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A 64-year-old woman has died of suspected Legionnaires' disease in south Wales.

The six authors up for this year's literary prize

The government's fixed-term parliaments bill could be vulnerable to legal challenge, the Commons' top official warns.

The club for dedicated fans of Dennis the Menace is to be replaced with a website in a bid to attract more members.

A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell is jailed for six months.

Some services resume on the London Underground following severe disruption on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes.

President Obama is to call for company tax breaks in his bid to regain the initiative as mid-term elections loom.

Tiger Woods is selected in the United States Ryder Cup team for Celtic Manor, as one of four wildcards along with Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson and Rickie Fowler.

A girl thought to be Britain's youngest female double murderer is given a life sentence and told she will serve a minimum of 14 years.

Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters are in US Open quarter-final action, while Rafael Nadal also plays on day nine at Flushing Meadows.

Behind this tree in Plymouth is a semi-detached house - but the man who lives in it has refused to cut it back.

Nearly six million people who have paid the wrong amount of income tax will start to receive letters from the tax office on Tuesday, letting them know about the errors.

Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers who battled through the bombing raids of the Blitz came together at St Paul's Cathedral to commemorate the ordeal.

Tropical Storm Hermine threatens parts of the southern US with flash flooding even as its winds slow as it moves inland, officials say.

Prominent al-Iraqiya TV presenter Riad al-Saray is shot dead in Baghdad by unknown attackers.

China urges international support for the Burmese general election planned for later this year, as Burma's leader begins a five-day visit to China.

Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers gather 70 years after battling through eight months of bombing raids over Britain's industrial centres.

A friend tells of a holidaymaker's serious accident at his hotel swimming pool in Majorca.

A man suspected of being a motorbike thief who police refused to pursue because he was not wearing a helmet is killed riding a stolen bike.

A man whose body was set alight and dumped at a golf course is identified by police as a 37-year-old man from Brighton.