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Bagpipes may get Wembley reprieve

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 09:16
The FA says it will consider requests for fans to be allowed to take bagpipes into Wembley for Scotland's forthcoming friendly against England.

VIDEO: 'Forgive me. Our sons were brainwashed'

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 09:10
World leaders are gathering in Northern Ireland for a G8 summit set to be dominated by the conflict in Syria.

Libyans cleared on Lockerbie payout

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 09:08
Two senior Libyan officials are acquitted of "squandering public funds" by agreeing to pay $2.7bn (£1.7bn) in compensation to victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

Day in pictures: 17 June 2013

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 09:05
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 17 June

Dialogue of the deaf?

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:55
The battle over who polices the web

Sex offender's mother gets payout

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:55
A teaching assistant sacked from an Ipswich school for keeping in touch with her convicted sex offender son is awarded £28,000 by a tribunal.

Airbus wins orders battle at air show

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:50
Airbus secures almost £12bn of new orders on day one of the Paris air show, more than three times those of rival Boeing.

UK ISPs reject default porn filters

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:36
The UK's net suppliers have rejected calls for default opt-out pornography filters to be applied to UK networks.

Five survivors of spectacular falls

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:18
A British man has survived a fall from the 15th floor of a New Zealand apartment block, according to local media. The odds may be against it, but others have lived after even more dramatic plummets.

Brazil tries to avert protest clash

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:12
Security officials in Sao Paulo meet protest leaders in an attempt to avert violent clashes at a major demonstration later on Monday.

Pregnancy drinking confusion warning

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:00
Confusing messages about how much alcohol is safe to drink in pregnancy is making it difficult for the NHS to tackle substance misuse, experts warn.

Herschel telescope switched off

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:58
Controllers sever all communications with Europe's billion-euro Herschel space telescope, formally bringing to a close the observation phase of the mission.

Today censured over offensive term

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:44
BBC Radio 4 is censured by Ofcom over an interview featuring crime author Lynda La Plante, during which she used the word "retard".

China retakes supercomputer crown

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:39
A China-based supercomputer has been ranked the world's fastest, offering nearly double the processing speeds of the US's most powerful system.

Gagarin air crash details emerge

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:24
New details have emerged about the air crash that killed Yuri Gagarin - the first man in space.

Liverpool want Armenian midfielder

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:19
Liverpool push ahead with plans to make Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan their major summer signing.

Smith named in England Euros squad

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:02
England coach Hope Powell names injured trio Kelly Smith, Casey Stoney and Karen Carney in her Euro 2013 squad.

Arts fundraising fellowship launched

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:01
The Arts Council funds a new fellowship programme to train arts fundraisers of the future.

Murder victim's ring images released

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:00
Police investigating the discovery of the dismembered remains of a woman in Edinburgh release images of four rings she was wearing.

No extra free schools, says Labour

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 06:59
Labour would keep open existing free schools but would not open any more, says Stephen Twigg. He also says all state schools in England should have the independence given to academies.