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Colourful costumes at the UK's biggest gay pride parade

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Piper Alpha anniversary honoured

The 20th anniversary of 167 workers losing their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster is marked with ceremonies.

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Inquiry urged into UK territory

MPs call for an inquiry into the administration of British overseas territory the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Venus triumphs in Wimbledon final

Venus Williams captures her fifth Wimbledon title by beating her sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a high-quality final.

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Six children injured in gas blast

Six children are injured in a suspected gas explosion at an empty block of flats.

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Stabbed boy's parents thank helper

The parents of Shakilus Townsend, London's latest teenage knife death victim, thank a woman who tried to save him.

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Alex James on...

What Africa can teach gardeners in Chipping Sodbury

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Son charged over bin bag body

A man is charged with murdering his father whose body was found wrapped in bin bags in an East Yorkshire field.

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Twenty years on

The 167 victims of Piper Alpha are remembered

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Congo ex-leader appears in court

The former vice-president of Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, appears in court in The Hague.

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Student's family appeal to killer

The parents of a French student stabbed to death and burned in a London flat say his killer "cannot hide forever".

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Mbeki holds Harare crisis talks

South Africa's Thabo Mbeki holds talks in Zimbabwe with President Mugabe and leaders of a breakaway opposition faction.

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Hero foils postman kidnap bid

A 'have-a-go hero' twarts an attempt by two men to kidnap a postman in the Gressham Street area of Belfast city centre.

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Tories criticise Whitehall bonuses

The government is criticised by the Tories after it was revealed civil servants banked more than £128m in bonuses.

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Kovalainen on pole for British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton only qualifies fourth fastest for the British GP as his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen grabs pole position.

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Labour MSP joins by-election race

Labour MSP Margaret Curran says she will stand as a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the frontrunner drops out.

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Residents moved after chapel fire

A blaze damages a disused Victorian chapel and leads to nearby homes being evacuated.

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Woman in India gives birth to twins 'at 70'

A woman said to be aged 70 years of age gives birth to twins after undergoing IVF treatment.

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Seat designed to aid breastfeeding in public

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All-rounder

Farewell to the inventor of the mini-roundabout

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Sentamu rebukes Williams critics

The Archbishop of York accuses an Anglican traditionalist movement of "ungracious" behaviour.

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Everton footballer's brother kidnapped

Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap the brother of star Nigerian and Everton football player Joseph Yobo, police say.

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Briton Laura Robson wins girls' title

Laura Robson becomes the first Briton since 1984 to win the Wimbledon girls' singles title.

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Small but...

Love your local bookshop? Tell us why and send a pic

news.bbc.co.uk

Residents moved after chapel fire

A blaze damages a disused Victorian chapel and leads to nearby homes being evacuated.

news.bbc.co.uk

Twenty years on

The 167 victims of Piper Alpha are remembered

news.bbc.co.uk

Stabbed boy's parents thank helper

The parents of Shakilus Townsend, London's latest teenage knife death victim, thank a woman who tried to save him.

news.bbc.co.uk

Woman in India gives birth to twins 'at 70'

A woman said to be aged 70 years of age gives birth to twins after undergoing IVF treatment.

news.bbc.co.uk

Student's family appeal to killer

The parents of a French student stabbed to death and burned in a London flat say his killer "cannot hide forever".

news.bbc.co.uk

Tories criticise Whitehall bonuses

The government is criticised by the Tories after it was revealed civil servants banked more than £128m in bonuses.

news.bbc.co.uk

Venus triumphs in Wimbledon final

Venus Williams captures her fifth Wimbledon title by beating her sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a high-quality final.

news.bbc.co.uk

Piper Alpha anniversary honoured

The 20th anniversary of 167 workers losing their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster is marked with ceremonies.

news.bbc.co.uk

In pictures

Colourful costumes at the UK's biggest gay pride parade

news.bbc.co.uk

Sentamu rebukes Williams critics

The Archbishop of York accuses an Anglican traditionalist movement of "ungracious" behaviour.

news.bbc.co.uk

Everton footballer's brother kidnapped

Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap the brother of star Nigerian and Everton football player Joseph Yobo, police say.

news.bbc.co.uk

Kovalainen on pole for British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton only qualifies fourth fastest for the British GP as his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen grabs pole position.

news.bbc.co.uk

Briton Laura Robson wins girls' title

Laura Robson becomes the first Briton since 1984 to win the Wimbledon girls' singles title.

news.bbc.co.uk

Labour MSP joins by-election race

Labour MSP Margaret Curran says she will stand as a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the frontrunner drops out.

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All-rounder

Farewell to the inventor of the mini-roundabout

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Inquiry urged into UK territory

MPs call for an inquiry into the administration of British overseas territory the Turks and Caicos Islands.

news.bbc.co.uk

Alex James on...

What Africa can teach gardeners in Chipping Sodbury

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Pull up a chair

Seat designed to aid breastfeeding in public

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Six children injured in gas blast

Six children are injured in a suspected gas explosion at an empty block of flats.

news.bbc.co.uk

What do you want to talk about?

What do you want the world to talk about?

news.bbc.co.uk

Congo ex-leader appears in court

The former vice-president of Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, appears in court in The Hague.

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Son charged over bin bag body

A man is charged with murdering his father whose body was found wrapped in bin bags in an East Yorkshire field.

news.bbc.co.uk

Hero foils postman kidnap bid

A 'have-a-go hero' twarts an attempt by two men to kidnap a postman in the Gressham Street area of Belfast city centre.

news.bbc.co.uk

Mbeki holds Harare crisis talks

South Africa's Thabo Mbeki holds talks in Zimbabwe with President Mugabe and leaders of a breakaway opposition faction.

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