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The Nimrod aircraft flew into East Midlands Airport to retire after its final flight from an RAF base.

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Rising acoustic star Ed Sheeran returns to East Anglia to set a record gig run in Norwich.

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The practice of hacking into the mobile phones of public figures was limited to one case at the News of the World, a former executive told MPs in September 2009.

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The Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, John Yates, has told MPs he believes his own phone was hacked during a period when journalists were being investigated for the malpractice.

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Data visualisation showing the growth of megacities

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Gordon Brown has launched an all-out attack on News International accusing it of using "disgusting" methods to gain access to personal information.

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A Leeds University researcher has built a robotic worm he claims could be used to help to rescue earthquake survivors.

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Police offer a £20,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of a 15-year-old boy.

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The Prime Minister urges the Welsh assembly to modernise public services in an address at the Senedd.

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Essex County Council spent nearly £700,000 on chauffeured cars in five years, the BBC has discovered.

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David Ruffley, previously a Shadow Minister for Police Reform, said Assistant Commissioner John Yates was "not competent" in his role over phone hacking allegations.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:06 AM

The Roman Catholic Bishop of East Anglia, the Right Rev Michael Evans, has died after a long battle with cancer.

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European Union ministers gathered in Brussels amid fears that the debt crisis could spread to Italy and Spain.

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An animal rescue centre in Kent has seen a large rise in the number of cats and kittens being abandoned.

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A man has been blinded in one eye after an injured seabird attacked him while he tried to rescue it at Whiteford sands in the Gower.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall visit the Eden Project and Davidstow Creamery on day two of their Cornish tour.

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Hugh Grant has condemned David Cameron for having dinner with News International’s Rebekah Brooks while the government was still considering the BSkyB deal.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:06 AM

The Open Championship golf tournament gets under way in the south of England - the focus of a local, national and international sporting business.

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The scale of drug-related deaths in Mexico, and above all the discovery of mass graves, is straining the country’s forensic services.

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Violence has flared across Northern Ireland for a second night as nationalists marked the height of the Orange Order marching season.