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Belfast singer Leah McFall is the bookies' favourite to win BBC talent show The Voice in Saturday night's final.

Search engine to abandon policy of testing job applicants with brain teasers and conundrums.

The cremated remains of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, will be loaded into a capsule and launched into outer space.

Bank of England draws up list of candidates including Jane Austen, Emmeline Pankhurst and the Bronte sisters.

Exodus International founder Alan Chambers apologised for the suffering the church caused the LGBT community.

One of the UK's biggest online dating firms could be in line for a £40 million pay-out after selling its casual sex websites.

The child, Qiqi, is believed to have wandered out of a window, disoriented after waking up.

Former chief executive of energy company in biggest ever US fraud reaches deal with prosecutors.

Three killed after rivers burst their banks in Calgary and surrounding areas.

Private jet is ready and waiting in China if Icelandic government gives NSA whistleblower asylum, says businessman.

A group of seven to eight customers abused and attacked the women, injuring one in the shoulder.

Ancient technology of Apple-1 will be sold in New York in Christie’s First Bytes auction.

Corpse of householder hanging in the dark terrifies would-be housebreaker into giving himself up.

Demonstrators on streets after Erias Lukwago beaten and opposition leader Kizza Besigye arrested.

Channel 4 documentary follows Las Vegas man suffering from condition that caused his testicles to swell.

Singapore hit by record-breaking levels of air pollution for third day.

Consumption and hunting of hyenas is threatening the species' survival.

Hapless thief Jamie Neil used a see-through carrier bag when he raided a petrol station with an accomplice.

Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will no longer honour memory of Fiume wartime police official.

Charles visited the day service centre and met in-patients treated by the charity.

Teacher who had relationship with 15-year-old and fled to France sentenced to five and a half years.

According to Lieutenant Fred Corral of the coroner's investigation branch, Lam's bipolar personality disorder contributed to her death.

Siberia's Alexander Mikhailov urges gays to be dragged from streets and whipped in public square by troops.

Thousands of people gather at ancient site in Wiltshire to celebrate longest day of the year.

Queensland authorities charge 41-year-old with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle in Surfers Paradise.

Twenty five declassified files from National Archives suggest that the reason behind the shutdown of the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) UFO desk and hotline in 2009.

Parkin banned for life from all mosques and jailed for 18 months for anti-Islam arson bid.

North India flash floods leave 14,000 people missing and 60,000 stranded.

Elizabeth’s victory is first time British monarch has won in race’s 207-year history.