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A lottery system for school places in Brighton failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations.

Why bed-bugs are on the march again

Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association suggest.

Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost.

Long-term use of bone-strengthening drugs may boost the risk of oesophageal cancer, a study suggests.

An explosion rips through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill.

How far can BMW stretch the brand before it snaps?

There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.

Prayers are said in Rathfriland for a six-year-old boy who has died after being struck by a speedboat in County Down on Monday.

Former England captain David Beckham hopes to play for the LA Galaxy against Columbus Crew on 11 September.

The European Union agrees to reform financial supervision, with new agencies to oversee banks, insurers and financial markets.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended the three Pakistan players accused of being part of a betting scam.

A tanker carrying 9m litres of diesel fuel runs aground in the Northwest Passage, off the coast of northern Canada.

A senior civil servant at the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure says that job losses are inevitable because of the cuts it has to make

The three Pakistan cricketers accused of corruption - Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir - have been charged, and provisionally suspended, by the International Cricket Council.

Ten election campaign workers have been killed in an air strike by Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.

The Justice Minister denies that a clerical error made in a special treatment order led to James and Owen Roe McDermott returning to Donagh.

A British discount store is buying in Polo mints from Indonesia even though the same mints are being manufactured just a mile up the road in York.

A cheating husband murdered his wife after she found out about his infidelity within months of them getting married, a court hears.