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NHS watchdog faces 'cover-up' claim
England's healthcare regulator may have covered up knowledge of its own failings after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, a report says.
Jail reckless bankers, report urges
The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards calls for new measures, including criminal sanctions, to make bankers responsible for their own failings.
Football fixtures 2013-14 announced
New Man Utd boss David Moyes faces a trip to Swansea as the 2013-14 Premier League fixtures are announced.
Food labels system to be rolled out
A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says.
'Excessive' use of face-down restraint
Ministers are considering a ban on face-down restraint in English mental hospitals as figures show the technique is being widely used.
Supreme Court ruling on Iraq damages
Supreme Court judges are to decide whether relatives of British soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the government for damages under human rights law.
Assange vows to stay in embassy
Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange vows to remain in the Ecuadorian embassy in London even if accusations of sex crimes are dropped.
Surgery reduction hope on cancer
Some breast cancer sufferers could be treated with radiotherapy instead of more invasive surgery after a Europe-wide study involving Cardiff doctors.
Coroner urges resuscitation clarity
Five organisations receive coroner's letters highlighting the "disturbing" death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home.
Ballet dancer David Wall dies at 67
Ballet dancer David Wall, who became the youngest male principal in the history of the Royal Ballet, dies of cancer, aged 67.
Poor pupil cash 'plugging budgets'
A report claims schools are facing increasing pressure to spend money aimed at very poor pupils, known as the pupil premium, to plug holes in their budgets.
MPs urge new targets for job centres
The criteria used to assess the success of Jobcentre Plus in helping people find work are "flawed", MPs say
Universities 'ignore background'
Many UK universities do not consider candidates' backgrounds when offering places, research suggests.
Family paintings win portrait award
The winner and runner-up of this year's BP Portrait Award are both artists who have painted portraits of their children.
Older beetles 'make better dads'
Older male burying beetles work harder at parental care and mating than younger counterparts, a study suggests.
Japanese firm to announce jobs boost
A Japanese company is expected to announce new jobs in Northern Ireland later.
Girl hurt in petrol bomb attack
A young girl is hurt after a petrol bomb is thrown into a street in east Belfast.
Fifth of charity shops 'could close'
Nearly a fifth of Wales' charity shops could close if the Welsh government implements proposed changes to business rate relief, a charities group says.
Police overtime payments increase
Overtime payments by three of Wales' four police forces rose substantially in the last financial year amid UK government efforts to cut costs, figures obtained by the BBC show.
Call for earlier sex education
Sex education at a younger age and free contraception for people as young as 13 are needed to cut teenage pregnancy rates, according to a Holyrood inquiry.
Parents call for baby ashes inquiry
Bereaved parents who did not receive the ashes of their dead babies will take their fight for a public inquiry to the Scottish Parliament later.
Muslim leader denies war crimes
A British Muslim leader indicted in Bangladesh for war crimes says he is willing to face a fair trial to clear his name.
Second man held after mosque arson
A second man is arrested in connection with an arson attack on a mosque in Gloucester.
North fit for first Lions Test
British and Irish Lions wing George North has overcome injury ahead of the first Test against Australia on Saturday.
England will not take Swann risk
England will not risk Graeme Swann's long-term fitness in Wednesday's Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa.
Camelot seeks Royal Ascot revenge
The 2012 Derby winner Camelot faces recent conqueror Al Kazeem in the feature race of day two at Royal Ascot.
How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive
The Holocaust carries a special importance for Israel. Can it ensure that the next generation knows what happened, and does not forget?
The street with 18 betting shops
Fixed odds betting terminals, a kind of super-powered fruit machine, are driving profits in betting shops. Some councils are now fighting back.
Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?
It's a shocking statistic that a child dies of hunger every 10 seconds, very good at grabbing headlines. But is it true?
Speaker: MPs will vote on Syria arms
MPs will get a vote on whether the UK should arm Syrian rebel forces before it happens, Commons speaker John Bercow says.
Risk of civil service 'pay exodus'
The Civil Service faces an exodus of its most "talented and marketable" staff because of growing unhappiness with their pay, a new report claims.
Cameron to update MPs over G8 summit
David Cameron is to face questions from MPs over the agreements reached at the G8 summit over the crisis in Syria and international tax-dodging.
VIDEO: House of Commons
The government is urged by Labour to support the principle of a financial transaction tax.
VIDEO: Mums' concerns over web safety
Parents and staff from Parentzone explain how they would like to make the internet safer for children.
VIDEO: Labradoodle helps woman's balance
A Nottinghamshire woman with balance problems says a specially-trained dog has helped her "get her life back".
VIDEO: Lawrence concert line-up unveiled
Twenty years after the teenager Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in London, details of a star-studded concert in his memory have been unveiled.
AUDIO: 'My dad's organs saved four lives'
Ten-year-old Caitlin Robertson urges the public to sign organ donation register, after her father's organs saved four lives
VIDEO: Man survives 15th floor fall in NZ
A British man survives a 15th floor fall in New Zealand after trying to lower himself from a neighbour's balcony to his flat.
VIDEO: Two killed by train in Hertfordshire
Two teenagers, a 15-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man, have died after being hit by a train near a Hertfordshire railway station on Monday night.
VIDEO: Saatchi cautioned for Nigella assault
Art collector Charles Saatchi has been cautioned for assault after images of him grasping his wife Nigella Lawson by the neck appeared in a newspaper.
VIDEO: UK inflation rate rises to 2.7%
The rate of consumer price index (CPI) inflation increased to 2.7% in May, up from 2.4% in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.
When the world came to Fermanagh
When the world came to County Fermanagh for the G8
Commission backs Lloyds as first privatisation
Commission says Lloyds ready for privatisation
Poverty in the English countryside
The people living in rural poverty
VIDEO: The 13-year-old fashion blogger
The 13-year-old taking fashion blogging by storm
What's going on with the weather?
What's going on with the weather, asks David Shukman
The play that keeps its audience in the dark
The new play that keeps its audience in the dark
Papers mull PM's 'Syria coup bid'
Papers mull PM's 'Syria coup bid'


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