Patricia Cain wins Threadneedle Prize
Patricia Cain has won this year's £25,000 Threadneedle Prize for pastel piece Building the Riverside Museum. Selectors praised the "confident lines of colour" in her large-scale...
View ArticleClimate change advisers urge UK to prepare for change
The UK needs to prepare itself quickly to deal with the impacts of climate change, government advisers...
View ArticleOil tanker freed in Northwest Passage off Canada
A ship carrying 9m litres (2m gallons) of oil has been freed after running...
View ArticleTourists hurt in Greece catamaran crash
At least 25 people were hurt when a catamaran carrying tourists crashed into a jetty on the Greek island of Kos, say reports. Most of...
View ArticleMexico bicentenary marked with parade
Some 100,000 people are expected to attend the celebrations in Mexico...
View ArticleBaroness Warsi urges church community role
The government wants church leaders to play a greater role in local communities,...
View ArticleFrance faces showdown on Roma at European Union summit
A row over France's crackdown on Roma (Gypsy) migrants from Romania and Bulgaria looks set to dominate a summit of EU leaders in Brussels. President Nicolas Sarkozy was furious after an EU official...
View ArticleCannibal star consumes neighbour
A star that may have gobbled up its neighbour - a star or a giant planet - has been found with the help of Nasa's Chandra X-ray...
View ArticleMainstream Republicans in Tea Party primaries setback
The conservative Tea Party movement has won several victories over mainstream US Republicans in primary...
View ArticleDozens killed in North Korea typhoon
Dozens of people died in North Korea in floods and landslides caused by a typhoon which hit the country earlier this month, state media has said. It is the first casualty toll from Typhoon Kompasu...
View ArticleUVF chiefs sanctioned 'public execution' says IMC
Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) bosses sanctioned the murder of loyalist Bobby Moffett, although they were meant...
View ArticleArmenian Mass at church in Turkey
Armenian worshippers have held a service in a church in eastern Turkey for the first time in nearly 100 years. The church, on an island in Lake Van, was...
View ArticleGym passes offered to boost health in Mansfield
Free gym passes are being offered by a Nottinghamshire council after a survey found more than half of local adults did no exercise. Mansfield District Council said the Sports England poll found that...
View ArticleAfghan poll workers bodies found
The bodies of three members of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) kidnapped during voting on Saturday have been found, the IEC chairman has announced. Fazl Ahmad Manawi said the...
View ArticleHospital fire checks urged before dialling 999
Hospital staff in Greater Manchester have been told by fire officers that they must check for signs of a blaze if...
View ArticlePapal visit: Pope Benedict in Birmingham
Latest news Live coverage In pictures Pilgrims travelled through the night to get to Cofton Park in Birmingham to watch the Pope celebrate the beatification Mass of 19th Century theologian Cardinal...
View ArticleCountess of Wessex visits Dawlish charity shop
A member of the Royal family made a surprise visit to a Devon charity...
View ArticleTwo arrests after London toddler's flat fire death
A man and a woman have been arrested after a 19-month-old girl died following a fire...
View ArticleStaffordshire human remain tests 'inconclusive'
Tests on human remains, believed to be those of missing woman Sylwia Ciapcinska, 24, have proved inconclusive. The remains, found close to Ferry Bridge in...
View ArticleMotorcyclist injured in van crash in Manchester
A motorcyclist suffered serious chest and leg injuries after his bike...
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