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A Japanese electronics firm shows off a vibration-harvesting generator that could replace batteries.

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Convicted book thief William Jacques should have turned over a new leaf. Instead, he returned to a top library.

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Former Lib Dem MP Matthew Taylor, former Labour Home Secretary John Reid and Local Government Association chairman Dame Margaret Eaton are being introduced as new members of the House of Lords.

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From Comic Sans to Baskerville – unpicking the subliminal messages that can both entice and revolt readers.

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There has been a rise in the number of older people in the UK catching HIV, latest figures reveal.

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MPs are setting questions to Transport Secretary Phil Hammond and his team on the long term viability of the rail network, the future of Dover port, the Intercity Express Programme and travel agents.

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The committee is taking evidence on the work of the OBR.

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Alberto Contador looks to keep hold of the yellow jersey in stage 16 of the Tour de France, a testing day in the Pyrenees featuring four famous climbs

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Six Turkish soldiers are killed in an attack by Kurdish rebels near the border with Iraq, Turkish reports say.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells a key conference in Kabul his country wants control of its own security by 2014.

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Mortgage lending in the UK rose by 15% in June to £13.1bn, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders

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Chancellor George Osborne launches the Office for Tax Simplification to tackle the “spaghetti bowl” of UK tax laws.

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Strathclyde Police confirm that a five-month-old baby boy has been found dead at a house in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.

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A murder inquiry begins in County Fermanagh after a man is found dead at a house near the village of Tempo.

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The former head of MI5 is giving evidence at the inquiry into the Iraq war.

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