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How an out-of-date law is thwarting sex abuse victims

The many faces of Mary, Queen of Scots

How easy is it to hack a smart meter?

A memorial dedicated to 79 people who lost their lives in four oil industry-related air accidents around Shetland is due to be unveiled.

Security service MI5 asked Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo if he wanted to work for them about six months ago, a childhood friend claims in a BBC Newsnight interview.

A woman attacked by a tiger at the Cumbria wildlife park where she worked dies of her injuries.

Rugby legend Brian Moore on praise, fear and the front row

Calvin Harris headlines day one of Radio 1's Big Weekend in Londonderry.

Police evacuate homes in a south Belfast street after reports of an explosion in the area late on Friday evening.

The Queen and her passion for horses

A Metropolitan Police officer is charged with assaulting a person at a north London police station.

Firefighters remain at the site of a large blaze at a factory in Flintshire where residents were urged to stay indoors due to billowing smoke.

A 24-year-old zoo worker is seriously injured by a tiger in Cumbria.

The daughter of a man killed on his way home from a Birmingham mosque says she believes his death was racially-motivated and criticises the police inquiry into his death.

A motorcyclist dies in a crash on the second Severn Crossing, which closes the M4 eastbound, causing long tailbacks.

A "priceless" signature by William Shakespeare is to go on display at an exhibition at the London Metropolitan Archives.

A yachtsman who went overboard off the French coast is saved after his colleague called builders' store Jewsons.

A giant mosaic of the Queen, made up of thousands of photos sent into BBC South East, has gone on display at Gatwick Airport.

Suspected fuel thieves closed a stretch of the M6 in Warwickshire after police were called to reports of a "suspicious vehicle" in Warwickshire.