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VIDEO: Flight on RAF's new transport plane
As the Ministry of Defence announces a raft of investment linked to the RAF's new A400M Atlas fleet, the BBC's Jonathan Beale takes flight on one of the new planes.
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VIDEO: Bringing colour to Wainwright sketches
Artist Andy Beck is nearing the end of a five-year project to paint a watercolour version of every single sketch in Alfred Wainwright's guides to the Lakeland fells.
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Cyclist killed in road race crash
British cyclist Junior Heffernan dies in a crash with a car during a road race in Gloucestershire.
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Woman kicker injured in NFL trial
Lauren Silberman manages only two kicks because of an injury after becoming the first woman to undergo an NFL trial.
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Timberlake's Mirrors hits number one
US singer Justin Timberlake tops the UK singles chart with Mirrors while Emeli Sande stays at number one on the album chart.
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Cardinal sorry for sexual misconduct
Cardinal Keith O'Brien admits his sexual conduct has at times "fallen beneath the standards expected of me" after the claims that prompted his resignation.
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Baby is born as parents die in crash
A premature New York baby has been delivered alive after his parents were killed in a car crash on their way to hospital, police say.
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Florida sinkhole home demolished
Crews have partially demolished the home of a man presumed dead after he was swallowed up by a sinkhole in Florida and expect to finish the work on Monday.
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Top-four place difficult - Wenger
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says his side will struggle to claim a top-four Premier League spot after losing 2-1 at rivals Tottenham.
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VIDEO: Rodman: N Korea 'don't want to do war'
Kim Jong-un wants US President Barack Obama to call him, and doesn't want war, according to former basketball star Dennis Rodman.
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Marchers seek Chavez health details
Hundreds of Venezuelan students and opposition members march in Caracas demanding more details about President Hugo Chavez's health.
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Shakes-Drayton takes 400m golds
Great Britain's Perri Shakes-Drayton wins 400m and 4x400m relay gold in the European Indoor Championships in Sweden.
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'People in danger' from NHS changes
Opening up the NHS to greater competition from private firms could put patients in danger from a "fragmented" health service, the chair of the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges insists.
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Karachi bomb blast kills dozens
An explosion near a mosque in a Shia area of the Pakistani city of Karachi has killed at least 45 people and injured dozens more, police say.
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O'Gara left out of Ireland squad
Ronan O'Gara's Ireland career could be over as he is left out of a 32-man squad for the Six Nations game with France.
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VIDEO: Fiennes' frostbite: Hand felt like wood
The veteran adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes says there is no reason for him to stop going on further expeditions.
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Diabetes link to Antarctica injury
The suspected onset of diabetes may have been behind the frostbite that forced explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes to pull out of an Antarctica expedition, he tells the BBC in his first interview since leaving the icy continent.
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Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal
Tottenham win a pulsating north London derby to go third in the league and seven points ahead of fifth-placed Arsenal.
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Queen in hospital with stomach bug
The Queen is in hospital as a precaution, while she is assessed for symptoms of gastroenteritis, Buckingham Palace says.
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Call to boost child sex abuse probe
An MP is calling on police to boost its probe into child sex grooming allegations in Greater Manchester.
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