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07/31/2010 01:43 AM
Ash cloud cost firm £45,000 a day
The grounding of flights because of volcanic ash cost an airports operator £45,000 each day air services were disrupted.
07/31/2010 12:00 AM
Tax credit repayments 'to rocket'
Many more people will have to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because of Budget changes, experts say.
07/30/2010 11:58 PM
Bishop backs 1971 killings probe
A Catholic bishop calls for an independent inquiry into the deaths of 11 civilians killed by the Army in Ballymurphy in west Belfast in 1971.
07/30/2010 11:47 PM
Huntley to sue over prison attack
Soham killer Ian Huntley is to sue the Prison Service after his throat was slashed in an attack by a fellow inmate at a prison in County Durham.
07/30/2010 11:07 PM
Academies could cause coalition rift
Education Secretary Michael Gove has insisted there is no rush for schools in England to become academies, after facing criticism over the number of schools coming forward. The issue threatens to cause a rift in the coalition, as Michael Crick reports.
07/30/2010 10:15 PM
Should squirrel be on the menu?
A north London grocery store is committing "wildlife massacre" by selling squirrel meat, an animal welfare group has claimed. Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (Viva) accused a branch of Budgens of supporting a "barbaric and needless cull" of grey squirrels.
07/30/2010 09:14 PM
Turner leads GB Euro medal haul
Andy Turner leads Great Britain's medal haul on the fourth day of the European Championships as he takes gold in the 110m hurdles.
07/30/2010 08:59 PM
Widow's relief as remains found
The widow of a man believed to have been killed by the IRA in 1981 said she felt sad but relieved that her husband's remains appeared to have been found.
07/30/2010 08:23 PM
Killers among prisoners at large
A total of 22 killers remain at large in the UK despite having their licences revoked and being recalled to prison.
07/30/2010 08:00 PM
Widow's relief as remains found
The widow of a man believed abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1981 said she felt sad but relieved that her husband's remains appeared to have been found. Kathleen Armstrong talks to the BBC's Paddy O'Flaherty about her "very mixed emotions".
07/30/2010 07:46 PM
BP boss scaling back oil effort
Incoming BP chief executive Bob Dudley has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.
07/30/2010 07:44 PM
Pair forced six children to beg
A Romanian man and a woman are jailed for 30 months for forcing six children, the youngest aged two, to beg on London's streets.
07/30/2010 06:35 PM
Sex parties banned at London home
The High Court bans a man from staging sex parties and pole-dancing classes at the mansion he owns in central London.
07/30/2010 06:10 PM
Balding complains over sex jibe
Sports presenter Clare Balding makes an official complaint to the Press Complaints Commission over an article which mocked her sexuality.
07/30/2010 05:52 PM
Anderson puts England in command
Birthday boy James Anderson produces a superb bowling display to put England on top in the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.
07/30/2010 05:26 PM
Coroner raises rail safety fears
A coroner raises ongoing safety fears as an inquest jury blames a points failure for the 2002 Potters Bar train crash, in which seven died.
07/30/2010 04:58 PM
Venables' identity must be secret
The new identity of Jon Venables must be kept secret because there is "compelling evidence" of a threat to his safety, a judge says.
07/30/2010 03:54 PM
Grand finale
Lord Prescott brings curtain down on Iraq hearings in style
07/30/2010 03:17 PM
Benefits face 'radical' shake-up
Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.
07/30/2010 03:04 PM
Charges follow quad bike deaths
Two men, 21 and 23, will face charges after a raid on a Cardiff shop ended with the deaths of two others on quad bikes.
07/30/2010 02:34 PM
On the run
Northern Cyprus is a "haven" for fugitives no longer
07/30/2010 01:06 PM
UK soldiers push to clear Taliban
Hundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
07/30/2010 12:39 PM
On your bike
Testing London's new hire bicycles
07/30/2010 12:27 PM
Prescott Iraq intelligence doubts
The intelligence on Iraq's weapons threat was "not very substantial", former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott says.
07/30/2010 12:27 PM
Hoop dreams
Did they really play croquet at the Olympics?
07/30/2010 11:34 AM
In Pictures
Weston-super-Mare's Sand Sculpture Festival.
07/30/2010 11:31 AM
Bad trip
Are family holidays worth all the hassle?
07/30/2010 11:12 AM
Expenses four in appeals defeat
Three ex-Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer lose appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution over expenses fraud allegations.
07/30/2010 10:20 AM
Quiz of the week's news
The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions - plus the Weekly Bonus Question.
07/29/2010 10:26 PM
Corey does Kerrang! - he's 'desperate'
Slipknot's Corey Taylor says he has hope for the rock scene, based on the large number of new bands nominated for the Kerrang! Awards.
07/29/2010 11:50 AM
Choosing to be child-free
More women in the developed world are choosing not to have children. So why do others think it's OK to question this decision?
07/28/2010 11:15 AM
The big cheese
With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble foodstuff so seriously?