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Report gives insight into everyday work of security services

SNP leader to meet with the BBC to discuss the row over the party's exclusion from televised general election debates.

Members of organisations which may promote racism, including the BNP, will not be banned from being teachers, says a review.

Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than high readings as a warning sign for stroke, say researchers.

A number of houses have been evacuated in Armagh due to a security alert, the police have said.

Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say.

The number of homes sold in England and Wales at the start of 2010 was at a low level, a survey says.

High-speed rail plan faces opposition in the Chilterns

Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.

Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.

Chancellor Alistair Darling warns people not to expect a "giveaway" when he unveils his Budget later this month.

Three first-half goals see Juventus take command of their Europa League last-16 tie with Fulham but Dickson Etuhu's goal gives the Cottagers' hope.

An 18-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a man died outside his home in Greater Manchester.

Pressure on UK after arrest of ex-Bosnian president

First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.

US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.

Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gives a lively Lille side a 1-0 first-leg lead.

Relatives of kidnapped five-year-old Sahil Saeed speak of their anguish as reports of his release turn out to be false.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers.

The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.