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BBC Sport previews the 2010 Open Championship from St Andrews. (UK users only)

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…and start again. What would a new bank look like?

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Business Secretary Vince Cable is to propose a graduate tax, in a keynote speech on the future funding of higher education.

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BBC Two programme The Restaurant, which was fronted by celebrity chef Raymond Blanc, will not return to TV screens.

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An Edinburgh man who admitted attempting to murder his wife, who has MS, is jailed for four-and-a-half years.

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German prosecutors have raided 13 branches of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse in connection with a probe into tax fraud.

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A former senator from the Pakistani province of Balochistan is shot dead in the provincial capital, Quetta.

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Is it ever OK to call someone a Nazi in an argument?

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Plants are able to remember and respond to information contained in light, according to researchers in Poland.

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Spotlight on Labour leadership front runner

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The Argentine Senate is set to begin debating a proposed bill to legalise gay marriage amid fierce opposition from the Catholic Church.

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Parents should avoid using household teaspoons to dispense medicine as sizes can vary dramatically, a study warns.

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The deficit of final-salary pension schemes in the UK collectively widened in June, Pension Protection Fund figures show.

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A UK unmanned solar-powered plane called Zephyr will soon attempt to fly non-stop, day and night, for a record two weeks.

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The US tells the BBC how it believes an alleged whistle-blower obtained classified diplomatic data while on an army base in Iraq.

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