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The Norwegian Prime Minister's office in Oslo has been hit by an explosion, shattering windows and causing "deaths and injuries", according to Norwegian police.

Scarlett Lady, Ascot Hat and Gangly Lancer are just some of the latest offerings to come out of the Natural England's Name A Species competition.

Accommodation claims have fallen by 27 percent during the year after the expenses scandal, new figures reveal, prompting MPs to complain that they are subsidising their costs themselves.

Beer has just become officially classified as alcoholic in Russia, after President Dmitry Medvedev signed a bill to try and grasp control on sales of the drink.

Officers have until 9pm tonight to finish questioning a nurse, held on suspicion of murder after five patients have died at a hospital in Stockport.

Scotland Yard have announced that the police team investigating phone-hacking has increased from 45 to 60 officers, amid speculation that the investigation may start to look at other newspapers beside NOTW.

The Bond girl who starred in On Her Majesty's Secret died in April after drinking a corrosive cleaning liquid, a court heard.

Reports that Eurozone leaders have reached a provisional agreement on how to tackle the debt crises in the Eurozone have pushed up global stock markets.

The law firm that Rupert Murdoch claims failed to raise awareness over evidence of police bribes at News International will now be given the chance to give their version of events to police and MP's, after previously being prevented from doing so by client-lawyer confidentiality.

Prince Andrew is expected to stand down as Britain's trade envoy, four months after his links to a sex offender prompted calls for him to resign

A teenager is "lucky to be alive" having drunk 44 pints of cider before attacking a promising young footballer, a court heard.

While the full moon has for long been a case of bloody tales and stories, forget about vampires or zombie attacks as a study recently published shows that predators, such as lions and maybe even wolves, are at their most dangerous when the moon starts to fade.

A wild leopard has mauled six people after it strayed into an Indian village in an attack that was caught on camera.The big feline first attacked a forest guard at Prakash Nagar village in West Bengal.

Unions have criticised Government plans to increase competition for the NHS and give patients greater choice, for fear that it will pave the way for widespread privatisation.

A man from Wales became the first to be prosecuted in Britain for use of an illegal dog collar.

A student summer ball made an estimated loss of more than £100,000 after a lower than expected turnout failed to offset expensive headline acts, reported Felix Newspaper.

A conman is believed to have made more than £11,000 in cash by offering a false deal on Champagne to businesses around London.

MP’s Wants to Question Piers Morgan Over Phone Hacking Allegations

Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corporation, and his son and presumed heir James Murdoch, will appear before the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport committee to answer questions from MPs relating to the ongoing phone hacking scandal.

Satellite images show mass graves following recent fighting in Sudan, a campaign group set up by Hollywood star George Clooney says.

Inmates in Ugandan prisons are subject to brutal compulsory labour, frequent violence, miserable overcrowding, and disease, Human Rights Watch said today in a report examining conditions in 16 prisons throughout the country.

Statue of first man in Space unveiled in London

A UK ticket-holder scooped the top prize on Tuesday night's draw, making it the country's largest ever lottery win.The draw results showed that the winner matched five main numbers and both the Lucky Stars to take the huge jackpot, which had been capped after a series of rollovers, made it the largest ever in the UK.British national lottery operator Camelot would not confirm where in the UK the winning ticket was bought, but they confirmed that nobody had yet claimed the prize.

A single UK ticket holder has won a record £161m by scooping the EuroMillions jackpot.Results showed that winner matched five main numbers and both the Lucky Stars to take the huge jackpot, which had been capped after a series of rollovers, made it the largest ever in the UK. No details about the winner were revealed.

Social network were the first to reveal rumours the massive prize had been scooped by someone in the UK after the draw and a National Lottery spokesperson later confirmed Britain has produced Europe's biggest lottery winner.

Despite ad campaigns featuring images of rotting lungs and crumbling teeth, Europe continues to have the highest smoking rate in the world.

Newspaper sales in Britain are on a downward slope and have been for many years. Now, after this Sunday past, 10 July 2011, the figures will, most likely, fall off a cliff. On Sunday, the country's biggest selling weekend newspaper, the News of the World, issued its last edition. The paper's front page headline, for anyone not in the know, appeared celebratory, announcing: "THANK YOU & GOODBYE" and adding underneath: "After 168 years, we finally say a sad but very proud farewel...

Jack Crabtree, a retired wildlife biologist from Lake Jackson, Texas, reportedly spotted the mythical Chupacabra near his home.Crabtree and his wife told ABC News that On July 4 they saw the hairless animal around a creek in the back of their house.

12 July Orange Order Demonstrations: A History of Violence