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The Diamond Jubilee Pageant at Windsor Castle

Health services in the community are reaching breaking point in the UK, the Royal College of Nursing is claiming.

The Scottish government has confirmed that it wants to set a minimum price for alcohol of 50p per unit.

A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army has urged fellow rebel fighters to give themselves up and end the war in Uganda after his capture on Saturday.

A Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific and watched two companions die sues the owners of a cruise ship that sailed past.

Up to 525,000 Scouts across the UK are set to take part in their first week of community volunteering since "bob-a-job" week ended 20 years ago.

Are you more musical than you realise?

Singer Ren Harvieu set for the big time a year after freak accident

Chinese President Hu Jintao meets the leaders of South Korea and Japan, as the three countries agree to begin negotiations on a free-trade pact.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond tells MPs that the Ministry of Defence has balanced its budget for the first time in about a decade.

The far-left Syriza party will not attend a final round of coalition talks, reports say, raising the prospect of fresh elections and more political turmoil.

More than £60,000 has been spent draining and repairing police vehicles in Scotland in the past five years after the wrong type of fuel was put in them.

Members of a Scottish teaching union are to begin industrial action over changes to their pensions.

Is aeroplane web-surfing about to take off?

Blackadder star Tony Robinson coaches Chiltern Railways staff to deliver new "comedy" announcements.

Key UN climate talks open in Germany, with Europe struggling to maintain its position as a global leader.

A man is charged with the attempted murder of a woman and her 19-month-old child after an incident in Eastleigh.

The beauty of the Argentinian accordion

How the West won the battle of the songfests

The campaign site Change.org is localising its service to help publicise UK-based campaigns.