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Peter Capaldi tackles the tough gig as the 12th Doctor Who

04 August 2013 07:56 PM

The news was announced during a suspenseful live show on BBC1 - so what has he got in store for us?

Third suspect arrested over rape of 12-year-old in London

04 August 2013 11:59 AM

Two others have already been arrested

The Atlantic Park hotel in Magaluf, where the incident reportedly happened

British teenager killed in nine-floor Spanish hotel fall

04 August 2013 09:16 AM

A British teenager has died in Spain after falling from a hotel fire escape on the ninth floor.

Belfast councillor Ruth Patterson charged with 'grossly offensive communication' over Facebook comment

03 August 2013 03:18 PM

Former deputy lord mayor charged with 'grossly offensive communication'

Panamanian workers stand on top of sacks of sugar inside a container aboard a North Korean-flagged ship at the Manzanillo International container terminal on the coast of Colon City, Panama

Live ammunition found on North Korean ship held in Panama

03 August 2013 01:25 PM

Sniffer dogs found ammunition for grenade launchers and other munitions aboard the Chong Chon Gang

Spies at GCHQ allegedly collected customers' communications data from commercial companies

BT and Vodafone 'gave users' data to GCHQ'

03 August 2013 12:19 PM

German newspaper cites documents leaked by fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

Jimmy Wales criticised David Cameron's 'ridiculous idea'

'An absolutely ridiculous idea': Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales rejects David Cameron's online porn filter plan

03 August 2013 09:54 AM

Wales had been a high-profile celebrity adviser to the Prime Minister

Tesco strikes 'modesty' deal with lads' mags Zoo, Nuts and Front over front covers

03 August 2013 09:36 AM

Zoo, Nuts and Front will only be sold to over 18s

London to Stansted Airport trains halted on busy holiday getaway day

02 August 2013 09:43 AM

'Overhead wire problems' cited for closure

President Moncef Marzouki stands in front of coffin, draped in the Tunisian flag, of the one of the eight soldiers who died in an ambush by an armed group in Mount Chaambi

Tunisia turmoil: President calls for national unity after eight soldiers ambushed and killed

30 July 2013 05:44 PM

Powerful union has called for the dissolution of the ruling coalition

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