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Comic Frank Carson dies aged 85

27 min 6 sec ago
Northern Irish comedian Frank Carson, whose catch phrases included "It's a cracker", has died aged 85, surrounded by his family.

Cruise finds Fukushima pollution

1 hour 12 sec ago
An international research cruise off Japan detects radioactivity in sampled seawater and marine organisms, but well within safe levels.

Man dies after caravan incident

1 hour 7 min ago
A man dies after he was found trapped under a caravan in Kilkeel, County Down.

Chile-Peru border mine scare ends

1 hour 9 min ago
Chile reopens its main border crossing with Peru after closing it earlier this week when rain washed landmines onto the road.

US rivals set for Arizona debate

1 hour 19 min ago
The four Republican candidates prepare to spar in a crucial TV debate days ahead of two key primaries in the US states of Arizona and Michigan.

NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax'

1 hour 23 min ago
Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.

VIDEO: Is Somalian capital on the mend?

1 hour 25 min ago
Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.

McDowell out of World Match Play

1 hour 25 min ago
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell is knocked out in the first round of the World Match Play Championship by South Korea's YE Yang.

Verdict on Mubarak set for 2 June

1 hour 25 min ago
A trial verdict for Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak, accused of ordering the killing of protesters in the revolution that ousted him, is set for 2 June.

VIDEO: Argentina train crash kills dozens

1 hour 38 min ago
At least 49 people have been killed in a train accident in Buenos Aires.

VIDEO: Vicar and teacher murder charges

1 hour 45 min ago
A man has been charged with murdering a vicar in South Gloucestershire and a retired teacher in Worcestershire.

Karzai urges calm over Koran row

1 hour 46 min ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai urges Afghans "not to resort to violence" after protests over the burning of the Koran at a US airbase near Kabul.

US dismay at IAEA Iranian visit

1 hour 56 min ago
The White House expresses disappointment on the barring of UN nuclear inspectors from a site in Iran, calling the visit a "failure" for Tehran.

Toddler girl abandoned in library

2 hours 2 min ago
Police search for a woman seen leaving a library in Kent where a girl, believed to be two or three years old, is abandoned.

VIDEO: Ukraine mourns dead after freeze

2 hours 9 min ago
According to the UN, no European country has born the brunt of the extreme weather more than the Ukraine, where 112 people died.

South Korea wins Navy tanker deal

2 hours 14 min ago
The Royal Navy selects South Korean firm Daewoo for a £452m deal to build four new fuel tankers.

Celtic 2-0 Dunfermline

2 hours 14 min ago
Celtic ease to victory over bottom side Dunfermline to go 20 points clear of Rangers at the top of the SPL.

Argentina train crash 'kills 49'

2 hours 15 min ago
A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, kills 49 people and leaves at least 600 injured, officials say.

In pictures: Argentina train crash

2 hours 17 min ago
A commuter train crash in Buenos Aires

NYPD 'spied on' Newark Muslims

2 hours 18 min ago
The New York Police Department carried out covert surveillance of Muslims in nearby Newark, New Jersey, police records reveal.