deep at a London ceremony.
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Food prices look set to rise after poor harvests for British farmers following record-breaking wet weather over the summer.
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FA chairman David Bernstein is to bring in a code of conduct to make sure England players behave.
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Steven Gerrard says everything is in place for England to succeed after the opening of the new £105m national football centre.
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Police investigating alleged sexual abuse by Sir Jimmy Savile are pursuing 120 lines of inquiry spanning four decades, Scotland Yard says.
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A man is charged with defacing a Mark Rothko painting at London's Tate Modern gallery.
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Barclays Bank agrees to buy ING Direct UK, taking on its £10.9bn deposits and £5.6bn mortgage book.
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Meeting the now-extradited Bin Laden PR man
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JordanKris Commons is called up by Scotland after ankle injuries force Jordan Rhodes and Robert Snodgrass to withdraw.
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A theatre in London's West End is to present a play by Sir Harold Pinter for the first time since being renamed after the late English playwright.
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Absolutely Fabulous, Sky 1's Spy and a documentary featuring author Terry Pratchett are among the British TV shows nominated for this year's International Emmys.
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The prime minister says the UK is going through a "slow and difficult healing process" rebalancing its economy, as the IMF downgrades growth forecast.
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A man is arrested in connection with the defacement of a painting by Mark Rothko at the Tate Modern in London.
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The UK's trade deficit more than doubled in August, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Ashley Cole is set to avoid an England ban after apologising to FA chairman David Bernstein for a tweet criticising the organisation.
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CroatiaThe father of the late Gary Speed urges Wales fans to get behind Chris Coleman ahead of the World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Croatia.
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British artists take a fresh look at the disaster
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Surveyors expect sales of homes in the UK to pick up in the next three months owing to support for mortgage lending.
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London Mayor Boris Johnson pledges his loyalty to David Cameron and announces free Tube travel for soldiers as he addresses a Tory conference meeting.
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United StatesA British man who was working as a coach for the New York Red Bulls Major League Soccer team is stabbed to death in Manhattan.
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Rio Ferdinand deserves an England recall and could play at the 2014 World Cup, says ex-Manchester United defender Gary Pallister.
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British scientist John Gurdon has been awarded the Nobel prize for medicine or physiology, but his scientific achievements were not predicted by his school science teacher.
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SomaliaSomali militants ban one of the last foreign aid agencies still working in areas under their control - UK-based Islamic relief.
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SpainBBC's Tim Muffett meets four Spanish friends who have moved to the UK hoping to find work.
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One of four British citizens facing drug-related charges in Bali, Rachel Dougall, makes her first appearance in court.
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Mark Bridger is due to appear before magistrates charged with the murder of missing five-year-old April Jones last seen near her home in mid Wales.
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Businesses' trust in banks and other financial institutions is falling, according to a survey from the British Chambers of Commerce.
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The boy band are the main winners at BBC Radio 1's annual Teen Awards in London.
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Pop star Rihanna beats Adele and One Direction to go straight to the top of the UK singles chart.
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Police double efforts with 100 specialist officers becoming involved in the hunt for missing five-year-old April Jones in and around her mid Wales home town of Machynlleth.
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France, 
GermanyFrance and Germany must reduce their stakes in EADS if the UK is to allow a proposed merger with BAE Systems, the defence secretary says.
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AustraliaEngland fail in their bid to regain the Women's World Twenty20 title, losing by four runs to Australia in Colombo.
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A pink candle is lit for missing five-year-old April Jones at a church service attended by around 1,000 people at her mid Wales home town.
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United StatesIslamist cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects appear in court in the US, after being extradited from the UK following a long legal battle.
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Prime Minister David Cameron says he would use Britain's veto to block a new European Union budget "if necessary".
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United StatesRadical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects are due to appear in court in the US later after their extradition from the UK.
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United StatesFive terror suspects, including the radical cleric Abu Hamza, are on their way to face charges in the US after extradition from the UK.
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United StatesFive suspected terrorists including Abu Hamza al-Masri arrive at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk from where they will be extradited to the US.
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KenyaKenya veterans hail UK torture ruling but get little home support
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United StatesFive suspected terrorists - including radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri - can be extradited to the US to face trial, UK High Court judges rule.
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England and Chelsea defender Ashley Cole apologises "unreservedly" for criticising the FA over his evidence in the John Terry racism case.
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Three Kenyans who were tortured by British colonial authorities can proceed with their legal claims against the UK government, the High Court rules.
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AustraliaDefending champions Australia beat West Indies by 28 runs to book a Women's World Twenty20 final meeting with England.
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Shoppers stocking up on winter clothing helped consumer spending to rise at its fastest rate for more than three years last month, a survey says.
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Sachin Tendulkar says he is considering retirement, but will play in this winter's Test series against England if selected.
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The search for missing girl April Jones enters its fifth day with search teams combing areas of thick forest, as police prepare to release more details of the operation.
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Hong KongBritish comedy actor Sacha Baron Cohen is to develop a film inspired by a Hong Kong billionaire who offered $65m to any man who succeeded in marrying his lesbian daughter.
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CroatiaBBC Wales Sport understands Aaron Ramsey is set to be replaced as Wales captain against Scotland and Croatia.
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Three Kenyans once tortured by British colonial authorities are to learn if they can proceed with their legal claims against the British government.
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England boss Roy Hodgson apologises to Rio Ferdinand after discussing his international future with commuters on a London train.
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Sir Clive Woodward is to leave his position as director of sport at the British Olympic Association.
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Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins says that banks must become "socially useful" if they are to rebuild trust.
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Ryan Shawcross, Aaron Lennon and Fraser Forster are named in the England squad for the World Cup qualifiers.
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SeychellesThe original ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz are to go on display at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
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England manager Roy Hodgson is set to explain comments he made about Rio Ferdinand's international future to tube passengers.
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New Zealand, 
Sri LankaEngland's women hammer New Zealand by seven wickets to reach the final of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
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The Bank of England keeps interest rates unchanged at 0.5% and decides not to increase quantitative easing from £375bn.
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Teams of local volunteers looking for missing five-year-old April Jones start a search of outlying villages, as the operation enters its fourth day.
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A mission to photograph all 210,000 oil paintings in public ownership in the UK in order to make them available online comes to an end later.
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FranceThe teacher arrested on suspicion of abducting Sussex schoolgirl Megan Stammers can be extradited to the UK, judges in France rule.
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The original manuscript of Jack Kerouac's novel 'On The Road' is being displayed to the public at the British Library in London.
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Kevin Pietersen must "make a speech and have a beer" to be accepted by England team-mates, says Michael Vaughan.
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Belgium, FranceA 24-hour strike over rail sector reform paralyses the network in Belgium, including high-speed services to London and Paris.
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The UK's biggest retailer, Tesco, reports its first fall in profits since 1994. while Sainsbury's reports a rise in quarterly sales.
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Three civil servants are suspended after flaws in the bidding process for the UK's West Coast rail franchise will see it re-run at a cost of at least £40m.
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Kevin Pietersen signs a four-month England contract but must undergo a "reintegration" period before he returns to the team.
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IndiaKevin Pietersen's England return is expected to be announced at a news conference on Wednesday.
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Police stand down volunteers as specialist teams continue a "methodical" search in mid Wales for missing five-year-old April Jones.
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Almost £500m is to be spent on the UK film industry over the next five years, with a focus on investment outside London as part of a new plan involving Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman.
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Police in mid Wales arrest a 46-year-old man in the search for a five-year-old girl abducted from the street where she lives.
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IndiaPolice in London say the stabbing of the Indian general who led the 1984 raid on Sikhism's holiest shrine was attempted murder.
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Police investigating the abduction of a five-year-old girl from her street in mid Wales give more details of the van she was seen getting into.
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Japan, United StatesBritain's Andy Murray beats Ivo Karlovic at the Japan Open as he returns to action after his US Open win.
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BoliviaTree rings from eight cedar trees in Bolivia have helped UK-based researchers unlock the 100-year rainfall history across the Amazon basin.
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Hundreds of people join a search for a five-year-old girl, who was seen getting into a van and who police fear may have been abducted.
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BelgiumCraig Levein names Steven and Darren Fletcher in his squad for the World Cup qualifiers in Wales and Belgium.
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England captain Stuart Broad says his team are "gutted" after being knocked out of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
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The UK economy returned to growth in the third quarter of the year, according to the British Chambers of Commerce.
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The chief executive of EADS calls a proposed $45bn (£28bn) merger with the UK's BAE Systems a "great opportunity" and vows a swift decision on the merger.
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New Zealand, Sri LankaWest Indies claim a super over win to send New Zealand out and reach the semi-finals thanks to England's defeat by Sri Lanka.
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United StatesBritish terror suspect Babar Ahmad requests the High Court to halt his extradition to the US.
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Sri LankaEngland are knocked out of the World T20 after losing by 19 runs to hosts Sri Lanka in their final Super Eights match.
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New rules which will automatically enrol millions of low and middle earners into a workplace pension are given a cautious welcome by trade unions and employers.
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Britain should eventually stage an in-or-out referendum on membership of the European Union, one of Labour leader Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet argues.
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Australia, New ZealandEngland beat Australia by seven wickets to set up a women's World Twenty20 semi-final clash against New Zealand.
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Abba's greatest hits collection, Gold, is the UK's biggest-selling CD according to Official Charts Company.
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