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Chief Constable Peter Fahy says it was "not right" that TV broadcasters covered the last hours of gunman Raoul Moat on a live rolling basis.

Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls says the home secretary should make a statement about claims of phone tapping by the News of the World.

GB prefer a trio of youngsters to the experienced Katy Livingston and Mhairi Spence for next week's World Championships in China.

An amateur gardener grows what he believes to be the largest potato in the world.

England underline their status as World Twenty20 champions as they cruise to victory in the first of two internationals against Pakistan.

More plans to reduce the number of councillors in Wales are put forward to create what ministers say would be greater fairness for voters.

Police appeal for information about the murder of Armagh man Kevin Fletcher, found dead in his flat on Friday.

Police say they are treating the death of a man in Glasgow's east end as murder, following a post mortem examination.

John Toshack says Wales' October clash with Bulgaria is a must-win after the Montenegro loss as his managerial future is queried.

England and Tottenham defender Michael Dawson will miss the game with Switzerland after being ruled out for at least six weeks.

The outer building of a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester is to be demolished.

Two police officers who crashed a sports car seized from a suspected drink-driver could face prosecution.

England coach Andy Flower says he is satisfied with spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed's role within the team despite previous links with illegal bookmakers.

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

A national club holds its annual swim in Windermere after another event is cancelled because of warnings over poisonous algae.

Four men are arrested after eggs and shoes are thrown at former Prime Minister Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin.

Stephen Smith looks at the cultural legacy of the twin bed hotel room.

A bendy bus catches fire outside Victoria railway station in central London causing travel disruption.

A man is rescued after he reportedly fell from a lighthouse and plunged into the sea off the coast of Dumfries and Galloway.

A 13-year-old girl and her uncle suffer serious burns when a gas cylinder explodes during her birthday barbecue in Wiltshire.