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A 31-year-old man appears in court charged with murdering a Cardiff pensioner with learning difficulties.

The Crimestoppers charity offers a reward of up to £10,000 for information about the murder of Coleraine pensioner Bertie Acheson.

Readers' photos on the theme of postal service

Spain, which some fear will be the next eurozone country to need help, successfully sells 2.52bn euros of bonds but at higher interest rates.

Two British men who have been blind for many years have been able to perceive light and some shapes after surgery to fit an innovative retina implant.

The parents of Madeleine McCann say they "just need to find" their daughter, five years after she went missing.

Growth in the UK's dominant service sector slowed in April compared with the previous month, a closely-watched survey suggests.

Irish priest Father Brian D'Arcy believes Cardinal Sean Brady was willing to offer his resignation two years ago but the Vatican refused.

China's Bright Food buys a controlling stake in Weetabix, which owns the breakfast cereal brand as well as Alpen and Ready Brek.

Manager Stuart McCall is thrilled after Motherwell clinch a Champions League place for the first time.

Police caution Mansfield Town's Chief Executive Carolyn Still for threatening behaviour outside York City's ground.

A plan to build a 140 million euro (£114m) Guggenheim museum on the Helsinki waterfront is rejected by politicians in Finland.

A rare Buddhist manuscript, discovered by cattle grazers in 1931, is set to be released in a book form in India on Thursday.

A student launches a national experiment to find which noises are the most horrible, as part of a Radio 4 hunt for outstanding amateur scientists.

A mother in America has pleaded not guilty in court to a charge of child endangerment for allegedly allowing her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth.

This summer's London 2012 Olympic Games will "not be immune" to cyber-attack, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude warns.

Britain's Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling medal hope Myroslav Dykun fails a doping test.

A teenager contacts police to say she is the mother of a baby boy found dead in waste being sorted at a recycling plant.

An online potato chips advert featuring Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher is dropped after viewer complaints that it was racist, reports say.

The singer moves up to fifth on the all-time UK best-selling album list overtaking Michael Jackson's Thriller.