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'Witch' case trio guilty of cruelty
Three people are found guilty of cruelty for ill-treating a girl they believed was using witchcraft.
Tax break for charity gig
Chancellor Gordon Brown backs Bob Geldof's Live 8 saying he will waive concert staging and clean-up costs.
UK 'should hold EU treaty vote'
The UK and other nations should go ahead with their EU constitution votes, says an ex-Euro commission president.
Jeshma parents 'elated' by arrest
The parents of murdered teenager Jeshma Raithath welcome the arrest of a man in connection with her death.
Primary reading lessons reviewed
Literacy teaching in primary schools is to be reviewed following a critical report on standards by MPs.
Terror suspect appears in court
Charges against a man accused of involvement in the Madrid bombing, in which 191 people were killed, are read out in court.
Hospital meals being thrown away
More than 17 million meals were thrown away untouched in hospitals in England last year, figures show.
Policeman jailed for killing wife
A policeman is jailed after admitting stabbing his wife almost 100 times because of her taunts over an affair.
MacArthur in Channel crossing bid
Yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur starts her latest challenge, to race the 100-mile cross-Channel route from Plymouth to Roscoff in France.
Rugby: Wales query Shaw choice
Wales officials say they feel Brent Cockbain should have replaced Malcolm O'Kelly for the Lions.
Tsunami victim's body identified
The body of a backpacker, from Teesside, is identified and flown back to the UK.
Pupils taught wrong book
A private school begins an inquiry after it taught GCSE pupils the wrong book for an English literature exam.
Football player's brother jailed
England international Sol Campbell's brother is jailed for grievous bodily harm.
More sports stars may face courts
Police investigate possible offences of assault or threatening behaviour on the field by Premiership players.
Toxins risk down generations
Toxic chemicals that poisoned your great-grandparents may also damage your health, research suggests.
Pylons 'may be a leukaemia risk'
Living too close to power lines appears to increase the risk of childhood leukaemia, say researchers.
Girl, 12, quizzed over boy attack
Police are continuing to question a 12-year-old girl after a boy was found with ligature marks on his neck.
Extreme genealogy
A family tree researched by conventional methods can only go back so far before patchy records stymie progress. Now amateur genealogists are turning to DNA testing to trace their ancestry.
What we still don't know
Mark Felt's admission that he was Watergate's Deep Throat has solved one of the world's great mysteries. But there are plenty of other secrets out there.
Learn Euro referendum speak
Say what you will about the Euro Constitution but at least we're learning some foreign languages.
Child attack hits the front pages
The case of a five-year-old victim of an apparent murder attempt features in Friday's papers.
Falcon eggs hatch on tower block
A pair of Peregrine Falcons hatch two eggs on a central London tower block.
Midwives win appeal over bursary
Three trainee midwives win an appeal after their bursary payments were stopped when they took maternity leave.
Fight breaks out at murder trial
Fighting breaks out in Belfast Crown Court at the trial of a man accused of murdering a loyalist drug dealer.
'No danger of more plant blasts'
The government is "confident" a fatal explosion at a water treatment plant will not happen again.
Geldof's magic million rally hope
Bob Geldof says he would "love it" if a million people travelled to Edinburgh to protest about poverty.
Rollers star held in drugs probe
The lead singer of 70s Scottish pop group the Bay City Rollers is arrested on suspicion of supplying cocaine.
Tax bill of £10,500 after blunder
A mother is ordered to repay £10,500 to the Inland Revenue after a tax mix-up affecting thousands.
Tourist garden boss dead in pool
The manager of a National Trust garden is found dead in a pool at the tourist attraction.

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