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A 69-year-old amateur scientist discovers that her garden snails have a homing instinct.

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Wheat prices hit a 22-month high as the severe drought and ensuing wildfires in Russia devastate crops.

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Patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital are screened for the MSSA superbug in a bid to cut infections.

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A woman is arrested following the death of a man in Glasgow who is believed to have been attacked for his alcohol.

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A mother and her disabled daughter, who were found dead in a house in Hertfordshire, had refused help from social workers, a council says.

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A car that exploded outside a police station in Londonderry on Tuesday contained 200lb of homemade explosives, police say.

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Council houses should be allocated on fixed-term deals rather than for life, David Cameron says.

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The US government says the Gulf oil spill is the biggest leak ever, as BP prepares an operation to permanently seal its well.

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Pakistan’s president says the war against the Taliban is being lost because there is no popular support for it in Afghanistan.

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Thousands of people have lined the streets of Portadown for the funeral of a soldier from Northern Ireland killed in Afghanistan.

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As Pakistan’s president is due to arrive in the UK, critics say he should be at home helping his country deal with devastating floods instead.

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An attempt to block a plan for a mosque near Ground Zero in New York has failed after the site was denied landmark status.

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Volunteers travelling to help people protect their homes from approaching forest fires got too close for comfort to the blaze.

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Pakistani rescue teams try to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by devastating floods which are now estimated to have affected three million people.

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Trade unions are planning coordinated protests against the government’s plans to slash public spending.

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