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Coroner raises rail safety fears
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:26:39 +0000

A coroner raises ongoing safety fears as an inquest jury blames a points failure for the Potters Bar train crash.

UK soldiers push to clear Taliban
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:48 +0000

Hundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold in southern Afghanistan.

BP boss scaling back oil effort
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:07:23 +0000

The incoming BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.

Venables' identity must be secret
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:58:03 +0000

The new identity of Jon Venables must be kept secret because there is "compelling evidence" of a threat to his safety, a judge says.

Child, 3, drowned in garden pond
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:01:42 +0000

A toddler drowned after falling into a garden pond during a visit to a house in Edinburgh, it has emerged.

Immigrant worker limit criticised
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:31:13 +0000

Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.

Lebanon urged to resist violence
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:39:20 +0000

Syria's president and the Saudi king call on Lebanon's rival factions to avoid turning to violence amid mounting political tensions in the country.

Fugitive Nadir will stand trial
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:59:17 +0000

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, confirms he will come back to the UK to stand trail on theft charges.

Israel launches Gaza air strikes
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:01:48 +0000

Israel launches air strikes into the Gaza Strip, reports say, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.

Girl, 9, dies in rafting accident
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:45:10 +0000

A nine-year-old girl from Wales has died in a rafting accident while on holiday in Turkey.

French mother 'relieved by truth'
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:07:33 +0000

A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.

Can I talk to you about Jesus? How a shop manager foiled a robbery
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:19:21 +0000

A 20-year-old Christian mobile phone shop manager in Florida stops a would-be armed robber by preaching to him.

Seven-year-old boy's paintings fetch £150,000 after exhibition
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:02:41 +0000

An exhibition of paintings by a seven-year-old artist from Norfolk sells out, fetching about £150,000 in half an hour.

Turner leads GB Euro medal haul
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:14:21 +0000

Andy Turner leads Great Britain's medal haul on the fourth day of the European Championships as he takes gold in the 110m hurdles.

Anderson puts England in command
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:52:22 +0000

Birthday boy James Anderson produces a superb bowling display to put England on top in the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

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