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Vedanta Resources' lead and zinc mine at Lisheen closed after underground tragedy.

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge open the Tamar Manoukian Outdoor Centre in East Ayrshire.

Cath Everett takes her head out of the sand to explore South Africa's national arts festival celebrating Afrikaans culture.

Newcastle documentary maker succumbs to hypothermia while filming in -4C.

Gamekeepers to poison rhino horns to make people who ingest them sick.

7ft 3in giant Gary Stretch, 47, and his girlfriend Joanna Dennehy, 30, to be quizzed over murders of John Chapman, Lukasz Slaboszewski and Kevin Lee.

Former PM insists he pays fair share of UK tax as he heaps scorn on Gordon Brown.

40 people die in building collapse in Indian city of Mumbai. At least 10 of the deceased are believed to be children and one was a pregnant woman

Woman in her 70s fended off leopard by throwing stones, soil and sticks at the animal.

Horn charged with child endangerment and corporal punishment after allegedly whipping his daughters with an electric cord.

Critically endangered species gets lifeline from Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur to 'roll back tide of extinction'.

Leading London cosmetic surgeon says penoplasty has been as common as breast enhancement operationsover last decade.

Kamala Harris referred to 'best-looking attorney general in the country' by US president.

John Shearen was arrested at his home in Florida on his birthday whilst downloading child pornography

Governor of Veneto region blames wrong weather forecasts for low Easter tourism incomes.

Actor misses court appearance for second time for November drink driving incident.

Chinese authorities begin slaughtering poultry at a Shanghai market.

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie praises Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai and pledges $200,000 to Malala Fund to promote education for Pakistani women

Seven-storey residential building on outskirts of Mumbai allegedly being built without necessary permission.

Man who was with Lawrence when he was murdered by knife-wielding racists wants to be mayor of inner-city Lewisham.

Killer Mick Philpott wrote letter detailing wish to rape his wife on graves of six children he burnt to death.

Oxford University scientists print material that performs some functions of human cells.

Man and woman believed to be latest victims of new strain of avian influenza.

ICIJ lifts curtain on tax havens in British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and others - and more leaks to come.

McFadden and brother sold huge quantities of heroin, cocaine and cannabis stolen from evidence room.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office says severing prisoner's spinal cord is a 'grotesque' act.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were given a tour of one of the sites of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

US schoolgirl sent home from school 24 times for “foul odour”.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Guardian, Le Monde and Washington Post access data dump on financial machinations of mega-rich.