Lawson and Saatchi granted divorce

31 July 2013 Last updated at 06:07 ET TV chef Nigella Lawson and art collector Charles Saatchi have been granted a divorce at the High Court in London, ending their 10-year marriage. In a hearing lasting less than a minute, District Judge Anne...

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Zimbabweans vote in crunch poll

31 July 2013 Last updated at 07:24 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. People have been forming long queues at one polling station in Harare, as Nomsa Maseko reports. Long queues have formed at polling...

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Right-to-die campaigners lose battle

31 July 2013 Last updated at 07:39 ET The family of late locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson and paralysed road accident victim Paul Lamb have lost their right-to-die challenges. The Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that Mr Nicklinson...

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Cruddas wins £180,000 libel damages

31 July 2013 Last updated at 08:05 ET Former Conservative co-treasurer Peter Cruddas has won £180,000 libel damages over Sunday Times allegations about charging to meet David Cameron. The High Court in London also ordered the newspaper to pay...

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Lewisham hospital cuts plan quashed

31 July 2013 Last updated at 08:05 ET Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has had his decision to reduce services at a major hospital declared unlawful and quashed by the High Court. Mr Justice Silber ruled Mr Hunt acted outside his powers when he...

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Private detectives to need licence

31 July 2013 Last updated at 08:10 ET Operating as an unlicensed private detective is to be made illegal, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. The Home Office said it would regulate the industry because of "rogue investigators" infringing...

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Doreen Lawrence to be Labour peer

31 July 2013 Last updated at 08:15 ET The mother of the murdered London teenager Stephen Lawrence is to be made a Labour peer, the BBC understands. Doreen Lawrence has led a long campaign to find out what happened to her son, who was killed...

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Mass funeral for Italy bus victims

30 July 2013 Last updated at 07:05 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. There were emotional scenes at the huge sports hall, as Nik Gowing reports A funeral has been held near the southern Italian town...

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36 of 4,500 wards fail patient test

30 July 2013 Last updated at 07:58 ET By Caroline Parkinson and Helen Briggs BBC News Patients on 36 of 4,500 hospital wards in England would not recommend them to relatives, a new survey suggests. The latest results of the new "friends and...

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Taliban jailbreak frees hundreds

30 July 2013 Last updated at 07:21 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The militants used a loud hailer to call prisoners out by name, as Orla Guerin reports Taliban militants have freed 248 prisoners...

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Housing benefit challenge fails

30 July 2013 Last updated at 07:22 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Spare room benefit claimant Charlotte Carmichael: "We will have to appeal" Disabled families have lost a court challenge to social...

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Ousted Egypt president well - Ashton

30 July 2013 Last updated at 07:34 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Catherine Ashton: "I don't know where [Morsi] is" EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton says Egypt's ousted President Mohammed...

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UK 'slightly happier than last year'

30 July 2013 Last updated at 07:39 ET A UK-wide well-being survey has found "small improvements" in people's happiness over the year. The proportion of people rating their life satisfaction as seven or more out of 10 rose from 75.9% to 77.0%,...

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Barclays shares hurt by cash call

30 July 2013 Last updated at 08:08 ET Barclays will issue £5.8bn in new shares as part of a move to plug a £12.8bn capital shortfall created by new regulatory demands. The bank will also issue £2bn of bonds that are turned into shares or wiped...

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Pope: Who am I to judge gay people?

29 July 2013 Last updated at 08:14 ET Pope Francis has said gay people should not be judged or marginalised. Speaking to reporters on a flight back from Brazil, he said: "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge...

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Energy watchdog 'failing consumers'

29 July 2013 Last updated at 04:16 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. John Robertson, MP: "When we ask for figures they don't give it" Energy regulator Ofgem is not doing enough to ensure that energy...

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'Lads' mags' given cover-up deadline

29 July 2013 Last updated at 05:55 ET The Co-operative has given so-called lads' mags six weeks to cover up their front pages with sealed "modesty bags" or be taken off sale in its stores. The 4,000-outlet retailer said it was responding...

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Italy coach plunge leaves 38 dead

29 July 2013 Last updated at 07:22 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Alan Johnston says the coach "ripped through the guard-rail" when it plunged off the flyover A coach has plunged off...

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NHS Direct wants to end 111 contract

29 July 2013 Last updated at 07:37 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Sophie Hutchinson: "It encountered massive problems at Easter"...

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Wave of deadly car bombs hits Iraq

29 July 2013 Last updated at 08:05 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Footage from across Iraq shows vehicles blown apart, as the BBC's Rami Ruhayem reports A wave of car bombs has killed at...

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Syria troops 'retake' key Homs area

29 July 2013 Last updated at 08:14 ET Syrian government forces have fully captured a district that was a key rebel stronghold in the central city of Homs, state media report. The Sana news agency said the military had "restored security and...

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Spain train driver to be questioned

27 July 2013 Last updated at 23:10 ET The driver of a train that crashed near the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday killing 78 people is due to appear before a judge. Francisco Jose Garzon Amo has been detained on suspicion...

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Brazil beach packed for Pope Francis

28 July 2013 Last updated at 03:02 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Julia Carneiro says it was an "historic night" on Copacabana Up to three million people have packed Brazil's Copacabana...

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Theresa May diagnosed with diabetes

28 July 2013 Last updated at 05:52 ET Home Secretary Theresa May has revealed she has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes but insists it will not affect her political career. The condition means her body does not produce insulin and she must...

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Egypt protesters defy removal threat

28 July 2013 Last updated at 07:19 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Jim Muir: "It's hard to see how this area can be cleared without further bloodshed" Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed...

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