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Rescuers search for two after blast

14 min 10 sec ago
Rescuers are searching for two people missing after an explosion destroyed a house in Nottingham, injuring a man, a woman and two children.
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UK astronaut Peake to go into orbit

39 min 53 sec ago
UK astronaut Tim Peake is given a date to fly to the International Space Station, but the mission is not expected to take place before 2015.
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Colombia's Farc want 'more time'

44 min 5 sec ago
Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, denies it is moving too slowly to end five decades of conflict, six months after peace talks began.
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Murdered Pakistan politician buried

52 min 24 sec ago
Hundreds of people attend the funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, at a mosque in Karachi.
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Briton held over children's deaths

54 min 24 sec ago
A British man has been arrested in France in connection with the deaths of his two children, media reports say.
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PSG boss Ancelotti asks to leave

1 hour 37 min ago
Real Madrid target Carlo Ancelotti asks to leave Paris St-Germain but is told by the club's president "it is not possible".
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Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn'

1 hour 38 min ago
Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.
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VIDEO: House 'exploded in front of us'

1 hour 45 min ago
Four people have been injured after an explosion at a house in Nottinghamshire. An eyewitness described what he saw.
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Tunisia police clash with Islamists

1 hour 53 min ago
Clashes between Tunisian police and hundreds of supporters of the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia leave one person dead and others injured.
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Tottenham 1 - 0 Sunderland

2 hours 29 min ago
Gareth Bale's late winner against Sunderland is in vain as Tottenham miss out on Champions League qualification.
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Boko Haram militants 'in disarray'

3 hours 26 min ago
The Nigerian military says that Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" as a result of its offensive against them.
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Garth Crooks's team of the season

3 hours 28 min ago
Who has Garth Crooks named in his Premier League team of the season?
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US spy-row diplomat 'leaves Russia'

4 hours 8 min ago
US diplomat Ryan Fogle, accused by Russia accused of being a spy, has now left the country according to Russian television.
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Chelsea 2-1 Everton

4 hours 27 min ago
Fernando Torres's first Premier League goal in five months earns a 2-1 win over Everton that secures third place for Chelsea.
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Rod Stewart returns to UK number one

4 hours 29 min ago
Rod Stewart scores his first UK number one album for 34 years, going straight to the top with his LP, Time.
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West Brom 5-5 Man Utd

4 hours 43 min ago
Sir Alex Ferguson is denied victory in his 1,500th and final game in charge of Manchester United by Romelu Lukaku's hat-trick for West Brom.
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Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal

4 hours 48 min ago
Arsenal finish fourth in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League with a nervy win over Newcastle.
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Warming extremes 'not as likely'

4 hours 59 min ago
Global temperature rises will be slower in the coming decades say researchers but the long term picture is consistent.
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Syria army storms rebel-held town

5 hours 8 min ago
Heavy fighting is reported in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair as state forces launch a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold.
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VIDEO: Gumball rally sets off from Denmark

5 hours 44 min ago
Up to 100 predominantly luxury cars are taking part in the Gumball 3000 rally in which some of the world's richest petrol-heads get to flaunt their wealth during a drive that will take them through Europe.
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