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Police are appealing for information over the rape of a 16-year-old girl in west Belfast on Friday.

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Damon Albarn takes responsibility for the poor reviews his band Gorillaz received following their Glastonbury headline slot.

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Cuban President Raul Castro attends Revolution Day events but does not speak, while despite speculation, Fidel does not appear.

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Eleven Somali men are sentenced to 10 years in jail in the Seychelles for piracy on the Indian ocean, in the country’s first case of its kind.

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Great Britain captain Jessica Ennis aims to lead by example at the European Championships and inspire her team to bring home a haul of medals from Barcelona.

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The government’s planned shake-up of policing in England and Wales is an “unnecessary, unwanted and expensive diversion”, shadow home secretary Alan Johnson has said.

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Some 40% of people who say they voted Lib Dem would not have done had they known the party would enter a coalition with the Tories, a Newsnight poll suggests.

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The children of armed forces personnel in England could be included in categories of deprivation to be supported by extra school funding.

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The union representing British Airways cabin crew plans to take it to court to regain staff’s lost travel concessions.

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The UK Film Council is to be axed as part of a cost-cutting drive by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Nicolas Sarkozy confirms the death of a French hostage killed by suspected al-Qaeda militants in north-west Africa, condemning it as “odious”.

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Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill holds “amicable” talks with James Milner to discuss the midfielder’s future, the club have confirm.

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A suicide bomber outside Peshawar kills seven at a gathering mourning a cabinet minister’s only son killed in a suspected Taliban attack, police say.

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Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy will be the first to cycle in the 2012 velodrome on Tuesday, marking two years to the start of the Games in London.

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Banks are set to come under renewed pressure from the government to increase lending to small firms.

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