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3 hours ago Your pictures
A selection of your images on the theme of going back to work
3 hours ago 'Real women'
Plus-size models make New York Fashion Week debut
3 hours ago Fat orang-utan goes on a diet
An overweight orang-utan, who was Britain's fattest primate, has been put on a strict new diet.
3 hours ago Colorado fire destroys homes
A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, according to officials.
3 hours ago Google revamps search system
Google revamps search system with launch of 'Instant'
3 hours ago Live: Environment questions
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is taking questions from MPs on farm animal welfare, flood defences, farming regulations and food labelling standards.
3 hours ago Did the Blitz really unify Britain?
Seventy years ago Britain endured eight months of nightly German bombing. Does this tale of national unity tell the whole story?
3 hours ago Morgan to replace host Larry King
Former newspaper editor and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers will replace US TV presenter Larry King on the US network CNN, it is announced.
3 hours ago Spears sued for sexual harassment
A former bodyguard for Britney Spears files a sexual harassment lawsuit against the pop star.
3 hours ago Tinie Tempah leads way for Mobos
Rapper Tinie Tempah leads the way in the nominations for this year's Mobo Awards in Liverpool with four nods.
3 hours ago New evidence for rare black hole
Researchers say they may have found further evidence for the existence of an unusual type of black hole.
3 hours ago Broadband speed gets laser boost
A kind of "auto-tune for data" developed by a European team may help increase the capacities of long-haul fibre optic cables.
3 hours ago Google unveils 'instant' searches
Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product called Instant that displays results as soon as users type in queries.
3 hours ago Scots teachers spend 60% in class
Teachers in Scotland spend 60% of their time in the classroom which is higher than their counterparts anywhere in the western world, says a survey.
3 hours ago Bank new ratio 'to be set at 7%'
Central bank governors and senior regulators are to impose tighter restrictions on the level of assets banks must hold, the BBC has learnt.
3 hours ago Morrisons to test online shopping
The UK's fourth biggest grocer, Morrisons, says it hopes to trial online shopping and convenience stores next year.
3 hours ago World Cup knocks trading at HMV
Music, computer games and book retailer HMV says that its sales were disrupted this summer by the football World Cup.
3 hours ago Huge protest over India CCTV plan
Students from different political affiliations are staging a huge protest at one of India's top universities over plans to introduce CCTV.
3 hours ago Iran opposition lawyer detained
A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is detained by the authorities on security charges.
3 hours ago Big toll in Russian market bomb
At least 11 people are killed and more than 60 wounded in a bomb attack in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz, local officials say.
3 hours ago Japan-China boat spat escalates
China warns Japan that their wider relationship will suffer if Tokyo mishandles a dispute about a Chinese fishing boat seized in disputed waters.
3 hours ago Police may have shot HK hostages
Investigators in the Philippines say police may have accidentally shot some of the hostages on a bus hijacked last month.
3 hours ago South Sudan vote is 'time bomb'
The referendum on independence for Southern Sudan is a "ticking time bomb", US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
3 hours ago McGuinness 'forgot deathbed talk'
Martin McGuinness says he forgot a deathbed conversation he had with the priest suspected of being involved in the 1972 Claudy bombing.
3 hours ago Soldier's body brought back home
The body of a Scottish soldier killed rocket-propelled grenade attack in Afghanistan is brought back to Britain.
3 hours ago Exeter city election polls open
Voters in Exeter are electing 13 councillors to bring the city council back to its full complement after the new government denied it unitary status.
3 hours ago Woman charged after boy stabbed
A woman is charged with the attempted murder of a 12-year-old boy at her home in Liverpool.
3 hours ago Live - County Championship
Nottinghamshire look to hold off the chasing pack of Somerset, Yorkshire and Lancashire, while Kent and Hampshire battle against relegation.
3 hours ago Adkins set for Southampton role
Scunthorpe give boss Nigel Adkins permission to talk to Southampton over the vacant manager's job at St Mary's.
3 hours ago Toshack poised to quit Wales job
John Toshack is set to announce his resignation as Wales manager at a media conference on Thursday.