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Wildlife parks increase night-time patrols after a warning from Kent police poachers may target their rare black rhinos.

All air support has now been withdrawn from the relief operation to animals stranded in the snow in Northern Ireland.

Coventry Bees speedway rider Adam Roynon is taken to hospital with head injuries after crashing in the first meeting of the season.

The NUT says it will hold public rallies to gather the support of parents in its campaign against government policies in schools.

An Indian restaurant in Surrey creates a "not for bunnies" Easter egg using three of the hottest varieties of chillies.

Thousands of staff at Post Office Crown offices go on strike in a row over jobs, pay and branch closures.

Rory McIlroy makes the cut at the Houston Open and makes a late decision to enter the Texas Open ahead of the Masters.

The chances of finding survivors following a landslide in Tibet that buried 83 miners are slim, Chinese media report.

Welsh rugby's four regions hold informal talks with their English counterparts about meaningful cross-border competition.

Winnie Mandela has said she is "extremely touched" by the concern shown over the health of her ex-husband Nelson Mandela, who is spending a third day in a South African hospital with a lung infection.

A woman is charged with child neglect after a two-year-old girl is found in a pram in Cumbria.

An Episcopal church in Aberdeen is opened to hundreds of Muslim worshippers for their daily prayers.

Jockey JT McNamara remains positive despite being paralysed by a neck injury sustained in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival.

The Archbishop of Wales draws comparisons between God and the animated character Fireman Sam in his Easter message.

At least 17 people are killed after a multi-storey building collapses in the main Tanzanian city, Dar es Salaam, local officials say.

Do people understand their mobile phone bills?

When thousands of children partake in the annual festivities, they'll be rolling wooden eggs courtesy of Wells Wood Turning & Finishing. The business, tucked away in a small town in Maine, gets to work on the project in February and produces about 100,000 painted eggs.

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Florida Gulf Coast's run as NCAA darlings has ended, but it was an outcome the stats predicted. Michigan also rallied Friday, joining the likes of Duke and Louisville. The remaining eight teams will be vying this weekend to make the Final Four.

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Papers focus on imminent changes to UK's welfare system

No survivors have yet been found, as rescue efforts continue a day after a landslide in Tibet buried 83 miners as they slept.