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Redding claims maiden Moto2 win

6 hours 52 min ago
Scott Redding claims maiden Moto2 win with victory at the French Grand Prix in Le Mans to take the championship lead.

Bank governor in Help to Buy warning

7 hours 14 min ago
The outgoing Bank of England governor warns a government plan to boost the housing market with part-mortgage guarantees has no long-term place.

Teenage gang robs building society

7 hours 25 min ago
Police hunting a gang of teenagers, thought to be aged about 17, after a building society robbery in north-west London.

Google chief defends tax affairs

7 hours 28 min ago
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt defends the company's tax affairs after it comes in for strong criticism from MPs.

Boys arrested after death at house

7 hours 49 min ago
Three teenagers are arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs after a 16-year-old girl dies in Warrington.

VIDEO: Propaganda: Art or political rhetoric?

8 hours 4 min ago
Governments have long used newspapers, posters and leaflets to try and influence what people think, but a new exhibition is showing that there could be much more to it.

Lennon guitar sells for $408,000

8 hours 17 min ago
A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles in 1967 fetches $408,000 (£269,000) at auction in New York.

Badger cull v vaccines in TB fight

8 hours 35 min ago
Cross-border views on badger culls versus vaccines

Arrests after 'stolen' bike crash

8 hours 56 min ago
Two 19-year-old men are arrested following a collision between a suspected stolen motorcycle and a car in County Antrim, that has left a man seriously injured.

Driver killed as two cars collide

9 hours 12 min ago
A man is killed in a crash between two cars on the westbound carriageway of the A689.

VIDEO: Redwood: Europe relationship 'wrong'

9 hours 36 min ago
John Redwood MP has called for a 'new relationship' with Europe. He told Jeremy Vine that the British people should be able to vote on this new relationship.

Miliband pledge on tax avoidance

10 hours 3 min ago
Labour leader Ed Miliband says he will write new rules to tackle corporate tax avoidance if he wins the next election, even without international agreement.

Tyler: 'I did my best at Eurovision'

10 hours 24 min ago
Bonnie Tyler reflects on taking the UK to 19th place out of 26 countries at the Eurovision Song Contest, which was won by Denmark's Emmelie de Forest.

Pair's theatre vision for bingo hall

10 hours 26 min ago
A couple are using their life savings to turn a derelict south Wales valleys cinema and bingo hall into a community theatre.

VIDEO: NAHT to call for end of new curriculum

10 hours 46 min ago
The government faces further attacks from head teachers later as union leaders urge them to ditch the new curriculum.

Jones apologises after car prank

10 hours 50 min ago
Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones apologises to team-mate Glenn Whelan after smashing his car windscreen in a revenge act.

VIDEO: Bank boss criticises mortgage scheme

10 hours 58 min ago
Outgoing governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, says there is no place for the government's Help to Buy mortgage scheme in the long run.

Fears of social service reform costs

11 hours 6 min ago
Major changes to social services could result in extra costs for taxpayers, health service and local government leaders warn.

Papers focus on Tory tensions

13 hours 39 min ago
Papers focus on Conservative Party tensions

PM 'losing control of party over EU'

13 hours 55 min ago
The Conservative leadership is "running scared" of its backbenchers on the issue of Europe, former Tory cabinet minister Lord Howe says.
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