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Petition demanding improvement to Twitter's abuse procedures reaches 50,000 signatures in wake of Caroline Criado-Perez threats.

Physicist says his first wife refused to end his life when he became critically ill while writing his best-selling book.

Police probing whether bus that plunged off viaduct near Monteforte Irpino, Avellino, had faulty brakes.

Shocking incident at Upton Cross Primary School caused 'horrific injuries'.

Pilgrimage coach plunges 30 metres off viaduct near town of Avellino.

Pilgrims pay tribute as Francis puts 'Pope' into Copacabana.

Giovanni Mazzacurati steps down after being accused of bribing politicians and party officials.

Incident is latest in series of racial insults directed at Cecile Kyenge since taking office.

Serious Organised Crime Agency refuses to divulge names of those it is investigating - even to MPs.

Anti-gay group lures gay men with fake ads, then kidnaps and abuses them to make online videos.

While royal euphoria and happiness flood the UK, not every country is filled with joy at news of Kate Middleton's and Prince William's firstborn.

Pope Francis urges priests to go out into slums, and hails youth as world's only 'actors of change'.

Two men and one woman held after man stabbed to death on city's carnival route.

Home secretary must take insulin injections twice daily for rest of life.

The names and sexual details of hundreds of Savile's victims have been found written on a secret wall in a Manchester record shop.

Microsoft's Bing is first search engine to feature warning about online child abuse images.

Woman calls in the cops after three strap-on dildos and a pair of handcuffs go missing from storage unit.

Musician and lyricist best remembered for writing 1970s hits Cocaine and After Midnight.

Woman in her forties in "serious but not life-threatening" condition after dawn attack.

Gunman murdered six people before being shot dead by police.

Police move in to clear blockade against shale gas exploration by Cuadrilla in village of Balcombe.

Francisco Jose Garzon Amo taken to police station after crash kills 78.

South African chef told obesity-related health problems would put too much strain on health services.

Richard Hillgrove of Hillgrove PR refuses to apologise or remove blog post after legal threat.

A two-year-old Chinese girl has died after being thrown to the ground by a man during a row with her mother over parking.

Francisco Jose Garzon Amo arrested in hospital on suspicion of causing crash that killed 78 passengers.

Seconds after the name of Kate Middleton and Prince William's son was announced, domain names such as GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com and princegeorgecambridge.co.uk were taken.

Footage shows president driving speedboat, patting reindeer and fishing with PM Dmitry Medvedev.

Teen idol Justin Bieber has hit the headlines again by spitting from a hotel balcony on to fans below.