Japan sumo body seeks to sever links with criminals
A new effort is under way in Japan to end links between organised crime and the ancient sport of sumo wrestling. The Japan...
View ArticleRugby council warning over traveller site law changes
Law changes may result in fewer permanent sites...
View ArticleOxford English Dictionary guide 'may never be printed'
Publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) have revealed the third edition of its reference guide may never appear in print. Eighty lexicographers began working on...
View ArticleNorwich City striker Chris Martin charged with assault
Norwich City footballer Chris Martin has been charged with common assault. The 21-year-old...
View ArticleGenzyme spurns Sanofi-Aventis buyout bid
US biotechnology firm Genzyme has turned down a $18.5bn (£11.9bn; 14.5bn euros) cash bid from French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis. Sanofi made a formal...
View ArticlePlymouth seafront water 'safe' after sewage discharge
Swimmers and water users have been given the all clear to go in the water along Plymouth's seafront following a sewage spill in the River Plym. Sewage leaked into the water on Thursday when well pumps...
View ArticleRussia and China vow to protect Siberian tigers
China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for rare Siberian tigers. Only about 500 of the big cats are thought to be left in the wild. The zone will straddle the...
View Article'Carla Bruni is a prostitute', says Iranian newspaper
An Iranian newspaper has called Carla Bruni, France's first lady, a 'prostitute' after she...
View ArticleChile miners 'in better spirits' after family talks
The 33 men trapped in a mine in northern Chile say they are in better spirits after they were able to speak to their relatives by telephone. The news came in a video message the miners sent up to the...
View ArticleFife crash victim's family speak of their devastation
Dundee teacher Lorna Grant has been named by Fife police as the woman who died in a two-car crash on the...
View ArticleMan severs thumb in DIY decking accident
A man was airlifted to hospital after "partially amputating" his thumb while laying decking in the garden of his Tamworth home....
View ArticleNotting Hill Carnival: Your pictures
Hundreds of thousands flocked to west London on the August Bank Holiday weekend for Europe's biggest street festival the Notting Hill Carnival. The event began on Sunday with the customary paint,...
View ArticleJoe Biden in Iraq for US mission change ceremony
US vice president Joe Biden makes an unannounced visit to Iraq ahead of the official end of the US combat mission there on 31 August. The White House says Mr Biden's visit "will reinforce the...
View ArticleFormer Attorney General Lord Lyell dies aged 71
Former Attorney General Lord Lyell has died, aged 71, his family has said. As Sir Nicholas Lyell, he was appointed solicitor general in 1987 and was made the government's top law officer by Prime...
View ArticleEngineers to drill main rescue shaft to save Chilean miners
Engineers in Chile are set to begin drilling a shaft more...
View ArticleThree injured at anti-fascist demo in Brighton
Two officers and a protester were injured when violence broke out at an anti-fascist demonstration in Brighton, police said. The protest organised by the Unite Against Fascism (UAF) group took...
View ArticleObama demands Republicans pass small businesses bill
US President Barack Obama has attacked Senate Republicans for blocking a bill aimed at helping small...
View ArticlePill could prevent heart failure in thousands of people
A pill that costs less than £1.50 a day could save thousands of lives in...
View ArticlePakistan expresses anger at cricket scandal
Some of Pakistan's senior cricketing figures and politicians...
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