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01/17/2010 09:35 PM
Labour Corrie star calls banned
Automated Labour voice messages by ex-Coronation Street star Liz Dawn broke privacy rules, the party is told.

01/17/2010 09:30 PM
Sri Lankan parliament dissolved
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolves parliament, paving the way for national elections, his spokesman says.

01/17/2010 09:20 PM
Afghans 'try to flee battle zone'
Explosive devices are stopping Afghans leaving an area where a major operation is due to begin, the defence secretary says.

01/17/2010 09:13 PM
City regulator boss steps down
Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, announces he is to step down as head of the City regulator.

01/17/2010 09:03 PM
Toyota in global recall of Prius
Carmaker Toyota is recalling 400,000 hybrid cars worldwide, including 8,500 in the UK, because of braking problems.

01/17/2010 08:44 PM
Ballot for Brown's Iraq grilling
There will be a public ballot for tickets to watch Gordon Brown give evidence to the Iraq inquiry.

01/17/2010 08:41 PM
Man jailed for sister marriage scam
A Wiltshire man who plotted to "sell" his vulnerable sister into a sham marriage with a Chinese man in Berkshire is jailed.

01/17/2010 08:33 PM
First Lady tackles child obesity
First Lady Michelle Obama launches a nationwide campaign to tackle child obesity, which she says threatens America's future.

01/17/2010 08:18 PM
Banana v KitKat
Which is better? It's time for a snack stand-off

01/17/2010 08:09 PM
Ferdinand drops extra ban appeal
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand withdraws his appeal against an extra one-match ban for violent conduct.

01/17/2010 07:53 PM
'Sex assault' arrest at nursery
A person is arrested on suspicion of sexual assault at a playgroup in Ceredigion, say police.

01/17/2010 07:41 PM
India defers first GM food crop
India defers the cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified vegetable crop because of safety concerns.

01/17/2010 07:20 PM
Move to contest Ukrainian result
Supporters of defeated Ukrainian election candidate Yulia Tymoshenko say they want to challenge the results in court.

01/17/2010 07:12 PM
Prison for casino gun attackers
A gang who plotted the murder of a businessman at an Edinburgh casino are jailed after a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

01/17/2010 07:09 PM
Student terror conviction quashed
A man branded a "wannabe suicide bomber" will not face a retrial on terrorism charges after a conviction is quashed.

01/17/2010 07:03 PM
Doubt over electoral change plan
Downing Street has admitted "time is tight" to get laws passed for a public vote on changing the electoral system.

01/17/2010 07:02 PM
Assembly backs Yar'Adua step-down
Both houses of Nigeria's National Assembly pass a motion for sick President Yar'Adua to hand power to his deputy.

01/17/2010 06:58 PM
West Ham chief urges players to take wage cut
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan will ask all the players and staff at the debt-ridden club to take a voluntary wage cut at the end of the season.

01/17/2010 06:55 PM
Wales make two changes for Scots
Wing Leigh Halfpenny and lock Jonathan Thomas are recalled to the Wales team to face Scotland in Saturday's RBS Six Nations match in Cardiff.

01/17/2010 06:43 PM
Student murder accused 'spat at'
An A-level pupil accused of killing her boyfriend said she was acting in self defence after he pushed, bit and spat at her.

01/17/2010 06:43 PM
White Stripes battle US Air Force
Rock band The White Stripes take on the US Air Force, complaining it used one of their songs in a TV advert without permission.

01/17/2010 06:37 PM
Soldiers charged over Lanzarote brawl
Six British soldiers have been charged with assault following a brawl at a restaurant in Lanzarote.

01/17/2010 06:35 PM
Daggers drawn
Should religion allow one knife, but not the other?

01/17/2010 06:08 PM
Backless hospital gown redesigned
Backless hospital gowns get a Hollywood-style makeover to preserve patients' dignity.

01/17/2010 06:05 PM
Iran 'ups nuclear fuel enriching'
Iran has begun the process of enriching uranium to 20% at its plant at Natanz in defiance of the West, state media says.

01/17/2010 05:56 PM
BBC reveals total performer pay
The BBC reveals it paid £229m to its performers who broadcast on radio and television last year - more than 6% of the licence fee.

01/17/2010 05:08 PM
Charges over Philippine massacre
A former governor and 196 other people are charged with murder over an election-linked massacre in the Philippines.

01/17/2010 04:56 PM
Life after Dizaei
What now for race relations in the police force?

01/17/2010 04:55 PM
Kat and Alfie to make EastEnders comeback
Actress Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie are to reprise the roles of Kat and Alfie in EastEnders this autumn, it is announced.

01/17/2010 04:52 PM
Gold, myrrh and...
Could frankincense be used to treat cancer?

01/17/2010 04:46 PM
dot.Rory
Child web safety: Which browser should you choose?

01/17/2010 04:40 PM
Super Bowl becomes US TV's most watched programme
The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl is the most-watched programme in US TV history, early figures show.

01/17/2010 04:17 PM
Teacher qualifications 'too low'
MPs say entry requirements for teacher training courses in England are too low and damage the status of the profession.

01/17/2010 03:34 PM
Three arrests over officer murder
Three people are being questioned by police over the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll last year.

01/17/2010 03:32 PM
How do you protect your children online?
Children as young as five are being targeted in a new online safety campaign. Is this the right approach?

01/17/2010 06:57 AM
Smartphone keys get quantum trick
A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.

01/17/2010 06:56 AM
Fertile forties pregnancy warning
Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility wanes at a certain age.

01/17/2010 06:17 AM
'I thought I'd die'
Hero pilot on the Heathrow crash landing

01/17/2010 05:44 AM
January chill for housing market
Activity in the UK housing market was frozen by the icy weather in January, surveyors say, but prices continued to rise.

01/16/2010 11:09 PM
Enceladus water story reinforced
The Cassini probe returns yet more data to back up the idea of a sub-surface sea on Saturn's moon Enceladus.