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The Competition Commission says BAA may have to sell three of its seven UK airports - two in London and one in Scotland.

Russia rejects a draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, saying it contradicted last week's truce terms.

Paedophile Gary Glitter's return to the UK from Vietnam is delayed after he says he is having a heart attack at Bangkok airport.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy travels to Afghanistan to support his troops, a day after a deadly attack by Taleban fighters.

The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said.

Council workers are staging a 24-hour walkout over pay, disrupting schools, bin collections and ferries in Scotland.

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne will use a speech to claim the Tories are the party best placed to tackle poverty.

A journalist who campaigned to raise awareness of bone marrow donation has died from leukaemia.

Long-term back pain can be relieved through encouraging sufferers to adopt good posture through the Alexander technique, say researchers.

The claimed recent discovery of Bigfoot in the US state of Georgia has turned out to be a gorilla suit in a block of ice.

Fabio Capello appoints Chelsea defender John Terry as permanent England captain.

The England and Wales Cricket Board will decide England's participation in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan at a meeting in London on Tuesday.

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