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One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.

Metropolitan Police Authority member backs Welsh MP Chris Bryant on call for more information over tabloid newspaper's phone hacking claims.

A teenager pleads not guilty to murdering her 61-year-old father along with three other people.

A former MI6 worker is given a 12-month jail sentence for trying to sell top secret material for £2m.

Several "potential victims of human trafficking" have been rescued in raids on suspected brothels in Belfast, police say.

A British man wanted in Spain on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend is to be extradited.

A large amount of suspected counterfeit car parts, as well as cash, are seized by police in Cullaville, south Armagh.

Edinburgh Fringe officials defend their decision to count customers of free shows in their box office returns.

Tony Blair's memoirs has become the fastest selling autobiography in Britain. But what are the biggest overall sellers?

Robert Plant speaks to BBC Breakfast about the artists he works with on his new album, what he thinks of Led Zeppelin covers, and the possibility of the legendary band reforming again.

Double European champion Mo Farah announces his withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games because of fatigue.

Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.

The proposed explanatory preamble on the ballot paper for the referendum on further powers for the Welsh assembly would be an insult to voters, its presiding officer says.

Vidal Sassoon revolutionised hair and created a short, sharp look that defined the 1960s.

A County Durham woman who took the lifeless body of her two-year-old to a police station has been charged with his murder

Researchers begin a three-year study to uncover the secrets of St Kilda's super-sized field mice.

A pathologist at the centre of a row over the death of a man during the G20 protests is suspended from the medical register for three months.

Meadowhall in Sheffield was one of the first giant shopping centres in the UK. What sort of effect has it had on the local area?

Lord Prescott says he is prepared to take legal action to find out whether News of The World journalists hacked into his phone messages.

Somerset County Council is to cut as many as 1,500 posts by 2013 n an attempt to plug a £75m deficit in its finances.