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Emergency runway closure at Heathrow

BBC - 14 hours 26 min ago
Heathrow Airport's runways are closed to enable a plane to make an emergency landing.

Manchester United cuts debt costs

BBC - 14 hours 36 min ago
Manchester United has struck a new loan deal to cut the amount of interest it pays on its huge debts.

Giro stage cancelled because of snow

BBC - 14 hours 41 min ago
Stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia, to be held on Friday, is cancelled because of heavy snow.

London Market Report

BBC - 14 hours 48 min ago
London Market Report

Service held for killed soldier

BBC - 14 hours 49 min ago
Drummer Lee Rigby, the soldier killed by two assailants in south-east London on Wednesday, will be remembered at a service later.

Powerful quake off Russia east coast

BBC - 15 hours 15 min ago
A strong earthquake strikes off the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's far east, but an initial tsunami warning issued by the authorities is lifted.

Woolwich attack 'hard to prevent'

BBC - 15 hours 36 min ago
Preventing the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich would have been "incredibly hard", MI6's former head of counter-terrorism says.

India soldiers die in Kashmir ambush

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:56am
Three soldiers are killed in an ambush by suspected militants in the Pulwama district of Indian-administered Kashmir, officials say.

PSNI 'may have to foot £50m G8 bill'

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:53am
The Police Service of Northern Ireland may have to pay out at least £50m to cover the costs of policing and security at the G8 summit in Fermanagh, it has been claimed.

Police confident about Big Weekend

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:51am
Officers in Londonderry admit the Radio 1 event is their biggest police operation this year and they will "curb any anti-social behaviour".

Some statins 'raise diabetes risk'

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:44am
Some drugs taken to protect the heart may increase the risk of developing Type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada.

City want five cups in five years

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:44am
Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano expects the club to win five trophies in the next five years.

VIDEO: Sex education 'must counter porn'

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:43am
In an age when "extremely violent and sadistic imagery is two clicks away", school sex education is struggling to keep pace, a study suggests.

Lewis Hamilton: Racing at Monaco truly special

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:32am
Lewis Hamilton talks about his passion for Monaco, helmet designs and his love of motorbikes

Obama defends 'just' drones war

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:53am
President Obama defends the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against deadly militants, and a campaign that has made America safer.

Pier plan is given grant boost

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:49am
Plans to restore a Grade II listed pier are boosted by a heritage lottery grant of nearly £600,000.

Jabs and 999 calls in NHS priorities

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:46am
More MMR jabs, improved ambulance response times and an end to hospital bed-blocking are among the priorities being set by health chiefs for the NHS in Wales.

Lee Rigby remembered in papers

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:44am
Woolwich victim remembered in papers

Pensioner wins modern art award

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:42am
Margaret Harrison, 72, wins the £16,500 Northern Art Prize for a recreation of the perimeter fence from the Greenham Common airbase.

US road bridge falls into river

BBC - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 12:55am
Three people have been rescued after part of a road bridge collapsed into the Skagit River in the US state of Washington, officials say.