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No decisions have been taken about possible funding cuts to the BBC World Service, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled plans for a squeeze on public funding for scientific research.

The EU agrees on new rules to reduce the number of animals used in lab experiments and tighten controls over such procedures.

A driver is found guilty of causing death by careless driving after he left his handbrake off and his van rolled down a slope in London, killing two people.

Pope Benedict XVI prays for God's blessing on the people of the UK ahead of his visit to Scotland and England.

The Pope has said he is "very much looking forward" to his visit to the UK next week, and thanked all those involved in advance for their efforts.

The first minister outlines the Scottish government's programme for the forthcoming parliamentary year on 8 September 2010.

Ministers meet to discuss whether to release information about the death of government scientist Dr David Kelly and whether to hold a formal inquest.

Formula 1's governing body turns down all the entries from teams hoping to fill the vacant 13th slot in 2011, with former champion Jacques Villeneuve among those to miss out.

The injury into contaminated NHS blood products in the 1980s will hear from the victims who contracted HIV and Hepatitis.

A scale model of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how it is being repaired

The country "cannot afford" to write off underpayments of income tax caused by problems with the calculation system, a minister says.

The world has a new shortest man - a 27in-tall person from Colombia. but is the title itself in poor taste?

The Secretary of State warns that the government will reappoint the Parades Commission if there is no local agreement on parading.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is fined £1,000 after he fell asleep at the wheel of his car and crashed into another vehicle.

The priest suspected of being involved in the 1972 Claudy bombing met Martin McGuinness shortly before he died, the deputy first minister confirms.

About 700 prisoners escape after members of an Islamist sect storm a jail in northern Nigeria, where many of its followers were held.

The economic impact of Scotland's year-long Homecoming celebrations was "substantially" overestimated, a report claims.

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is to team up with Speed director Jan de Bont to make an English-language version of the Chinese legend Mulan.

Angelina Jolie has visited Nowshera in north-west Pakistan to highlight the plight of more than 20 million people affected by the country's worst ever floods.