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7:08 am (5 hours ago)
The BBC hears accounts from prison inmates in Libya suggesting that supporters of former leader Col Gaddafi are being tortured in detention.
10:54 am (45 minutes ago)
Four men, including a police officer, are arrested by Scotland Yard officers investigating payments to police by journalists.
10:09 am (an hour ago)
Victoria Azarenka beats Maria Sharapova 6-3 6-0 in the Australian Open final to win her maiden Grand Slam title and become the new world number one.
12:05 am (12 hours ago)
Halifax and Bank of Scotland charity credit cards which have helped to raise millions of pounds will be withdrawn, Lloyds Banking Group announces
8:11 am (3 hours ago)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in the UK to discuss with Prime Minister David Cameron the departure of British forces.
9:50 am (an hour ago)
More than 50 GPs involved in the groups that will control have warned the NHS may be "in peril" if government changes are derailed.
10:47 am (52 minutes ago)
Senior cleric John Sentamu says the government should not overrule the Bible when it comes to defining marriage.
11:23 am (15 minutes ago)
Two brothers appear in court charged with the murder of a man who was found decapitated and burnt.
1:41 am (10 hours ago)
The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, amid an upsurge in violence.
12:02 am (12 hours ago)
Firms face raids and fines of up to £500,000 for sending unsolicited text messages about credit or compensation.
10:05 am (an hour ago)
Activists and disability campaign groups are due to stage a demonstration in opposition to the government's Welfare Reform Bill.
6:29 am (5 hours ago)
A prisoner who escaped when two guards taking him to a Suffolk hospital were threatened at gunpoint is arrested.
12:56 am (11 hours ago)
Security for the 2012 Olympics will be tested at a Scottish football match at Hampden Park stadium this weekend.
Yesterday 9:27 pm (14 hours ago)
A team of demolition workers has discovered a ghostly image while knocking down a former boarding house.
4:55 am (7 hours ago)
Closed sections of an Elizabethan town house in Kent featured in the work of Charles Dickens are opened to the public for one day only.
11:25 am (14 minutes ago)
Inappropriate spending cuts could "strangle" growth, so austerity measures should be tailor-made by each country, the head of the IMF warns.
Yesterday 4:22 pm (19 hours ago)
The pace of US economic growth quickened to a 2.8% annualised rate in the three months to December, the Commerce Department says.
Yesterday 6:15 pm (17 hours ago)
Ministers and Labour clash over who is responsible for RBS chief executive Stephen Hester's contract, amid anger about a £963,000 share bonus offer.
1:48 am (10 hours ago)
The mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence says the government is not doing enough to tackle racism.
Yesterday 5:19 pm (18 hours ago)
A man who is almost completely paralysed has won the first step in his legal bid to pursue his right-to-die.
Yesterday, 12:01 am
It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.
Yesterday 1:11 pm (22 hours ago)
An independent commission has been set up to examine the impact of increased tuition fees in England.
Thursday, 9:30 am
Just one in 15 pupils in England starting secondary school "behind" for their age, gets five good GCSEs, official data shows.
Yesterday 10:04 pm (14 hours ago)
The social network and Washington State sue a marketing firm over claims that it deceived users by hiding 'Like' buttons. The firm denies the charge.
Yesterday 2:24 pm (21 hours ago)
A European Parliament rapporteur has stood down in protest as a controversial anti-piracy agreement is signed by several countries.
Yesterday 5:39 pm (18 hours ago)
Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study warns.
Yesterday, 10:00 am
Graphene, often described as a "miracle material", can be used to distil alcohol, according to a new study in the Science journal.
Yesterday 5:16 pm (18 hours ago)
Europe's largest bell will ring to start a £27m Olympic opening ceremony inspired by Shakespeare and featuring NHS nurses and 900 local pupils.
Yesterday 9:54 pm (14 hours ago)
Demi Moore suffered convulsions after smoking an undisclosed substance, according to a tape of an emergency call made on Monday.
Yesterday, 4:39 am
Amal Fashanu's uncle was Britain's only openly gay footballer. She tries to find the reasons behind 25 years of silence.
Yesterday 2:31 pm (21 hours ago)
Tourism in the UK faces a massive year. Readers from outside the UK offer their alternative must-see spots.
5:28 am (6 hours ago)
Collapsing England lose their fifth wicket, chasing 145 to win the second Test against Pakistan on the fourth day in Abu Dhabi.
11:00 am (38 minutes ago)
QPR welcome Chelsea to Loftus Road and Liverpool host rivals Manchester United in a mouth-watering start to the day's FA Cup fourth-round action.
9:18 am (2 hours ago)
Rafael Nadal says Andy Murray has the ability to become world number one in 2012 if the Scot improves his mental approach on the biggest stage.
Yesterday 12:27 pm (23 hours ago)
The managers of Liverpool and Manchester United urge players and fans to act responsibly during Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie.
Yesterday 5:50 pm (18 hours ago)
Police are investigating after a "malicious communication" - reportedly containing a bullet - was sent to Queens Park Rangers' training ground.
12:10 am (11 hours ago)
Three people are arrested after protesters from the economic justice movement, Occupy London, take over a new building in London's financial district.
9:18 am (2 hours ago)
The father of a Nottingham burglar now convicted of assault says he should be sent to prison.
Yesterday 4:08 pm (20 hours ago)
The teenager accused of murdering Jack Frew tells a court he did "not recall stabbing him 20 times and slitting his throat".
12:59 am (11 hours ago)
Communities could be encouraged to make their own assessments of the direct benefits they get from nature.
11:18 am (21 minutes ago)
A man dies following a one vehicle car crash in County Tyrone.
10:04 am (an hour ago)
A man is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a moving police van.
11:02 am (37 minutes ago)
Police are continuing to question a teenager on suspicion of murder after the death of a man in a fire in a village near Cardiff.
8:12 am (3 hours ago)
A former pub is opening its doors again in an attempt to get local Welsh speakers to have a drink and a chat in their own language.
8:15 am (3 hours ago)
Violence breaks out in Senegal after the country's top court rules that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in office.
Yesterday 10:52 pm (13 hours ago)
Co-hosts Gabon snatch an incredible late winner to put them through to the quarter-finals and send Morocco out.
11:20 am (19 minutes ago)
Suspected rebels in India's north-east state of Manipur kill at least four people at a polling station during a local election, police say.
Yesterday 7:13 pm (16 hours ago)
Pakistan's former military leader Pervez Musharraf has decided to postpone his return to the country, one of his aides says.
Yesterday 2:25 pm (21 hours ago)
Spain's unemployment figure rose above the five million mark in the last quarter of 2011, official figures show.
Yesterday 8:28 pm (15 hours ago)
Five eurozone economies, including Italy and Spain, are downgraded by rating agency Fitch, citing financial weakness during the debt crisis.
Yesterday 9:14 pm (14 hours ago)
A host of international writers including several Nobel laureates issue a joint statement condemning attacks on journalists in Mexico.
Yesterday 11:47 pm (12 hours ago)
The funeral is held for the first of 14 confirmed victims of Wednesday's building collapse in Rio de Janeiro, as the search continues for about 12 missing people.
Yesterday 3:15 pm (20 hours ago)
Amnesty International has called for an investigation into what it says is the misuse of tear gas by Bahraini security forces.
Yesterday 3:24 pm (20 hours ago)
A suicide car bomber kills at least 32 people in a Shia district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, with a funeral procession caught in the blast.
Yesterday 10:43 pm (13 hours ago)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulls away from nearest rival Newt Gingrich in Florida opinion polls, although his national lead slips.
Yesterday 8:26 pm (15 hours ago)
The notorious 20-year-old former fugitive known as the Barefoot Bandit is sentenced by a federal judge to six-and-a-half years in prison.
Yesterday 1:03 pm (23 hours ago)
24 hours of news photos: 27 January 2012
Monday, 8:14 am
Brazilian officers storm an illegal settlement
Thursday, 4:25 pm
The government has said it will not allow any more time to debate a bill on moving UK time forward by an hour, despite calls from MPs on all sides of the House for it to do so.
11:22 am (17 minutes ago)
A baker in Kent has created chocolate covered sprouts, because his son would not eat vegetables.
4:12 am (7 hours ago)
Snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures have hit parts of south-eastern Europe, leaving at least one person dead and thousands more without power.
Yesterday 7:57 pm (16 hours ago)
President Assad's grip over the Damascus suburb of Saqba appears to be weakening.
9:53 am (an hour ago)
Companies who send out spam texts are being warned that investigating them is a high priority
9:00 am (3 hours ago)
The BBC has seen further evidence that former supporters of Colonel Gaddafi have been tortured in Libyan jails.
10:38 am (an hour ago)
Campaigners have said the Government's plans to to charge a fee for single parents to use the Child Support Agency are unfair
Yesterday 4:57 pm (19 hours ago)
Brandy Yanchyk goes after adventure at the Waitomo Caves in New Zealand, experiencing the steepest abseil in the world into the black abyss of an underwater river.
1:30 am (10 hours ago)
The notorious 20-year-old former fugitive known as the Barefoot Bandit has been sentenced by a US federal judge to six-and-a-half years in prison.
12:43 am (11 hours ago)
Hulk Hogan on his look and his wrestling philosophy
12:34 am (11 hours ago)
'The operation that saved me from enduring pain'
Yesterday 5:04 pm (19 hours ago)
News photos from around the world
12:08 am (12 hours ago)
The race to make RAM that survives a power cut
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