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Wales drops Andy Powell from team
Welsh rugby star Andy Powell is dropped from Wales' Six Nations squad following drink drive charges.
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Powell removed from Wales squad
Wales drop Andy Powell from the national squad following his drink-drive charge after an alleged golf buggy incident.
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Taliban 'forced from strongholds'
Nato and Afghan troops are succeeding in pushing militants from their strongholds in Helmand province, officials say.
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Tory 'worker co-operatives' plan
David Cameron bids to woo Labour voters with a pledge to give public sector workers the chance to run services.
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Ex-officer denies abuse knowledge
A former Army officer has told the inquiry into the death of Iraqi Baha Mousa he knew nothing about alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees by his men.
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Devlin accused will not testify
The defence team in the Thomas Devlin murder trial says it has no evidence to offer and the two accused won't take the stand.
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Gordon Brown chat attracts 4.2m
Piers Morgan's celebrity-style interview with Gordon Brown is watched by 4.2 million viewers on ITV1 on Sunday night.
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'Expenses row' SPT chief resigns
The chairman of Scotland's largest transport authority, SPT, resigns following questions over expenses.
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Banks sale 'may take five years'
Taxpayers may have to wait until 2015 before they start getting back the £40bn lent to prop up failing banks, the BBC understands.
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Banks sale 'may take five years'
Taxpayers may have to wait until 2015 before they start getting back the £40bn lent to prop up failing banks, the BBC understands.
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Somali minister survives bombing
Somalia's Defence Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siyad survives a suicide attack, amid rising tension in Mogadishu.
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£56m lottery winners revealed
The winners of £56m in the EuroMillions lottery are named as a couple from Cirencester in Gloucestershire.
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Top flight ponders Euro play-offs
The Premier League is considering a proposal to introduce a play-off for the fourth and final Champions League place.
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Jail terms for fire killer youths
Two teenage boys are each jailed for 12 years for starting a house fire in North Ayrshire which killed a 31-year-old woman.
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England not good enough - Bennett
Wales legend Phil Bennett writes off England's chances of winning the Grand slam, claiming they are a team without a plan.
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Australian anti-immigration politician 'migrating to UK'
Australian former anti-immigration politician Pauline Hanson says she plans to sell up and migrate to the UK.
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US warns on Iran 'dictatorship'
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Iran is 'becoming a military dictatorship', during a tour of the Gulf.
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Tory error over teen pregnancies
The Tories are accused of being "out of touch" after putting out a wrong figure on teenage pregnancies.
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Campaigners block weapons plant
Peace activists stage a protest and block the entrance to Britain's nuclear weapons "factory" at Aldermaston.
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