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James Gandolfini, the US actor best known for his role as a therapy-seeking mob boss in The Sopranos, dies at the age of 51.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 2:45 am
The Federal Reserve maintains its $85bn-a-month (£54bn) asset purchase programme, but says it could begin scaling back later this year and ending it completely in 2014.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 2:21 am
England prop Alex Corbisiero is the surprise inclusion in the Lions team for the first Test against Australia on Saturday.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 2:12 am
A genetic similarity between snail fossils found in Ireland and the Eastern Pyrenees suggests humans migrated from southern Europe to Ireland 8,000 years ago.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 1:43 am
Too many mentally ill people are being held in police cells, say four watchdog bodies.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 1:36 am
Civilian staff at five RAF stations across England are striking in a dispute over their pay.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 1:11 am
England's NHS regulator is to review a decision not to name those behind a possible "cover-up" after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 1:06 am
A school librarian has discovered that a poem widely attributed to William Blake, including in official reading lists, was not really written by him.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 12:44 am
Legendary musical Miss Saigon returns to London's West End in 2014, its 25th anniversary year.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 12:33 am
Syria conflict threatens delicate peace formula in next-door Lebanon
Posted: June 20, 2013, 12:29 am
The Greeks who want to bring back Zeus
Posted: June 20, 2013, 12:26 am
Austrian director Michael Haneke is well known for his reluctance to interpret his own work but now a documentary provides a close study of his work.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 12:24 am
The plights of the world's threatened birds show the value of investing in conservation, according to an international report.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 12:23 am
UN head Ban Ki-moon expresses outrage over a "despicable" attack by Islamists on a UN office in Somalia which killed at least 15 people.
Posted: June 20, 2013, 12:10 am
Two US men have appeared in court accused of plotting to build an X-ray weapon to kill enemies of Israel and the US with lethal rays of radiation.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:52 pm
Too many mentally ill people are being held in police cells, say four watchdog bodies.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:30 pm
Will China's new middle class spend its way to dominance?
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:25 pm
Giving nature a home in your back garden
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:14 pm
Scotland's wealthiest households are now 273-times better off than the most deprived, according to a report by Oxfam Scotland.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:14 pm
Should action be taken against Tor and other ID-hiding tech?
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:13 pm
A study by Reuters suggests more people are becoming willing to buy online news, but warns that social media may be eroding brand recognition.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:13 pm
Has the fighter pilot had his day?
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:09 pm
Biro bans and other tales of the low-cost revolution
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:04 pm
Rogue traders are reprising old scams but with a digital twist to target people whose budgets are squeezed, says trading standards.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:00 pm
Protesters clash with police in Brazil's city of Fortaleza ahead of a football match against Mexico, as public discontent over poor public services widens.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 10:59 pm
Education watchdog Ofsted says poor children are now let down by schools in rural areas, leafy suburbs and deprived coastal towns - not the inner cities.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 10:55 pm
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is set to reopen the debate about genetic modification by calling for the reform of crop licensing at EU level.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 10:52 pm
Brazilian police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse some protesters in the city of Fortaleza, as unrest continues across the country.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 9:56 pm
The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced the government is preparing to sell its stake in Lloyds Bank back to private investors.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 9:49 pm
A Neymar-inspired Brazil defeat Mexico to secure the hosts' place in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 9:46 pm
Microsoft backtracks on controversial plans to impose strict restrictions on the playing and trading of games on its upcoming Xbox One console.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 9:43 pm
World tennis number one Serena Williams apologises after reportedly appearing to criticise the victim in a high-profile US rape case.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 9:38 pm
Sir Mervyn King says he is "honoured" to be made a peer - as he is praised for his 10 years in the top job at the Bank of England by the chancellor.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 9:21 pm
Providers of the government's flagship Work Programme tell ministers the costs of helping sick and disabled jobseekers into employment cannot be met under the scheme.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 9:01 pm
The FBI has used drones for surveillance in limited cases over US soil and is developing a drone use policy, the FBI director tells the US Senate.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 8:55 pm
China's 'new middle class' has not just migrated to the country's cities, but their spending is boosting the world's second largest economy.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 8:43 pm
Speaking at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama calls for reductions to be made in US and Russian nuclear stockpiles.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 8:26 pm
The first minister backs a break-up of RBS to split its risky investment bank from its mainstream business.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 8:26 pm
The US Secretary of State John Kerry calls the Afghan leader to defuse tension over the opening of a Taliban office, an Afghan official tells the BBC.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 8:24 pm
A 25-year-old woman died from hypothermia in the snow following a night out drinking after phone calls to friends and family were unanswered, an inquest hears.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 8:19 pm
Shops belonging to Asians are targeted in a violent protest in DR Congo's capital over the arrest of Congolese students in India over the weekend.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 7:46 pm
George Osborne uses his Mansion House speech to the City to announce the government is preparing to sell its Lloyds Bank stake back to private investors.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 7:45 pm
The creator of Groggs, the hand-carved caricature statues of sporting heroes and other celebrities, dies at the age of 79.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 7:21 pm
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is facing a legal challenge over plans to hire 900 temporary staff in a contract which could be worth up to £180m.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 7:15 pm
A 25-year-old woman whose body was found outside her sister's home died from hypothermia and alcohol intoxication, an inquest has concluded.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 6:54 pm
US President Barack Obama has addressed thousands of Germans in Berlin, almost 50 years to the day since President John Kennedy delivered his famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 6:24 pm
A snack bar manufacturer is to move its main production plant from north to south Wales, with about 120 Gwynedd staff offered a transfer to Newport.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 6:21 pm
Egypt's tourism minister quits and protests erupt as a man with links to Islamists behind the deadly 1997 attack in Luxor is named as city governor.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 5:53 pm
A US publisher is pricing a sci-fi video game for iPhones and iPads at more than double the cost high-end titles are usually sold for on those devices.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 5:41 pm
Britain's Laura Robson, Heather Watson and Elena Baltacha all lose in the second round of the Aegon International.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 5:36 pm
A rodent that never gets cancer could hold the key to preventing or treating malignant tumours, say scientists.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 5:01 pm
Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are sentenced to jail in Italy for tax evasion but have appealed against the verdict.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 4:35 pm
England cruise into the final of the Champions Trophy with a convincing seven-wicket victory over South Africa at The Oval.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 4:23 pm
Slim Whitman, the American country singer known for his yodelling abilities has died at the age of 90.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 3:30 pm
More details have been released about plans for the birth of the royal baby.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 3:23 pm
A US fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for the alleged sexual exploitation of children is arrested at a resort in Mexico.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 2:52 pm
The IMF says Spain has made strong progress on its economy, but the outlook remains "difficult" and more action is needed to boost job creation.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 2:20 pm
Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans says he "refutes all allegations" after he is arrested on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 2:15 pm
Military helicopters and the army are leading rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 138 people are now known to have died.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 1:39 pm
The Queen-owned Estimate is among the favourites to land the Gold Cup on Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot on Thursday.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 1:01 pm
In much of the UK, many young people have no prospect of getting on the property ladder. How can they prepare for decades of renting?
Posted: June 19, 2013, 12:35 pm
Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay make the shortlist to become the UK's second City of Culture in 2017.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 12:08 pm
Careers advice is on "life support" in many schools in England with teenagers having little knowledge of the workplace, the director general of the CBI, John Cridland, claims.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:36 am
Criminal penalties for irresponsible bankers will be added to the Banking Bill, MPs are told.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:32 am
A suicide bomber on a motorbike kills two people in Yemen's northern town of Saada, which is under the control of Houthi Shia rebels.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 11:23 am
High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope, strontium-90, have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 9:32 am
A factory in Larne, County Antrim, that makes medical devices is creating 416 new jobs
Posted: June 19, 2013, 9:30 am
Football fixtures for the Premier League, Football League and Scottish leagues for the 2013-14 season are announced.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 8:33 am
Commission says Lloyds ready for privatisation
Posted: June 19, 2013, 8:24 am
Many UK universities do not consider candidates' backgrounds when offering places, research suggests.
Posted: June 19, 2013, 1:04 am
The Holocaust carries a special importance for Israel. Can it ensure that the next generation knows what happened, and does not forget?
Posted: June 18, 2013, 11:43 pm
A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says.
Posted: June 18, 2013, 11:10 pm
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 18 June
Posted: June 18, 2013, 11:59 am
Thwarting high-profile militant attacks
Posted: June 17, 2013, 11:49 pm
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 17 June
Posted: June 17, 2013, 3:05 pm
Images from the last days of India's telegram service
Posted: June 17, 2013, 2:34 am
Healers in Tanzania’s southern highlands
Posted: June 17, 2013, 2:30 am
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