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Retiring Owen leaves memories to savour

Tue, 2013-03-19 04:16
Retiring Michael Owen leaves memories to savour

UK's Afghan war effectively over

Tue, 2013-03-19 04:03
UK combat operations are effectively over, Mark Urban hears

Bowie tickets V&As 'fastest-selling'

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:55
The upcoming David Bowie exhibition at London's V&A museum is the fastest-selling in the museum's history.

Day in pictures: 19 March 2013

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:53
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 19 March

Papacy begins with plea for poor

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:51
Pope Francis inaugurates his papacy at a Mass in Rome, calling on global leaders and all people of the world to defend the poor and the weak.

School pupil TB case confirmed

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:48
NHS Dumfries and Galloway confirms a "single isolated case" of tuberculosis in a school pupil from the region.

Papers seek legal advice on watchdog

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:47
National newspapers take "high-level legal advice" on whether to co-operate with a new press watchdog established by royal charter and backed by law.

White Mars rock dazzles scientists

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:47
A rock crushed under the Curiosity Mars rover's wheels has dazzled mission scientists with its brilliant white interior.

'Deterrent' US B-52s fly in S Korea

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:47
The US is flying nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over South Korea, in what it says is a response to escalating North Korean rhetoric.

BBC Worldwide sells Lonely Planet

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:44
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, is to sell travel guide business Lonely Planet to US media company NC2, at a loss of nearly £80m.

Peer's office £70k spend revealed

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:44
Office staff of Lord Hanningfield spent about £70,000 on Essex County Council credit cards in his last two-and-half years there.

AUDIO: Coogan welcomes new press watchdog

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:40
Comedian Steve Coogan has welcomed a deal to create a new press watchdog as a 'solid first step' to 'standing up to the school bullies'.

VIDEO: How to regulate news-based websites

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:38
Newsnight's David Grossman tries to make sense of how a new press regulation regime will apply to the internet and news-based websites.

What does a pope do?

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:10
What exactly does a pope's job entail?

Damage limitation in Cyprus

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:09
Cyprus deal looks like mistake, says Stephanie Flanders

PCSOs' power of arrest considered

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:08
The new Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police is to consider giving PCSOs the power of arrest.

Players at risk from game store hack

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:02
People who use the popular Origin online store are at risk from a hack attack that swaps games for malicious code, find researchers.

VIDEO: 'Ageing' drinking app goes global

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:02
A phone app that shows how you age when you drink becomes such a global success it is downloaded almost half a million times.

New prison set for Magilligan site

Tue, 2013-03-19 02:50
A new jail is to be built on the current site of Magilligan prison near Limavady, Justice Minister David Ford announces.

England draft in Taylor for Cahill

Tue, 2013-03-19 02:49
England call up Newcastle's Steven Taylor after Gary Cahill is ruled out of the World Cup qualifier against San Marino.
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