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United StatesAmerican football's plans to expand in the UK
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BelgiumUK PM David Cameron says he has protected British taxpayers at a Brussels summit - amid criticism he has agreed to an EU budget rise that will cost the UK an extra £450m.
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AustraliaEngland's cricketers fly to Australia to begin their defence of the Ashes they won on home soil in 2009.
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The London Symphony Orchestra's former principal trumpeter Maurice Murphy passes away aged 75.
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SpainBritish Airways reports a profit of £158m, its first in two years, as the company prepares to merge with Iberia of Spain.
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Ten EU countries back the UK's call to limit an increase in the EU budget to 2.9% - well below the rise that Euro MPs called for.
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Vince Cable criticises London Mayor Boris Johnson's comments about housing benefit plans, saying references to "social cleansing" are inflammatory.
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RussiaEngland's 2018 World Cup bid team is to withdraw a complaint to Fifa about Russia's campaign following an apology from their rival bidder.
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Nissan recalls 2.1 million vehicles worldwide because of an ignition problem, including nearly 84,000 K12 Micras built in the UK.
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SpainProfits at Spanish bank Santander, which owns several UK banks, fall because of tougher rules on bad debt provisions.
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Director Danny Boyle is "happy to be the runt of the litter" as he becomes the latest BFI fellow at the London Film Festival.
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A study into how much the internet contributes to the UK economy says it is a larger than the construction, transport and utility sectors.
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Transport Secretary Philip Hammond signals his willingness to change the regulations on security checks at UK airports.
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New ZealandEngland manager Martin Johnson says Jonny Wilkinson does not need shoulder surgery but is still a doubt for the first Test against New Zealand.
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Talks aimed at averting a strike by London firefighters on Bonfire Night break down.
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United StatesThe UK airline industry has backed the views of British Airways chairman Martin Broughton that changes should be made to airport security checks.
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United StatesA US scheme in which convicted offenders are jailed if they fail daily breath tests is suggested as a means of tackling alcohol-related crime in London.
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United StatesThe US state of Arizona says the drug it used to execute Jeffrey Landrigan was supplied by a British firm, raising concern in the UK, where there is no death penalty.
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AustraliaAustralia pace bowler Doug Bollinger will have to prove his fitness before being named for the first Ashes Test against England.
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AustraliaAustralia pace bowler Doug Bollinger will have to prove his fitness before being named for the first Ashes Test against England.
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The Scottish Parliament will be asked to pass emergency legislation after a legal ruling says police can no longer question suspects without access to a lawyer.
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United StatesA stringent project designed to curb alcohol-related crime in the US state of South Dakota is to be used as a model for a project in the UK.
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A 15-year-old boy is charged with the murder of a schoolgirl whose body was found in woodland in south Wales.
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George Osborne says better-than-expected economic figures show the recovery is "steady", but Labour warns that spending cuts will damage performance.
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The UK's economy grew at 0.8% between July and September, figures show, suggesting the recovery is faster than expected.
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RussiaEngland's 2018 World Cup bid team lodges a complaint with Fifa against the head of Russia's rival campaign over comments he made about London.
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A giant red stag, known as the Exmoor Emperor and thought to have been the biggest wild land animal in the UK, is shot dead.
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United StatesBank of England governor Mervyn King attacks the 'absurd' risk taken on by big banks, in a speech in the US.
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David Beckham has not given up hope of playing again for England and insists he will see out the final year of his Los Angeles Galaxy contract.
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UK security chiefs have ordered an acceleration in police training to prepare for any future "Mumbai-style" gun attacks in public places.
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SwitzerlandThe UK and Switzerland agree to start negotiations that could see Britons with Swiss bank accounts pay tax on the interest they earn.
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QatarOne of the world's richest monarchs, the Emir of Qatar, is to begin a state visit to Britain when he meets the Queen in Windsor.
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Saracens hope to complete the signing of Wales centre Gavin Henson from the Ospreys by the end of the week.
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Charlie Hodgson becomes the fifth player added to England's autumn Tests squad as cover for injuries after Jonny Wilkinson reports a shoulder problem.
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Florence Welch, of Florence and the Machine, is a double-winner at the Q Awards in London, also attended by the reunited Take That.
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David Cameron urges a "forensic, relentless approach" to ensuring the UK's future economic growth, but Labour says the government lacks a plan to help business.
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Reggae star Gregory Isaacs - best known for his song Night Nurse - has died at the age of 59 at his London home, his manager confirms.
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United StatesUK energy giant BP outlines a strategy to revive the public's belief in its ability to operate responsibly after the US oil spill.
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Business Secretary Vince Cable will call for a comprehensive rethink at the CBI conference about how UK companies are run.
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One of three people killed in a helicopter crash in County Down was a personal friend of the Prince of Wales, Clarence House confirms.
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg appears to rule out allowing universities to set unlimited tuition fees in England.
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Rangers come storming back from 1-0 down to take control of the first Old Firm derby of the season.
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Rangers come from behind to win the season's first Old Firm derby at Celtic Park and move three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League.
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An unlikely online friendship with an unexpected turn is the subject of Catfish, a documentary filmed by a group of friends, showing at the London Film Festival.
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The government's spending cuts could cost voluntary organisations billions of pounds, the charities' regulator in England and Wales warns.
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IraqThe release of almost 400,000 classified Iraq war documents by the Wikileaks website is criticised by the UK's Ministry of Defence.
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A 16-year-old boy is shot dead and a 15-year-old injured in a shooting in Plaistow.
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Union activists are taking part in protests across the UK against the government's spending cuts.
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Hospital beds in England may fill up with the elderly and vulnerable because of cuts to local authority social care funding, a top NHS figure warns.
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Kenya, 
SomaliaA British aid worker abducted by masked gunmen in Somalia has spoken to the press in Nairobi about his ordeal.
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SpainSpanish airport operator Ferrovial says it will sell a 10% stake in BAA, the operator of six UK airports.
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Actor Colin Firth welcomes the British Board of Film Classification's decision to lower the rating of his new film The King's Speech from 15 to 12A.
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SomaliaBritish aid worker Frans Barnard, released by Somali kidnappers, is reunited with his family in Kenya
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Actor Graham Crowden, who appeared in numerous shows including sitcom Waiting For God and Doctor Who, has died at the age of 87, his agent says.
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UK retail sales fell again September, the second month in succession they have declined, official data shows.
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BAE Systems says the impact on its business of the UK government's defence cuts will only be "modest".
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SomaliaA British security consultant kidnapped six days ago by gunmen in Somalia has described his release as "marvellous", Save the Children says.
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AfghanistanA British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as Acting Corporal David Barnsdale.
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George Osborne unveils the biggest spending cuts in decades - with welfare, councils and police all hit.
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GermanyThe UK Supreme Court rules that a pre-nuptial agreement is binding in the case of a German paper company heiress.
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SudanA British man dies from injuries sustained when a landmine exploded in South Sudan as he was carrying our clearance work.
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What BBC World Service switch says about British foreign policy
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Saudi ArabiaA Saudi prince is jailed for life and told he will serve at least 20 years for murdering his servant at a hotel in central London.
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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee was split three ways during its October meeting, released minutes reveal.
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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says the club have had no contact with want-away Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
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Harold Pinter's Bafta Fellowship mask and Nobel Prize medal are among more than 50 of his awards acquired by the British Library.
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British Airways cabin crews are to be balloted on a new deal that could end their long-running industrial dispute.
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AfghanistanA British soldier has been killed in an explosion while clearing bombs in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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The governor of the Bank of England warns on the eve of the government's Spending Review that the UK faces a "sober" decade.
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A leading UK fertility campaigner argues men who provide sperm for IVF are possibly worthy of greater reimbursement than egg donors.
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Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher is admitted to hospital in London for an infection to be treated.
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Harrier jump jets, HMS Ark Royal and planned Nimrod spy planes have been axed in the defence review and 42,000 jobs will go by 2015.
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Saudi ArabiaA Saudi prince is found guilty of murdering his servant who was found beaten and strangled at a London hotel.
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The social housing budget in England is to be cut by more than 50% with council housing "for life" phased out, the BBC understands.
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A "dumbfounded" Sir Alex Ferguson reveals that striker Wayne Rooney wants to leave Manchester United.
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Simon Cowell signs a deal with ITV which will see the X Factor and Britain's Got Talent return for the next three years.
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GermanyGermany's rail company Deutsche Bahn brings trains to London to put its case for Channel Tunnel route access.
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AfghanistanLondon hosts an Afghan fashion show featuring Zolaikha Shirzad's designs.
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AngolaThree security guards are arrested over the death of an Angolan man at London's Heathrow Airport, as he was being deported.
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IsraelBritish director Mike Leigh has cancelled a trip to Israel, in protest against controversial plans to compel non-Jewish new citizens to swear loyalty to Israel as a Jewish state.
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Computer attacks are among the biggest emerging threats to the UK, the government says in its new national security strategy.
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The leaders of some of the UK's biggest companies express support for government plans for billions of pounds of public spending cuts.
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A senior Fifa member says the claims over vote selling ahead of the contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups wiill not damage England's bid.
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United StatesDrug addicts across the UK are being offered cash by an American charity to stop having children.
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Robbie Williams tops the UK album chart for the ninth time with his second greatest hits compilation, In And Out Of Consciousness.
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IndiaThere is concern in India that a historic stretch of Shimla, a former British hill station, could be unstable owing to unplanned building work.
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Italy, United StatesAmanda Knox, the American convicted of murdering a UK student in Italy, is quoted as saying in a new book her "stubborn naivety created confusion".
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SomaliaA British security consultant who was kidnapped by armed gunman in Somalia is "well and is being looked after", the charity Save the Children says
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Britain's Andy Murray beats Roger Federer 6-3 6-2 in the final of the Shanghai Masters to win his second title of the year.
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An animal welfare charity gives a special award to Queen guitarist Brian May, who has homes in Surrey and London.
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BelgiumThousands of passengers are forced to change travel plans because of industrial action due to hit Belgium's rail network.
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SNP leader Alex Salmond is considering reducing the number of Scottish police forces in a cost-cutting measure, it is understood.
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ChileChilean President Sebastian Pinera takes in the sights of London, ahead of meetings on Monday with the Queen and David Cameron.
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Rangers trounce Motherwell, as Hibs earn their first home win of the season.
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The number of senior NHS bosses in Scotland will be cut by a quarter to help fund the abolition of prescription charges.
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MonacoBritain's Andy Murray beats Juan Monaco in straight sets in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters and will face Roger Federer in Sunday's final.
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SomaliaSave the Children calls for the unconditional and immediate release of a British security consultant who was kidnapped in Somalia.
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Singer Seal talks to Matt Stadlen about the creative process in making his music, his life philosophy, how he stays British while living in LA and life as the husband of supermodel Heidi Klum.
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Ministers have agreed the schools budget for England and will claim schools will be protected from across-the-board cuts, the BBC learns.
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BelgiumEurostar says there will be no services between the UK and Brussels on Monday because of industrial action set to hit Belgium's rail network.
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