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Long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine is to be axed after 37 years, the BBC has announced.

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Israel releases the remaining British activists arrested in its raid on a Gaza-bound aid convoy for deportation.

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A gunman, thought to be Derrick Bird, 52, went on the rampage in Cumbria, killing 12 people and injuring 25, police confirm.

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Oil from the Gulf of Mexico is seen off the coast of Florida, as the latest effort to cap the well hits a snag.

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A murder investigation has started after three people, including a child, died in Derbyshire.

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel had no choice but to stop the flotilla of ships which tried to break the Gaza blockade.

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Police investigating the murder of a 22-year-old woman reveal her bag was found in a sluice gate around half a mile from her body.

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England coach Fabio Capello signs an amended contract committing him to the job until after Euro 2012.

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The producers of The Hurt Locker appoint a legal firm to send letters to 5,000 people suspected of illegally sharing the film.

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Brazil’s football team receive a warm welcome in Zimbabwe as 50,000 fans flock to watch them take on the national team.

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Cumbria police say they believe they have found the body of Derrick Bird, 52, suspected of shooting at least five people dead and injuring a number of others.

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Long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine is to be axed after 37 years, the BBC has announced.

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A murder investigation starts after three people were found dead in a house in a Derbyshire village.

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The mobile satellite services provider Iridium orders 81 spacecraft to upgrade its global network in a $2.9bn project.

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Israel is deporting hundreds of foreign activists seized in a deadly raid on an aid flotilla trying to break its Gaza blockade.

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