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Decriminalising drug use could cut crime and improve addicts’ health, the outgoing Royal College of Physicians president says.

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UK Independence Party leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch is to stand down less than a year after taking the post.

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Australia should become a republic when Queen Elizabeth II dies, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said, just days ahead of a general election.

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Baking is a popular rainy day school holiday activity, but does making biscuits really teach children how to cook?

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Some children are not being educated because local authorities are often unable to track youngsters who are not being taught, inspectors warn.

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Hollywood actor Michael Douglas is undergoing treatment for a tumour in his throat, his publicist has said.

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Official figures say fewer people are sleeping rough, but a minister warns the data is flawed. So how do you work it out?

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Facebook users are being targeted in a scam that offers them a chance to install a “dislike” button, security researchers say.

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A controversial overhaul of classroom teaching in Scotland takes effect in secondary schools across the country.

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Thriller writer says US spies knocked out wife’s computer

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Ministers want to cut the number of offenders serving short prison terms. But are community orders a viable alternative?

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A common type of bacteria has surprised researchers by demonstrating the ability to “smell” chemicals in the air.

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Two young brothers were found in a flat with the bodies of a couple, believed to be their parents, police reveal.

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Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash near Dillingham, Alaska, his former chief of staff Mitch Rose says.

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Some five thousand people in Niger lose their homes and crops after the River Niger bursts its banks, worsening the country’s food crisis.

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