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FOUR DENY CHARGES OVER EXPENSES - Thu 11 Mar
Three MPs and a peer tell a court they are not guilty of charges of false accounting in relation to their expenses claims.

HIGH-SPEED RAIL PLANS ANNOUNCED - Thu 11 Mar
Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are announced by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.

MAN ARRESTED OVER DEATH IN STREET - Thu 11 Mar
An 18-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a man died outside his home in Greater Manchester.

JAMES BULGER'S MOTHER MEETS STRAW - Thu 11 Mar
Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers.

'NO GIVEAWAY BUDGET' SAYS DARLING - Thu 11 Mar
Chancellor Alistair Darling warns people not to expect a "giveaway" when he unveils his Budget later this month.

PINERA SWORN IN AS NEW QUAKE HITS - Thu 11 Mar
Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.

ANGUISH FOR KIDNAP BOY'S FAMILY - Thu 11 Mar
Relatives of kidnapped five-year-old Sahil Saeed speak of their anguish as reports of his release turn out to be false.

EX-BOSNIAN LEADER 'OWED APOLOGY' - Thu 11 Mar
Britain should apologise to ex-Bosnian president for "mistreating" him in prison, says chairman of the joint presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

THALIDOMIDE EFFECT MYSTERY SOLVED - Thu 11 Mar
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.

PINK FLOYD WIN EMI COURT RULING - Thu 11 Mar
Pink Floyd tracks may be removed from digital music services like iTunes after a High Court ruling.

BILL GATES IS NO LONGER THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN, SAY FORBES - Thu 11 Mar
Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.

BRAIN SCAN 'CAN DISTINGUISH MEMORIES' - Thu 11 Mar
Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.

LIVE - EUROPA LEAGUE - Thu 11 Mar
Fulham play Juventus in the last 16 of the Europa League after Liverpool are beaten in Lille.

LIVERPOOL SUNK BY LATE LILLE GOAL - Thu 11 Mar
Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gave a lively Lille side a first-leg lead.

ENGLAND TO MAKE LATE BROAD CALL - Thu 11 Mar
England will make a last-minute call on the fitness of Stuart Broad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

WILL HIGH-SPEED RAIL IMPROVE TRANSPORT? - Thu 11 Mar
Ministers have revealed plans for a new high-speed rail link. Will this improve transport links in the UK?

BBC SCHOOL REPORT - Wed 10 Mar
Find out how thousands of schoolchildren across the UK have been reporting the news

INTERNET BILLIONS - Thu 11 Mar
Find out who's made most cash from biggest sites

'JIHAD JANE' - Thu 11 Mar
Profile of Colleen LaRose, charged with terror offences

HOODWINKED? - Thu 11 Mar
Were rumours of Sarkozy's infidelity a media hoax?

GOMP/ARTS - Thu 11 Mar
Keeping up with the theatrical Joneses

BRAIN POWER - Thu 11 Mar
Can neuroscience help us solve conflicts?

BETWEEN FRIENDS - Thu 11 Mar
US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation

MAN, 64, DIES AFTER 'YOUTH ABUSE' - Thu 11 Mar
A man with learning difficulties dies outside his Greater Manchester home after suffering years of abuse from youths.

RAIL LINK 'MUST INCLUDE SCOTLAND' - Thu 11 Mar
The UK government's proposals for a high-speed rail link must include Scotland, the Scottish government says.

MAN JAILED FOR KILLING EX-PARTNER - Thu 11 Mar
A man is jailed for murdering his ex-girlfriend but his barrister says she would be alive if a 999 call had been handled differently.

PAIR GUILTY OF HOMOPHOBIC MURDER - Thu 11 Mar
Two men are found guilty of murdering a County Tyrone supermarket manager because he was gay almost two years ago.

NIGERIA WOMEN PROTEST AT KILLINGS - Thu 11 Mar
Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last week's violence near Jos, where women and children were massacred.

BIDEN TRIES TO EASE MID-EAST ROW - Thu 11 Mar
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.

IRAQ RESULTS POINT TO TIGHT RACE - Thu 11 Mar
First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.

BURMA ANNULS 1990 SUU KYI POLL WIN - Thu 11 Mar
Burma's leaders formally annul the National League for Democracy's 1990 election win, as more details of new poll laws emerge.

UKRAINE PRESIDENT FORMS COALITION - Thu 11 Mar
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.

AFGHAN PLEA FOR 'NO PROXY WARS' - Thu 11 Mar
Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.

HSBC ADMITS HUGE SWISS DATA THEFT - Thu 11 Mar
About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.

CUTS FEARS FOR SECRET AGENCIES - Thu 11 Mar
The government has said the security services face "difficult choices" amid fears of impending spending cuts.

HOSPITAL RAP OVER MEDICINE ERRORS - Thu 11 Mar
Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.

CRACKDOWN CALL OVER SCHOOL CHEATS - Thu 11 Mar
Whistleblowing hotlines and random checks should be used to catch parents who cheat over school places, a report says.

SCIENTISTS TO REVIEW CLIMATE BODY - Wed 10 Mar
The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.

TAKE THAT STAR SORRY FOR AFFAIRS - Thu 11 Mar
Take That star Mark Owen says he is "deeply sorry" for cheating on his partner of five years before they married in 2009.

'CONSOLE KILLER' LAUNCHES IN JUNE - Thu 11 Mar
A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year.