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Britain braced for widespread snow

Parts of Britain have been placed on amber alert as the country lies in wait for widespread snow.Read

Five held in Syria embassy protest

Five people have been arrested after gaining entry to the Syrian embassy in London as a protest erupted at the building, Scotland Yard said.Read

Rhyming plea over library closures

Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson has penned a poem in protest at planned library closures.Read

Protesters attack Syrian embassy

Five people have been arrested after gaining entry to the Syrian embassy in London as a protest erupted at the building, Scotland Yard said.Read

1,000 people expected in marches

More than 1,000 protesters are expected to take part in marches by two opposing campaign groups.Read

Huhne 'must forfeit severance pay'

Chris Huhne faces pressure to decline a £17,000-plus severance payment available to him after he quit his job as a Cabinet minister to fight a criminal charge of perverting the course of justice.Read

Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier

An army intelligence analyst accused of the biggest leak of classified information in US history will face a court martial.Read

Towns regeneration contest launched

The Government has launched a competition to find 12 areas to share £1 million under a drive to regenerate town centres.Read

New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'

New cases of cancer could rise 30% in the UK by 2030, experts have warned.Read

UN Security Council meets on Syria

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Saturday to take up a much-negotiated resolution on Syria, a Western diplomat has said.Read

British passenger 'fell from liner'

A British passenger on the world's biggest cruise ship has apparently gone overboard in waters near Mexico.Read

Paedophile jailed over porn seizure

A paedophile who hoarded so much obscene material in his home it took a seven-tonne lorry to remove it all has been jailed.Read

Search launched for cruise Briton

A search is under way in waters near Mexico for a British cruise ship passenger who apparently went overboard.Read

Four die in football riot protests

Police have fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot at rock-throwing protesters in Cairo as popular anger over a deadly football riot spilled over into a second day of street violence that left at least four people dead and more than 1,500 injured nationwide.Read

Widespread snow looms for weekend

Britain is lying in wait for widespread snow this weekend after another bitterly cold day in which temperatures in some places struggled to get above freezing.Read

Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'

A conference call between Scotland Yard and the FBI was intercepted and published by hackers, the group Anonymous has claimed.Read

PM accepts White House invitation

David Cameron and Barack Obama will hold face-to-face talks on Afghanistan and the global economic crisis when the Prime Minister makes an official visit to the White House next month.Read

Cabinet reshuffle as Huhne quits

David Cameron and Nick Clegg have been forced into a mini-reshuffle of their ministerial team after the dramatic resignation of Chris Huhne from the Cabinet.Read

Three shot dead in Egypt clashes

Three people have been shot dead in clashes with Egyptian police who fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot at protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot.Read

Camerons to make official US visit

David Cameron and his wife Samantha will make an official visit to the United States next month.Read

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