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How Edinburgh Fringe’s first super-venue came to be

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The Edinburgh Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world, has begun its three-week run in Scotland’s capital.

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Ministers are cracking down on public bodies that spend tens of thousands of pounds on lobbying them.

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Bubba Watson fires a first-round 64 to lead the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by two shots as Tiger Woods looks set to lose his world number one ranking.

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Lawnmower racing, a giant mosquito ball and four rare white tigers. It’s the week’s weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat’s Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

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Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson insists speculation over the club’s future ownership will not affect his side’s focus on the new season.

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Former Iraqi Prime Minister Tariq Aziz mounts a robust defence of Saddam Hussein, saying Iraq is worse off without him.

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Food giant Kraft reports healthy first quarter profit, helped by its purchase of UK confectionery maker Cadbury.

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Two police officers have been taken off operational duty while the IPCC investigates how they dealt with a pensioner who was stopped for not wearing his seat belt.

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BP finishes pumping cement into the top of its damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well as part of its “static kill” procedure.

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Tottenham will learn their Champions League play-off opponents on Friday as other British clubs find out who they play in the Europa League play-offs.

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At least 1,600 people have now died and more than four million people have been affected by the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history, the UN says.

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US officials charge 14 people with providing money, personnel and services to the Somali militant group al-Shabab.

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A north London council offers its primary schools the chance to serve halal-only meat on its menus.

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England skipper Andrew Strauss backs out-of-form batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Alastair Cook ahead of the start of the second Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston on Friday.

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