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Culture and Sport Glasgow says a major swimming event in the city is going ahead as planned despite a strike by workers.

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Raising the rate of capital gains tax (CGT) could result in a fall in tax revenues, one think tank warns.

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A former Roman Catholic priest in Italy is charged with sexual abuse of youngsters at a drug rehabilitation centre.

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How easy is it to recycle old furniture?

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A man has been jailed for five years after his 15-year-old stepson accidentally shot himself while posing with a gun.

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Rescuers in Colombia resume work to free dozens of miners trapped underground, but there is little hope any have survived.

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David Cameron holds talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, focused on Afghanistan, the economy and next week’s G8 summit.

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Poseidon Adventure director Ronald “Ronnie” Neame dies in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 99.

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Kyrgyzstan’s interim leader says the death toll in the worst ethnic violence in decades could be much higher than official figures.

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UN officials investigating allegations of detainee abuse urge Malaysia to repeal laws that allow for detention without trial.

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Sports fans in Cardiff are to be largely spared the drone of the vuvuzela that has become a feature of the World Cup.

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The English and Algerian fans pal up in Cape Town

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A village in County Fermanagh had ‘an appalling secret’ and faced a ‘tidal wave’ of sex abuse, a judge has said.

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Parents, teachers and other groups in England could set up “free schools” in shops and houses, ministers confirm.

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Hundreds are forced to leave their homes in a van bomb alert at a police station in Aughnacloy, County Tyrone.

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