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The government of Quebec passes an emergency bill in an effort to quell the most sustained student protests in Canadian history.

A "very dangerous and predatory" teenager who sexually abused girls he met on Facebook is jailed.

Streets in Banff are evacuated after the discovery of what police described as "materials" following concerns raised by a member of the public.

Syrian activists report thousands at protests in the city of Aleppo, which has so far largely stayed loyal to the president since the uprising began.

The world's monarchs gather at Windsor Castle

A doctor denies she inadvertently caused injuries interpreted as signs of a sexual assault in the case of the death of a severely disabled teenager.

In one of the largest and most high-profile share floatations of recent years, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, rang the opening bell of the Nasdaq exchange.

David Beckham attends a ceremony in Athens where the Olympic flame is handed over to the UK delegation.

Police and Pubs of Ulster say they are disappointed that Belfast's Rain nightclub has decided to leave a voluntary agreement to close earlier.

How the Chinese eat every part of the pig

The front counters at seven small police stations in mid and south west Wales could shut to the public under plans by Dyfed-Powys Police.

Sky News staff have met with police after the channel published the name of the teenager raped by Wales footballer Ched Evans.

Can Cameron and Hollande bridge the political gulf between them?

Jeanette Maitland has told the BBC that her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.

The respected German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, famed for his performances of Schubert's song cycle Winter Journey, dies at the age of 86.

A notorious Belfast prison that held IRA inmates during the worst of the city's sectarian troubles is to be transformed into a whiskey distillery.

Charles Green says administrators at Rangers have told Ticketus they are terminating its contract over future ticket sales.

Britain's three-time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie wins a record sixth Finn world title at Falmouth Bay in Cornwall.

EasyJet and Belfast International Airport respond to a report by the Air Accident Investigation Branch into an emergency evacuation.

An independent panel says cardiac services at Glasgow's Sick Children's Hospital "may be unsafe if critical staffing problems are not addressed".