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David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.

Convicted serial killer Peter Tobin is questioned by police in Edinburgh in connection with serious sexual crimes.

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

The next professional head of the British Army will be General Sir Peter Wall, the Ministry of Defence says.

Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings.

A couple who left a three-year-old boy in their care with more than 70 injuries are jailed for life.

More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.

Celtic sign Maccabi Haifa's Biram Kayal on a four-year deal after the player secures a work permit.

A growing number of children in Britain are being abducted by a parent and taken overseas, the Foreign Office says.

A French couple are placed under investigation over the deaths of eight newborn babies after remains are found in a village in northern France.

The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697 "impermissible donation".

People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

An inquiry into claims of 'racial prejudice' at a Cardiff UK Border Agency office finds all but one claim was "unsubstantiated".

The mother of a teenage girl killed after getting off a school bus in Aberdeenshire is suing the car driver involved.

Happily married, don't want kids - why is that so odd?

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal state of emergency, putting pressure on lawmakers to pass a budget.

Greek police fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of lorry drivers protesting in Athens against a government order to end their strike.

A Tamil refugee hunger striker accepts undisclosed damages over newspaper stories he secretly ate burgers during his protest.