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Fixed retirement age to be axed - People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government. ...

Child heart op ban 'should stay' - Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says. ...

French couple face babies charges - A French couple are placed under investigation over the deaths of eight newborn babies after remains are found in a village in northern France....

Cameron defends Pakistan comments - David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism....

Couple jailed over boy's murder - A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, are jailed for life....

Tobin questioned over sex crimes - Convicted serial killer Peter Tobin is questioned by police in Edinburgh in connection with serious sexual crimes....

Scottish review warns of major job cuts - Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers....

Landmark ruling on divorce money - A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings. ...

MoD names next head of the Army - The next professional head of the British Army will be General Sir Peter Wall, the Ministry of Defence says....

Facebook data hoarder speaks out - Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users....

150 schools ask to be academies - More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show....

Vicar guilty of sham wedding scam - A Sussex vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages over four years to bypass immigration law....

Mother bear rescues cub from a fishing net in Alaska - Amateur video captures footage of a mother bear saving her cub from a fishing net in Anchorage, Alaska....

One million page Churchill archive to be made public - Sir Winston Churchill's entire archive of papers is to be published electronically in libraries, allowing full public access....

Live - England v Pakistan - England reach 103-2 at lunch on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge. ...

Hughes set to become Fulham boss - Fulham have reached an agreement with Mark Hughes for him to become their new manager, BBC Sport understands....

GB duo reach 110m hurdles semis - Great Britain's Andy Turner and Will Sharman both qualify for the semi-finals of the men's 110m hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona....

Israeli Kayal agrees Celtic deal - Celtic sign Maccabi Haifa's Biram Kayal on a four-year deal after the player secures a work permit....

Maradona hits out at 'betrayal' - Diego Maradona accuses the Argentine Football Association of "lies and betrayal" after his reign as national coach ends....

Woman 'killed by crossbow bolt' - One of three women killed in Bradford died from severe head injuries caused by a knife and the bolt from a crossbow, an inquest hears....

'Not our war' says soldier mother - The mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan says she believes British troops are fighting a war that is "not ours"....

Arrest over 2004 stabbing murder - Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old man outside his Liverpool home in 2004 arrest a man in Aberdeen....

Mother of crash girl sues driver - The mother of a teenage girl killed after getting off a school bus in Aberdeenshire is suing the car driver involved....

West Belfast youth shot in legs - A teenager is shot in the legs after he is abducted by four masked men in the Falls Road area of west Belfast....

Asda meet murder victims' family - Two senior executives from Asda parent company Walmart have met the family of two brothers murdered in 1975 by one of its employees. ...

'Racial prejudice' claim rejected - An inquiry into claims of 'racial prejudice' at a Cardiff UK Border Agency office finds all but one claim was "unsubstantiated"....

Chief exec of S4C quits suddenly - The resignation of Iona Jones, the head of Welsh-language channel S4C, is greeted with shock....

Moi told to respect Kenya leader - Ex-President Moi is told to respect his successor Mwai Kibaki, as campaigning heats up ahead of next week's referendum....

Nigeria brings stock market cases - Financial regulators in Nigeria are to bring charges against a list of people they accuse of illegally manipulating the stock market....

Chemicals washed into China river - Rescue teams in northeast China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media says. ...

China agrees Guinea mining deal - Mining giant Rio Tinto completes a deal with Chinese firm Chalco to enter a joint venture in West Africa....

Greek police clash with hauliers - Greek police fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of lorry drivers protesting in Athens against a government order to end their strike....

Woerth questioned on L'Oreal link - Police questioned France's Labour Minister Eric Woerth in their probe into the finances of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt....

Arizona to challenge law blocks - Arizona says it will appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect....

Zetas suspects in Guatemala trial - Fourteen alleged members of a Mexican drug cartel are standing trial in Guatemala over the 2008 killing of 11 people. ...

Iraq helicopter crash kills five - A sandstorm downs an Iraqi military helicopter, killing its five-member crew, while a Baghdad blast kills five Iraqis, officials say....

Iran stoning lawyer 'is missing' - Rights group Amnesty International accuses Iran of persecuting a lawyer involved in the high profile case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning....

Famous diamond 'staying put' - PM - David Cameron rejects calls for the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond, part of the Crown Jewels for 150 years, to be returned to India....

Hunger striker wins burger claim - A Tamil refugee hunger striker accepts £77,500 in damages over newspaper stories he secretly ate burgers during his protest....

California in 'fiscal emergency' - California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal state of emergency, putting pressure on lawmakers to pass a budget....

Surface Gulf oil 'vanishing fast' - Oil from BP's damaged Gulf of Mexico well has cleared from the sea surface faster than expected, scientists say, 100 days after the disaster began....

House price inflation eases again - UK house prices fell 0.5% in July, the Nationwide says, cutting the annual rate of house price inflation to 6.6% from 8.7%....

BSkyB profits on high definition - Satellite TV group BSkyB reports a sharp jump in profits, driven by new subscriptions, particularly for high definition services....

Shell sees profits almost double - Second-quarter profits at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell almost double after it completes a year-long restructuring programme....

UKIP wins £367,000 donation case - The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697 "impermissible donation"....

PM reveals coalition uncertainty - David Cameron reveals he told the Queen he was not "totally sure" what sort of government he was going to form as he became prime minister....

'Reduce rubbish' call by minister - Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman says she wants a dramatic cut in the amount of rubbish thrown away by households in England....

Public health fear in NHS revamp - The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning....

Say fat not obese, says minister - GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, England's public health minister says....

Hip hope from stem cell technique - Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm....

Dramatic fall in pupil expulsion - There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show. ...

Rise in parental child abductions - A growing number of children in Britain are being abducted by a parent and taken overseas, the Foreign Office says....

Promise over future school cash - Investment in England's school buildings will continue despite cuts to a major building programme, the Education Secretary says....

Amazon offers new look UK Kindle - Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books....

Nintendo game copiers 'illegal' - A High Court has ruled that devices that allow gamers to play pirated video games on the Nintendo DS console are illegal in the UK....

Legal action on 'zombie cookies' - Lawsuit filed in San Francisco district court after firms resurrected deleted browser cookies....

Plankton declining across oceans - The amount of plankton in the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, with warming identified as a cause....

Deal finalised on fusion reactor - The European Union and six member states have reached a deal on the experimental nuclear fusion reactor they are backing....

Cheetah will run again in India - The cheetah, eradicated in India by hunting nearly a century ago, will run again in the country, as three sites are earmarked for its reintroduction. ...

No charges for Jackson's doctors - Seven doctors who treated Michael Jackson in the years before his death will not face charges, US investigators say....

Bertrand says vocal 'was not me' - Musician Plastic Bertrand apparently admits to a Belgian newspaper that he did not sing on signature hit Ca Plane Pour Moi....

Sky set for 3D television launch - Sky's 3D television station is to start on 1 October with a mix of films and sport, the broadcaster has announced....

The big cheese - With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble foodstuff so seriously?...

Creative block: The torment of artists - Professor Robert Winston on how creative block has tormented great artists and even those in the sciences....

Is this actress the ideal shape? - Mad Men's sassy secretary has been given government sanction for her body shape - but how realistic is it for women?...

Clegg rejects criticism of AV referendum timing - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has defended the government's plans to hold a referendum on changing the Westminster voting system against claims that its proposed timing is "dangerous"....

Peer warns of 'militarisation' of Afghan aid - Aid in Afghanistan is being "militarised" by the need to provide security in provinces like Helmand and Kandahar, the Earl of Sandwich has claimed. ...

Education Committtee - Civil servants have been accused of ignoring advice to double check data on school building projects....

Everything, including the kitchen sink - A team of divers - known as Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners - are stepping up efforts to keep Britain's coastline clean and litter free. ...

Labour contenders' secret vices - The contenders for the Labour leadership have set out their personal circumstances, the reasons they went into politics and their secret vices....

Metro Bank's first customers speak - The first High Street bank to launch in the UK for more than 100 years has opened its first branch in Holborn in London....

Rickshaws give prisoners new hope - The problems of congested roads and prisoner rehabilitation are being tackled at the same time in a project in Rome....

Cameron's doubts on becoming PM - David Cameron has confessed that, on the day before entering Downing Street, he told his wife Samantha he was sure he would not become prime minister....

Arizona's view of migrant law block - People in Arizona give their views on the blocking of a tougher version of the state's immigration laws days before it was to come into effect....

China battles floods and landslides - Amid the worst floods in China for a decade, at least 20 people are missing in Sichuan province where heavy rain triggered a landslide which buried almost 60 houses. ...

Emotion as Catalonia bans bullfights - Catalonia has became the first region in mainland Spain to ban bullfighting, following a vote in parliament....

Childless stigma - Happily married, don't want kids - why is that so odd?...

Body of evidence - Was Dr Crippen innocent of his wife's murder?...

Horse patrol - US agents saddle up along the Mexican border ...

Destination Harley Street - Referring patients to a specialist private clinic cheaper than NHS ...

Human cost - Madagascar hospitals hit as aid cut over army coup ...