McCallister and McCrea quit the UUP
Ulster Unionist Party MLA Basil McCrea and former deputy leader John McCallister resign from the party following the decision to field a unionist unity candidate in Mid-Ulster.
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The UK's changing meat buying habits
Britain's changing meat buying habits
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Granny skills help revival of wool industry
Skills taught by grandmothers are saving an industry
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Richard Burton's St David's Day star
Richard Burton's Hollywood Walk of Fame star will be unveiled on Wales' national day next to Elizabeth Taylor's, the movie legend he married twice.
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Sabah stand-off with Filipino group
Malaysian troops are negotiating with about 100 men from the Philippines holed up in a remote part of Sabah on Borneo island, officials say.
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Drunkenness cases on nuclear subs
Navy submarine crews punished for misconduct
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VIDEO: Oscar Pistorius arrives in court
South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has arrived at court to face a murder charge after his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, was shot and killed at his home near Pretoria.
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VIDEO: Meteor streams across sky in Russia
A meteor in central Russia has caused some injuries and shattered windows, reports say.
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Call to decriminalise heroin
One of Northern Ireland's most senior drugs workers says that class A drugs like heroin should be decriminalised, regulated and made available on prescription.
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Child protection rated inadequate
A Kent council is ordered to make immediate changes to its child protection services in a damning report by Ofsted inspectors.
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VIDEO: Disabled piglet gets tiny wheelchair
A month-old piglet from Florida, born without the use of his back legs, is now sporting a custom-built wheelchair to get around.
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VIDEO: Actor Le Vell on child rape charge
Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell has been charged with a string of sex offences, including raping a child.
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Hospital apology for patient failure
A health board is referred to a watchdog after a highly critical report which found it failed in the care of a man with dementia who died four months after he was admitted.
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Tight security on Kumbh Mela key day
Security is tightened for another peak day at India's Kumbh Mela festival, days after a stampede killed 36 pilgrims at a railway station.
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VIDEO: Asteroid set for record near-miss
An asteroid as large as an Olympic swimming pool will race past the Earth on Friday at a distance of just 27,700km (17,200mi) - the closest ever predicted for an object of that size.
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'Third of ambulances' hit by defects
Up to a third of ambulances were off the road in the South this winter due to defects, the BBC learns.
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Pistorius murder charge dominates papers
Pistorius murder charge dominates papers
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Banksy art recovered in fraud probe
An original work by the artist Banksy is recovered and a man is arrested by police investigating a suspected fraud.
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Reptiles face risk of extinction
Almost a fifth of the world's reptile species are at risk of extinction, according to scientists.
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N Korea 'upgrading rocket site'
North Korea appears to be upgrading one of its two rocket launch sites, US experts say, perhaps in a move to test bigger rockets.
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