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North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago.

A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.

New car sales fell 17.5% in August - the second consecutive month of declines, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Tony Blair warns the authorities on both sides of the Irish border not to underestimate the threat posed by dissident republicans.

A bill to hold an independence referendum will not be put to a vote before the 2011 elections, the Scottish government confirms.

A man whose body was dumped at an East Sussex golf course and set alight died from head injuries, a post-mortem examination reveals.

Mercury prize-winner Guy Garvey talks to nominees I Am Kloot

I Am Kloot singer John Bramwell talks to Elbow's Guy Garvey about Kloot's Mercury Music Prize-nominated album, which Garvey and bandmate Craig Potter produced.

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40% of domestic violence victims are male but a new study suggests victims are often ignored by police and there are only a handful of refuge places for abused men across the UK. Ian McNicholl was abused by a partner and told his story to BBC Breakfast

Senior doctors are calling for a drug used to treat type two diabetes to be withdrawn on safety grounds.

Many people are feared dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo after two boats capsize in separate incidents.

The Edinburgh International Festival finished with a bang on Sunday as more than 100,000 fireworks lit up the night sky.

A 67-year-old woman is charged with murdering her husband who died from a single stab wound to the heart at the family home in Surrey.

Up to 600 jobs are expected to be created during the construction of a £107m motorway link near Port Talbot.

Thousands of South African platinum miners at the Northam mine begin a strike in support of a 15% pay claim.

John Toshack is on the verge of quitting as Wales manager after the defeat in Montenegro, BBC Sport understands.

Perry Watkins from Buckinghamshire has set what he hopes is a new world record for the fastest piece of furniture, a Queen Anne dining table.

Nick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France.

Two men and two women are due in court following a series of raids on suspected brothels in Belfast in a UK-wide operation.