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Addresses set to lose county name

BBC - 17 hours 6 min ago
Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names.

Enduring appeal of live rock music

BBC - 17 hours 10 min ago
Urban sounds may dominate the music charts but there is still a buoyant market for live rock events.

Love Parade memorial service due

BBC - 17 hours 11 min ago
Germany prepares for a memorial service one week after a deadly stampede killed 21 people at the Love Parade dance festival.

'Progress' in new Afghan mission

BBC - 17 hours 26 min ago
British forces say they have seized two compounds in a Taliban stronghold at the start of a fresh bid to push insurgents out of Helmand province.

Pakistan protest over PM comments

BBC - 17 hours 41 min ago
Pakistani intelligence officials cancel a visit to Britain in protest at comments made by David Cameron about its alleged links to terror.

Eisteddfod opens in ex-steel town

BBC - 17 hours 46 min ago
The National Eisteddfod is opening its doors to the public on the site of the former steelworks in Ebbw Vale.

Village mourns raft death girl, 9

BBC - 17 hours 55 min ago
Residents of a village from where a nine-year-old girl from south Wales has died in a rafting accident in Turkey have spoken of their shock and sadness.

From Lord's to Lod

BBC - 18 hours 12 min ago
Israeli cricket's passionate players

Blind driver targets speed record

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 2:54am
A bank manager from Sale, Greater Manchester, is hoping to become the first blind person to drive a car at more than 200mph.

Huntley to sue over prison attack

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 2:54am
Soham killer Ian Huntley is to sue the Prison Service for compensation after his throat was slashed in an attack by a fellow inmate.

Men questioned over explosives

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 2:46am
Two men from north Wales are being questioned at a central London police station over possible explosives offences.

Scratching the surface

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 2:42am
Why so few people get under the skin of Afghanistan

Hamas man 'killed in air strike'

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 2:34am
A Hamas militant is reported killed and several are injured by Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.

Below-par Murray reaches LA semis

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 2:30am
Britain's Andy Murray beats Alejandro Falla at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, but the top seed has plenty to work on ahead of his semi-final.

Excitement ahead of Clinton wedding

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 2:21am
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former US president Bill Clinton, is to marry long-term boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky at a private ceremony.

Australia bushfires: What went wrong?

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 2:03am
A report into the bushfires that tore across Victoria, Australia, in early 2009 has called for sweeping changes to the way the authorities respond to natural disasters.

Newspaper review

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 1:15am
Papers on Prescott's 'tittle tattle' war claim

Deaths rise in South Asia monsoon

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 1:15am
Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill more than 400 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges.

Tables turned on top QC

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 12:44am
Jonathan Sumption, one of Britain's top barristers, talks to Matt Stadlen about whether judges have too much power, why history matters, the secret to a good cross-examination and why he applauds inequality.

Argentina celebrates first gay weddings

BBC - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 12:40am
The first gay weddings have taken place in Argentina after the implementation of a law approved by parliament earlier this month.