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England boss Roy Hodgson warns his players to behave responsibly at their city-centre base during Euro 2012.
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The senior Scotland Yard officer in charge of three linked phone-hacking investigations will retire later this year, the Met Police confirms.
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AfghanistanA small number of British soldiers could remain in Afghanistan after forces withdraw in 2014, a senior UK government official says.
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A stone discovered by chance on the Isle of Canna is Scotland's first known example of a bullaun "cursing stone", experts reveal.
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The EU is urged to contest Scotland's plans for a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
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About 100,000 people thronged the streets to see the first day of the torch relay.
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Ian Bell feels the wicket of Shivnarine Chanderpaul holds the key to England's chances on the fourth day of the first Test.
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England are closing in on victory at Lord's after dominating the third day, which ended with West Indies 120-4 and trailing by 35.
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United StatesUK PM David Cameron says "progress" is being made in the G8 summit before world leaders says they want debt-stricken Greece to remain in the eurozone.
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West Indies close day three on 120-4, still 35 runs behind England in the first Test at Lord's.
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Hibernian and Hearts meet at Hampden in the first all-Edinburgh Scottish Cup final since 1896.
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FranceUK PM David Cameron joins other world leaders at the G8 summit for talks set to focus on the eurozone crisis, amid signs a deal is unlikely to be reached.
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Royals from around the world have gathered in Britain to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
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David Beckham lights a cauldron in Cornwall after the flame touches down, ready for the start of the London 2012 torch relay.
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Captain Andrew Strauss scores his first century in 18 months as England dominate West Indies on the second day of the first Test.
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SwedenSweden is the frontrunner to win at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, while Engelbert Humperdinck believes the UK can triumph.
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Prime Minister David Cameron defends free parenting classes in England, denying they are the policy of a "nanny state".
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British triple jumper Phillips Idowu will open his season at the second Diamond League meeting in Shanghai.
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Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, the British Medical Journal says in a review of research.
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Stuart Broad is happy with England's position after day one of the first Test at Lord's as West Indies close on 243-9.
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David Cameron says it was "more dangerous to stay silent than to speak out" - and insists there will be no retreat on deficit reduction.
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A 24-year-old London man who has served more than seven years in jail for the murder of a trainee chef has his conviction quashed.
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Stuart Broad takes six wickets as England seize the upper hand against West Indies on day one of the first Test at Lord's.
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GreeceThe Olympic flame is officially handed over to organisers of the London 2012 Games at a ceremony in Athens.
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Iain Balshaw aims to deny fellow England World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson a European trophy as Biarritz tackle Toulon in the Amlin Challenge Cup final.
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Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port car plant will build a new Astra car in a deal that means huge investment and the creation and support of thousands of jobs.
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Bulgaria, 
Gibraltar, 
SpainSpain's Queen Sofia cancels a visit to the UK for the Diamond Jubilee following disputes with London over the territory of Gibraltar.
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London 2012 chairman dismisses suggestions that GB coach Stuart Pearce is being asked to pick David Beckham.
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GreeceAs the UK is told that it faces a storm heading from the continent, how would you be affected by a Greek exit from the eurozone?
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Andrew Strauss says he has not thought of giving up the England captaincy, ahead of the first Test against West Indies at Lord's.
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GreeceThe Olympic flame is to be passed to London on Thursday evening, after a week-long relay around Greece.
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The Bank of England warns that the eurozone is "tearing itself apart" with the "storm" threatening the UK recovery, as it cuts its forecast for growth this year.
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England manager Roy Hodgson names Steven Gerrard as his captain for the European Championship campaign.
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England boss Roy Hodgson insists leaving Rio Ferdinand out of his Euro 2012 squad is a footballing decision.
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Liverpool striker Andy Carroll is included in England's 23-man squad for Euro 2012, but there is no place for Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand.
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UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million in the three months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Scottish artist George Wyllie, best known for giant public works like The Paper Boat, has died aged 90.
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Superhero movie The Avengers tops the UK box office for the third week in a row, taking over £40m to date.
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England squad announcement, Rio Ferdinand's future, plus more.
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War Horse author Michael Morpurgo and journalist John Pilger are among the guests at this year's London Literature Festival.
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A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.
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Gary Lineker expects Peter Crouch to be included in England's Euro 2012 squad, which will be announced on Wednesday.
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Parents in England are to be given more financial control over support for their children with special educational needs.
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The UK's overall trade gap in March narrowed to £2.7bn, but the deficit for trade in goods alone was unchanged at £8.6bn, official figures show.
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Prop Duncan Jones joins fellow Welshmen Shane Williams and Stephen Jones in plotting a Barbarians win over Wales.
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Digital radio station BBC 6 Music is named UK station of the year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, two years after it was saved from closure.
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Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller will represent Britain at the 2013 Venice Biennale, the British Council announces.
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JPMorgan's chief investment officer is leaving after a $2bn (£1.2bn) trading blunder, as President Obama says the loss vindicates Wall Street reforms.
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England manager Roy Hodgson praises Gary Neville, claiming his role as a media pundit played a big part in his joining the coaching staff.
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AfghanistanTwo UK servicemen shot dead in Afghanistan on Saturday by members of the Afghan national police force are named by the Ministry of Defence.
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Ex-Manchester United defender Gary Neville joins Roy Hodgson's coaching staff as England get ready for Euro 2012.
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The Scottish government has confirmed that it wants to set a minimum price for alcohol of 50p per unit.
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Some £285 million of National Lottery money is to be put into the UK film industry as part of a five-year plan issued by the British Film Institute.
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ChinaChina has denied claims that it hatched a plot to kill the Dalai Lama by sending female agents to poison him, after a report in a British newspaper.
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United States Ryder Cup player Matt Kuchar wins the Players Championship in Florida, with Scotland's Martin Laird joint second.
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Former Wales and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain confirms he is resigning from the shadow cabinet to campaign for the building of a Severn barrage.
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Health services in the community are reaching breaking point in the UK, the Royal College of Nursing is claiming.
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Men's 100m final and other athletics seats are being snapped up by people who previously missed out on London 2012 Olympic tickets.
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AfghanistanTwo UK servicemen have been shot dead in southern Afghanistan by members of the Afghan national police force, the Ministry of Defence says.
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The dancing dog trick act Ashleigh and Pudsey have won ITV's Britain's Got Talent.
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Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow is included in the 13-man England squad to face West Indies in the first Test at Lord's.
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Former Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green agrees a deal to buy Scottish Premier League club Rangers.
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CubaIn Havana, a British man and his Cuban wife have just opened the Caribbean island's first curry house.
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GermanyFrom the end of WWII until the end of the Cold War, a British military train ran daily from West Germany through East Germany to West Berlin.
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Sir Alex Ferguson questions defender Rio Ferdinand's ability to cope with England's schedule at Euro 2012.
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James Anderson says this team can be the greatest-ever England side as they prepare to host West Indies at Lord's.
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The Ministry of Defence has confirmed a device which can be used as a "sonic weapon" will be deployed in London during the Olympics.
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South-west England, the Midlands and parts of Yorkshire are no longer in drought following heavy rain in recent weeks, the Environment Agency said.
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Artist Anish Kapoor gives a preview of his twisting steel Olympic Orbit tower sculpture, but admits the £15 ticket price is "a hell of a lot of money".
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Centrica, the owner of British Gas, says that rising wholesale gas costs will make supplying energy more expensive this year.
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United StatesThe undercover agent who infiltrated al-Qaeda and foiled an "underwear bomb" plot was a British man of Middle Eastern origin, US reports say.
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Manchester United and England defender Chris Smalling will miss Euro 2012 after picking up a groin injury.
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A total of 900,000 tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games, including events such as the men's 100 metres sprint final, are set to be released for sale - giving priority to a group of unsuccessful bidders.
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The renowned British economic historian Niall Ferguson is to present the BBC's 2012 Reith Lectures, in a series titled 'The Rule of Law and its Enemies'.
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LuxembourgMajor UK-based firms cut secret deals with authorities in Luxembourg to avoid paying millions in corporate tax in Britain, a BBC Panorama investigation finds.
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Kenya, 
SomaliaA British man has gone on trial in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, accused of plotting bomb attacks and of having links to Islamist militants in Somalia.
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Public sector workers are taking part in a 24-hour UK-wide strike over pensions, but the government insists it has made them a "generous offer".
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Kenya, SomaliaJermaine Grant, a Briton on trial in Kenya for an alleged bomb plot, was linked to the widow of a 7/7 London bomber, the prosecution alleges.
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GreeceThe flame for the London 2012 torch relay and Olympic Games is lit in Olympia, Greece, and briefly goes out.
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GreeceThe 2012 Olympic flame has been lit in Greece and has begun its long journey to London.
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South AfricaDanny Care is recalled by England for the South Africa tour but coach Stuart Lancaster says the player is "treading a fine line".
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The Bank of England continues to hold UK interest rates at 0.5% and is not extending its programme to boost the economy by buying government bonds.
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British-born celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon - who revolutionised haircuts in the 1960s - has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 84, police say.
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Thousands of London bus drivers are to vote on whether to strike in a row over extra payments during the Olympic Games.
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UK manufacturing output bounced back in March, figures show, but overall industrial output fell due to a drop in oil and gas production.
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RussiaReindeer herders feeling cramped in an area the size of England
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The UK's health system needs "radical change" to cope with the rising number of people with chronic conditions, especially in deprived areas, says a report by medical experts.
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UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage warns that some EU countries face "mass civil unrest, possibly even revolution".
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The UK has only one entry competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year with Ken Loach's The Angels' Share.
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British boxing chiefs condemn the proposed fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora and threaten to remove the licence of anyone involved.
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David Cameron says the economy is his top priority in the Queen's Speech - but Labour say the plans will do nothing to kickstart growth.
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Radical cleric Abu Qatada has lost his attempt to make a final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against his deportation from the UK.
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Roy Hodgson will name his England squad for Euro 2012 on 16 May, three days after the end of the Premier League season.
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Kenya, SomaliaA British man accused of links to Somalia's Islamist extremists appears in court in Kenya for allegedly plotting a bomb attack.
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UK retail sales were damaged by the wettest April since records began, the British Retail Consortium says.
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FranceTottenham footballer Louis Saha tells Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman that the UK has less racial issues than France, and that the premier league is a "paradise" for players from ethnic minorities.
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The risk assessment of the NHS overhaul in England will not be published after ministers vetoed requests to release it.
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A 27-year-old man who had a sudden cardiac arrest while jogging in London's Hyde Park says he was saved by the actions of actor Dustin Hoffman.
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The pay of bosses at the UK's largest publicly listed companies rose 11% this year, research shows, as more shareholders revolt over executive pay.
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The UK premiere of Philip Glass opera Einstein on the Beach is reviewed favourably by critics, despite a first night dogged by technical problems.
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