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Norwegian police say three men have been arrested suspected of plotting terrorist attacks and being members of al-Qaeda.

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Police reveal gunman Raoul Moat has made threats to the wider public while two more men have been arrested.

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The home secretary announces stricter tests for stop and search powers after they were ruled unlawful by a European court.

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Fans of Chris Sievey celebrate his memory by trying to get his alter ego Frank Sidebottom’s single to number one.

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Change and no change for UK recovery

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Three men recruited by the airline bombs plot ringleader are convicted of plotting to murder in suicide attacks.

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A Sri Lankan minister goes on hunger strike outside the UN’s Colombo office demanding it end a probe into alleged war crimes.

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One of the largest ever finds of Roman coins in Britain has been made by a man using a metal detector in Somerset.

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At least five people are killed by bombs in Baghdad, taking the death toll from two days of attacks on Shia pilgrims to 45.

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Cameroon’s government rejects the claim by a gay asylum seeker in the UK that he would face persecution if he returned home.

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A 39-year-old man from Dundee is jailed for sex offences against three girls committed when he was 13.

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Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has been sworn in as a member of the House of Lords.

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A star-sized black hole is observed blowing a vast bubble of hot gas 1,000 light-years across.

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A minister vows to apologise for errors made in a list of building schemes being cancelled. Do buildings matter?

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An experimental plane powered by solar cells successfully completes a 26-hour flight and lands safely in Switzerland.

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