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U.K. News
From BBC News
- Suicide claim over UK hostage
- One of the five UK hostages held captive in Iraq has killed himself, a video given to a newspaper claims.
- Brown flies into Israel for talks
- Gordon Brown arrives in Tel Aviv for two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian political leaders, following his trip to Iraq.
- UK 'must check' US torture denial
- The British government should no longer rely on US assurances it does not use torture, a parliamentary report says.
- Murder probe after fatal stabbing
- Three people are being questioned about the death of a man who was stabbed to death in north London.
- Royal Marine killed in training
- An investigation begins as a Royal Marine is killed and another hurt when their vehicle overturns during training.
- Autism parents 'infection risk'
- Caring for children with problems such as autism or Down's syndrome may weaken parents' immune systems.
- Teenager 'falls 30ft from window'
- A schoolgirl from south London was seriously hurt when she fell 30ft from her hotel window in Venice, according to a report in an Italian newspaper.
- Patient diagnosed with legionella
- An investigation is under way after a patient at a hospital in Cheltenham is diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease.
- Lottery results: Are you a winner?
- Check the numbers from Saturday's Lotto draw.
- Beach aims to beat bikini record by itsy bitsy teeny weeny margin
- An attempt to break a record for the number of woman photographed in a bikini takes place on Teesside.
- Sweet peas or sweet pees? Floral look for garden centre urinals
- The owners of a Lancashire garden centre install elaborate designer flower urinals.
- Norman leads by two at Birkdale
- Greg Norman will take a two-shot lead over defending champion Padraig Harrington and KJ Choi into the final round of the Open at Birkdale.
- England toil after Prince century
- Ashwell Prince and AB de Villiers guide South Africa to 322-4, a lead of 119 over England, on day two of the second Test.
- GB name Olympic athletics squad
- Craig Pickering and Tyrone Edgar are named in Great Britain's finalised Olympic squad for Beijing.
- Hamilton clinches German GP pole
- Lewis Hamilton will be on pole for Sunday's German Grand Prix as he seeks back-to-back victories.
- A Scot with MS
- Elizabeth Quigley on a disease which plagues Scotland
- Birthday Beano
- An exhibition celebrates 70 years of the famous comic
- Grief really hurts
- How strong emotions can cause physical pain
- Skeleton stories
- London's dead tell tales from beyond the grave
- Tummy tuck man
- One of a growing number who opt for cosmetic surgery
- Martha's week
- It's recess, but can workaholic Brown take time off?
- Man offers reward to find robbers
- A naked man who was stabbed and beaten by robbers who broke into his home, offers a £20,000 reward to find his attackers.
- Baby dies after TV falls on him
- A 13-month-old boy has died from his injuries after a television apparently fell and landed on top of him.
- 7/7 survivor begins 200-mile trek
- A woman who lost her legs in the 7 July bombings embarks on a month-long walk from Leeds to London.
- Two die in four-vehicle accident
- A girl and a man have died in a road accident on the A9 in the Scottish Highlands, police confirm.
- Former colonel, 91, awarded PhD
- A former British Army Colonel receives a doctorate from Cambridge University at the age of 91.
- Really Wild Show host injured
- BBC wildlife expert Steve Backshall is recovering in hospital after breaking his back in a rock climbing accident.
- Safety in numbers
- Alarming stories of a rise in knife crime + lack of confidence in understanding statistics = more fear for ourselves and our children, says Lisa Jardine.
- The betrayal game
- Meet the man whose job it is to meet people, spend months befriending them and then betray them.
- First taste of a magical fruit
- It's being billed as king of the superfruits - but what does baobab fruit taste like? Don't hold your breath?
- Bad omens for economy
- UK newspapers spot some quirky signs that the credit crunch is finally starting to bite.
- Hunt for serial attacker widens
- Detectives hunting a violent serial attacker who preys on women and girls in Sussex investigate further crimes.
- Cleared Pc found dying on Snowdon
- A policeman cleared of wrongdoing after punching a woman while trying to arrest her dies in north Wales.
- Hundreds of pigeons die in fire
- More than 200 pigeons are killed in what police have described as a suspicious fire at a loft in County Down.
- Lorry man in court over £1m drugs
- A lorry driver is remanded after appearing in court charged with possessing £1m of cannabis with intent to supply.
- MoD critical of local tax plans
- The UK's armed forces minister says he has "serious concerns" about Scottish Government plans for a local income tax.
- Man arrested after cannabis find
- A 33-year-old man is arrested after police find 360 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £145,000.
- Two hurt in light aircraft crash
- Two men are airlifted to hospital after suffering injuries when a light aircraft crashes in a field.
- Burglary victims' 13-hr 999 wait
- A couple say they had to wait overnight for police to call after reporting a break-in.
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