'Carbuncle' town Cumbernauld to unveil statue
A £250,000 steel sculpture designed to boost the image of a North Lanarkshire town is to...
View ArticleAustralian soap Neighbours celebrates 6,000 episodes
Australian television has begun a week of celebrations to mark the 6,000th episode of Neighbours The popular soap opera is watched in...
View ArticleFarmers in Wales start 'lantern patrols'
Sky lanterns are such an increasing menace that farmers have to mount "lantern patrols," says a farm union. The Women's Food and...
View ArticleMiloedd o ddisgyblion Cymru yn cael canlyniadau TGAU
Mae miloedd o ddisgyblion ar draws Cymru yn derbyn eu canlyniadau TGAU ddydd Mawrth. Am y drydedd flwyddyn yn olynol y llynedd mi basiodd dros 98% o'r rhai wnaeth sefyll arholiadau TGAU. Ond roedd 'na...
View ArticleTeenager arrested after man shot in Liverpool
Detectives have arrested a teenager in connection with the shooting of a 45-year-old man in Liverpool....
View ArticleThousands of Welsh pupils await GCSE results
Thousands of GCSE pupils across Wales are waiting for their results to be published as schools for the first time receive the marks electronically. The results will be released at...
View ArticlePortrush girl makes message in a bottle friend
A six-year-old girl has come away from a trip to the beach with an unlikely pen-pal, thanks to a message in a bottle. Sophie Scott was with her father Michael on Portrush beach on Saturday looking for...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland GCSE students await exam results
Thousands of GCSE pupils across Northern Ireland are receiving their exam results on Tuesday. They will hope to repeat the showing by...
View ArticleRecord-breaking movie fan Gwilym Hughes dies
A movie enthusiast who held a Guinness World Record for the number of films he had watched has died at the age of 65. Gwilym Hughes, of Dolgellau in Gwynedd, used to watch up to 14 films a week and...
View ArticleSwansea pair's survival jacket wins Dragons' Den backing
Two entrepreneurs have survived the scorn of the BBC's Dragons' Den to win £75,000 financial backing for their innovative...
View ArticleNewspaper review: Dramatic images of trapped miners
The Times and Independent both carry pictures of one of the 33 miners found alive in Chile after being trapped underground for almost three weeks. As the Daily Mail puts it, experts fear the group...
View ArticleBest friend of Claudy bombing's youngest victim on her memories of the day
Alyson Hogg was nine years old when her best friend Katherine Eakin, eight, was killed in the...
View ArticleShot soldier's confidence ahead of Afghan tour
A British soldier who was shot dead in Afghanistan spoke to the BBC before his...
View ArticleAnglesey farm arson attacks police appeal
North Wales Police are appealing for information after two arson attacks on a farm on Anglesey. The first...
View ArticleFlower shop fire closes main road in Stoke-on-Trent
Crews have been tackling a large fire at a former shop in Stoke-on-Trent. Firefighters were called to the old Lewis and Sproson...
View ArticleHundreds of trout found dead in Cornwall river
The Environment Agency is investigating how more than 300 trout died in a river in east...
View ArticleIndia rejects Vedanta mine plans for Orissa
India's environment ministry has refused permission for the UK mining group Vedanta to extract bauxite in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Last week, a report commissioned by the ministry...
View ArticleWPP profits hit £244m as advertising market strengthens
Half-year pre-tax profits at WPP, the world's largest advertising group, have risen 36% to £244m. The figures were boosted by growth in the US and the UK, but the strongest...
View ArticleShot Burnley soldier's worries for Afghanistan tour
A British soldier who was shot dead in Afghanistan was...
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