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- Kidnapped Sahil found in Pakistan
- The family of a five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped while in Pakistan say they are "ecstatic" after he is found.
- PM defends stance on Omagh bomb
- Downing Street defends its refusal to share intelligence over the 1998 Omagh bomb in which 29 people died.
- Pope confirms 2010 UK visit dates
- Pope Benedict XVI will visit the UK in September, in the first papal visit to the country since that of John Paul II in 1982.
- Six MPs' expenses appeals fail
- Six MPs appealing against a ruling that they repay expenses claims have been told they must pay them back.
- Soldier dies after Afghan blast
- A British soldier has died from wounds received last month in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the MoD says.
- Police quizzed over abuse deaths
- Ten police officers are under investigation over a mother and daughter found dead in a burned out car after years of abuse.
- EU urges faster cut of UK deficit
- Government plans to cut the UK's budget deficit are not ambitious enough, a European Commission report will warn this week.
- Expats lose pension freeze case
- More than half a million UK pensioners living overseas will continue to have their pensions frozen after a court decision.
- 'Milestone' for wave energy plans
- Seven companies are to push forward plans to generate 1.2 gigawatts of electricity from wave and tidal power.
- Petrol price 'to hit record high'
- Petrol prices in the UK could hit a record average high of £1.20 a litre in the next few weeks, according to the AA.
- Champagne sales 'losing fizz' but UK is still top market
- The UK is still the world's largest export market for Champagne despite a fall in sales, industry figures say.
- A swift decline - RSPB warns of effects of renovating old homes
- A survey of swifts suggests the species is at risk from improvement work being undertaken on old houses.
- England labour to Chittagong win
- England win the first Test against Bangladesh by 181 runs in Chittagong after a spirited display by the hosts on a tense final day.
- FA may investigate Gerrard clash
- Liverpool's Steven Gerrard may face disciplinary action by the Football Association after appearing to hit Portsmouth's Michael Brown in the 4-1 win over the south-coast side.
- Dowie & Hughes top Hull shortlist
- Iain Dowie and Mark Hughes are at the top of the shortlist for the vacant Hull managerial post, BBC Sport understands.
- Beckham has successful operation
- David Beckham undergoes successful surgery on his Achilles injury as he comes to terms with missing out on the World Cup.
- Healthy future?
- Norman Foster turns to hospitals
- Gomp/arts
- 'I had a dog but dad hit it': Inside children's bedrooms
- Taboo subject
- Hidden problem of children sexually abusing children
- Kraft's reputation
- Does the firm care what Cadbury's people think?
- And they're off...
- Big race guide on festival's first day
- Open all hours
- Are UK workers being forced to work part-time?
- Kraft says sorry about Keynsham
- The vice-president of Kraft Foods says he is "terribly sorry" for the firm's pledge to keep open Cadbury's Keynsham plant.
- Damning hospital probe cost £1.7m
- An inquiry into what went wrong at Stafford Hospital cost taxpayers £1.7m, a Freedom of Information request reveals.
- Man jailed for fatal stabbing
- A violent schizophrenic man who killed a father in north London months after being fined for another attack is jailed for life.
- Early balding 'cuts cancer risk'
- Men who start going bald at a young age are up to 45% less likely to get prostate cancer in later life, a study has found.
- GPs 'overrun with minor ailments'
- Doctors and health campaigners say too many people are going to see their GP with minor problems such as coughs and colds.
- Rise in students in sex industry
- The number of university students who know someone who has worked in the sex industry has risen from 3% to 25% in 10 years, research claims.
- 'Too many' council boss pay-offs
- Too many English councils are agreeing large payoffs to get rid of their chief executives, a spending watchdog says
- Cut ministers by a third, say MPs
- The number of ministers should be cut by up to a third to reduce costs and make Parliament more independent, MPs say.
- Social care 'must be made fairer'
- The number of people excluded from social care in England will continue rising if the system is not revamped, experts warn.
- Do we still need a British airline?
- Why do we care so much about British Airways' current problems? For many it is because the airline has always been an extension of British national identity.
- Crown dodger
- What's so wrong with being called a kingmaker?
- Been and dotgone
- Remember QXL and Beenz? 10 now defunct dotcoms
- Economy comes into focus for papers
- The European Commission has warned that Britain is not on course to cut its deficit in line with EU rules by 2015, many papers report.
- Officer cleared of crash charge
- A West Midlands chief inspector is cleared of misconduct following a crash in Coventry in which a student was killed.
- Fund for vulnerable man's funeral
- Community pledges to raise enough money to give a vulnerable man "the best send off" after he died suddenly outside his Greater Manchester home.
- Church 'clarifies' Brady's role
- The Catholic Church in Ireland releases more details about why Cardinal Brady asked abuse victims to sign secrecy agreements.
- Senior PSNI 'bias' case settled
- A case brought by a senior Catholic police officer against the PSNI alleging religious and age discrimination is settled.
- Pope Benedict to visit Scotland
- Pope Benedict will visit Scotland in September as part of a UK tour at the invitation of the Queen, Buckingham Palace confirms.
- Fines threat over tram deadline
- Developers set a new deadline of June 2012 for the firm building Edinburgh's tram line before penalties are imposed.
- 'Pain' warning over spending cuts
- Hospitals, councils and the police are warned to make changes as public services face cuts that will mean "considerable pain".
- Port strike off as row resolved
- Industrial action is called off as Milford Haven Port Authority and marine pilots settle a dispute over changes to a pension scheme.
Kidnapped Sahil found in Pakistan
PM defends stance on Omagh bomb
Pope confirms 2010 UK visit dates