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Scientists begin a month-long experiment in Scottish waters to study the impact of a possible leak from an undersea carbon dioxide storage site.

New nurses should be judged on their compassion not just their skills, the NHS Confederation chairman is to say.

There was no love lost between French and British farmers in the wake of the BSE crisis. So why does Paris now seem to be falling for British beef?

The maggot expert who is being called in by murder police

David Beckham will bring the Olympic flame back to the UK from the Greek capital Athens along with Princess Anne.

Cutting air pollution has an instant impact on heart health, experts believe, after reviewing studies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Complaints about an advert for bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people are upheld by the industry watchdog.

A 35-carat diamond passed among Europe's royalty for four centuries, the Beau Sancy, sells for twice its reserve at auction in Switzerland.

A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.

The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years and looks like it will fall further, figures obtained by Labour suggest.

Proposed new laws to "limit the impact" of UK-wide welfare reforms in Scotland should be passed, says a special Holyrood committee.

April proved to be a washout for many Scottish shops as cold and wet weather hit sales, according to a survey.

The tech firm putting the smart into smartphone

How hard is it to get one?

UK manufacturers want the government to offer more support rather than "empty rhetoric", a new survey by business advisers BDO says.

Liverpool striker Andy Carroll is included in England's 23-man squad for Euro 2012, but there is no place for Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand.

US President Barack Obama congratulates the LA Galaxy, the winner of Major League Soccer cup, and receives his own Galaxy jersey.

Nvidia unveils a new GPU which it says should help the the US overtake Japan to claim the world's fastest supercomputer.

Newly inaugurated French President Francois Hollande pledges to work with Germany to resolve the EU's economic crisis, despite policy differences.

Greece faces an election nobody wants with no clear way ahead