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BBC

Spain's Eta 'declares ceasefire' - Sun, 05 Sep 2010
Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it has decided not to carry out "armed actions" in its campaign for independence, the BBC learns.

Gove defends free school numbers - Sun, 05 Sep 2010
Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".

Second soldier's death announced - Sun, 05 Sep 2010
A British soldier dies in hospital of injuries he received in an explosion in Afghanistan, the second British casualty in 24 hours.

Cell assault sergeant facing sack - Sun, 05 Sep 2010
A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.

US troops summoned in Iraq attack - Sun, 05 Sep 2010
US troops are called in to help Iraqi forces battle insurgents behind a deadly attack on an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, security officials tell the BBC.

Times

Government scales back child worker vetting scheme - Tue, 15 Jun 2010
Plans to vet millions of people working with children and vulnerable adults are to be scaled back to “common sense” levels, the Government announced today

Live: Bloody Sunday families shown Saville report - Tue, 15 Jun 2010
9.40 BST On a January morning 38 years ago, 13 protesters died at the hands of British paratroopers and 14 were injured, one so seriously he died four months later. For many of their relatives, the years since have been dominated by the search for truth about what happened during 25 chaotic minutes in central Londonderry.

Inflation eases as food prices begin to fall - Tue, 15 Jun 2010
Inflation eased in May to 3.4 per cent from a 17-month high the previous month, helped by weaker rises in food and petrol prices.

News Corp reaches for the Sky with takeover offer - Tue, 15 Jun 2010
News Corporation, the media group headed by Rupert Murdoch, confirmed this morning that it had made an offer to take full control of BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster in which it has a 39 per cent stake.

Emails ‘prove BP systematically put safety at risk’ - Tue, 15 Jun 2010
Congressional investigators have published a series of internal BP memos which they say proves that the British company systematically and negligently put safety at risk on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in order to increase profits.