A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during the Broadwater Farm Riots in 1985.
Iranian officials have insisted they could still agree to a western-brokered plan to send nuclear fuel abroad despite pushing ahead with a controversial decision to enrich uranium to 20 per cent.
Beleaguered car manufacturer Toyota has announced a global recall of its newest Prius model due to problems with its brakes.
The former Sri Lankan army general who lost last month's presidential election is facing court martial on charges of treason, the country's government has said.
The BBC paid a total of £229 million to its presenters, actors and other talent in the year up till March 2009, the broadcaster has revealed.
Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is to launch a legal challenge against Sunday's presidential poll that unofficial results awarded to Viktor Yanukovych.
Product placement is to be permitted on UK television programmes, the government has confirmed after a three-month consultation.
One person has been arrested and bailed over an allegation of sexual assault at a nursery in Ceredigion.
An "unknown ice fault" had been blamed for causing a British Airways Boeing 777 to crash-land at Heathrow airport two years ago, an official report has found.
The all-star cover of REM's Everybody Hurts in aid of the victims of the Haiti earthquake has sold 200,000 copies in just two days, official figures have shown.
A drug to treat kidney cancer has been rejected for use on the NHS by the health watchdog due to the cost of treatments.
MPs are set to vote on Gordon Brown's plans to hold a referendum on Britain's voting system later.
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Click here for your chance to win Glee: The Music: Volume 1, the first soundtrack from the hit E4 comedy.
Click here for your chance to win a Blu-ray copy of the BBC's star-studded adaptation of the sci-fi classic.
Two British soldiers have died in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, taking the UK death-toll level to that of 1982's Falklands war.
Sir John Dankworth, a man seen as one of the founders of British jazz music, has died at the age of 82.
Ahead of the release on A Single Mane, Firth talks of contemporary parallels with the film, its style and Tom Ford's approach to directing.
The ten most bizarre expenses claims by MPs revealed by the release of Sir Thomas Legg's audit today.
The ten largest repayments of MPs expenses recommended by auditor Sir Thomas Legg.
Ahead of the release of Invictus, four-time Oscar winner Eastwood discusses his potent work ethic, the charisma of Nelson Mandela and the truth about his 'retirement' from acting.
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