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UK unemployment fell in the three months to December, while the number in work also jumped to a new record, official figures show.

5 live asked the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project why she was cataloguing incidences of sexism in everyday life.

It looks like a contractor may have hit a gas line. A strong odor convinced authorities to start evacuating people from the area. Then, shortly after 6 p.m. local time, a restaurant exploded. The force was felt blocks away.

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Richard Briers, who died on Sunday, became a household name in the 1970s in The Good Life. But how many people were inspired by the show?

Edinburgh Zoo's male panda bulks up ahead of the mating season

Bruce Willis action sequel A Good Day to Die Hard tops the UK and Ireland box office chart, despite receiving a frosty response from critics last week.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel sets the pace ahead of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton during testing in Barcelona.

Former Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni agrees to join a new coalition led by the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Apple has released a software update after the company admitted a security flaw had left its own employees' computers exposed to hackers.

The judge in the trial of ex-minister Chris Huhne's former wife Vicky Pryce has told the jury he will accept a majority verdict.

The government of Bulgaria has quit after nationwide protests against austerity measures.

After clashes between police and protesters became violent and bloody, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov submitted his resignation today in what has become the latest example of voters rising up against budget cuts and winning.

Bulgaria is the poorest country in the EU, with average monthly earnings of $550. However, it is not alone in its economic struggles and conflicts. Since the debt crisis began in Europe, governments have fallen in Spain, Greece, Portugal, Ireland and France.

"I don't think that any of these government are actually in control of their own policies," says Megan Greene of Maverick Intelligence, a consulting company which advises governments on economics and policy. "Even though the opposition will continue or increase, I don't think these goverments really have any other choice.

To hear more about the rising opposition to austerity across the region, click on the audio player above.

The role of relatives of deceased organ donors will be rethought by the Welsh government in its plans to change the law, after AMs say close relatives should have a greater say.

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Collapsed music and DVD retailer HMV is to close a further 37 stores, affecting 464 jobs.

The Olympic and Paralympic sprinter is accused of murdering his girlfriend. He says it was a terrible mistake — that he thought there was an intruder in his home. At a bail hearing, the case is taking shape.

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A pub landlord is fined for wasting police time after claiming he fought off attackers while carrying his fish supper, police say.

Tom Daley reveals that he is on the look-out for a new synchronised diving partner to replace Peter Waterfield.

A Birmingham father of two who took his own life was failed by a mental health trust, a coroner finds.

Also: Ron Paul is writing a book; Patricia Cornwell wins a $50.9 million lawsuit; and Kelly Clarkson is not pleased.

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Also: Ron Paul is writing a book; Patricia Cornwell wins a $50.9 million lawsuit; and Kelly Clarkson is not pleased.

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