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Police have confirmed that five people have been killed in an explosion in Lincolnshire.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:29 AM

Maternity services across the UK need a radical rethink according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

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The BBC’s Rachel Harvey looks at the implications of rallies demanding electoral reforms which have been taking place in Malaysia.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:29 AM

More US politicians are calling for an inquiry into claims that journalists employed by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation allegedly tried to access phone records of victims of the 11 September attacks.

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The Chinese writer Liao Yi-wu has gone into exile in Germany, saying authorities in his country have forbidden him from publishing his work.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:29 AM

The watchdog Consumer Focus says that if all the big six fuel providers put up prices by the amount recently announced by Scottish Power and British Gas, the number in fuel poverty will rise to nearly six million households.

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The story of how audiences fell in love with regional television from its birth in the 1950s to the present day.

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Fire crews and police forensic teams are combing the site of an explosion in Boston that claimed the lives of five men.

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Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has said ''all angles will be investigated'' after three blasts shook the commercial hub of Mumbai.

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Rita Heyster has been convicted of helping her lover cover up the murder of his wife at his home in Bathgate.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:29 AM

Police investigating a fire at an industrial estate in Lincolnshire have appealed to anyone with information on the incident to come forward.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:28 AM

Scottish fishing leaders have warned that proposals for reform of the Common Fisheries Policy could lead to job losses.

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Rising cancer rates mean four in ten people will get the disease at some point in their lives, the charity, Macmillan Cancer Support, warns.

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New Zealand’s economic growth accelerates in the first three months of the year despite its devastating earthquake.

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The Indian cabinet is considering the merits of a BP plan to buy a stake in Reliance Industries energy assets.

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China’s growth remains strong but it also brings dangers and challenges for the authorities to manage their way through.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:22 AM

Chantal Hughes, spokesperson for the European commissioner responsible for internal markets and financial services, and Martin Winn, spokesman for Standard & Poors, look at the efficacy of credit ratings.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:24 AM

The Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank, Ben Bernanke, has said it is in the world’s interests that the US can come to an agreement on its debt crisis very soon.The US national debt is more than 14 trillion dollars, and talks between Congress and the Obama administration appear close to dead...