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More visitors had "staycations" in Wales last year, with spending up 20%, says a survey for the tourism industry.

A British would-be suicide bomber jailed for plotting to blow up an aircraft has his sentence cut after assisting prosecutors in the US.

The owner of Grand National-winning horse Neptune Collonges says his family were divided over whether to enter the race after a previous death at the Aintree course.

Motorcycle enthusiasts gather in Varadero for Cuba's first ever Harley Davidson convention.

A murder trial hears how gunmen took just 25 seconds to shoot dead gangland figure Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll.

A spate of tornadoes in the US Midwest leave six people dead including three children in one Oklahoma town, after warning sirens failed to sound.

A survey suggests children are being bullied on the school sports field by fellow pupils.

Facebook says it supports the new cyber-security bill that will give the US government additional ways to get web users' personal data from private firms to combat cyber-threats.

Israel has suspended a soldier who hit a pro-Palestinian activist in the face with a gun, after video was put online.

Police investigate whether a health board deliberately covered up the circumstances surrounding the deaths of patients.

A fund which invested UK aid money is being investigated for financing Nigerian firms alleged to be fronts for money laundering and fraud, BBC Newsnight learns.

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A former Cleveland policeman who was "stitched up" by fellow officers and wrongfully jailed receives £800,000 in compensation.

A plane bound for the United States is forced to make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport, leaving 14 people with suspected fractures.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai links Sunday's co-ordinated militant attacks to intelligence failures, especially on the part of Nato.

A court hears that a 19-year-old woman allegedly raped by two footballers at a hotel was seen "very drunk" in a takeaway.

The Sex Pistols protest song God Save The Queen is to be re-released 35 years after its debut, in time for the Diamond Jubilee in June.

China's efforts to stifle dissent by controlling what people say online, are doomed to fail, warns renowned artist Ai Weiwei

NFL fans are told they will have to take a four-hour online course at a cost of $75 (£47) if they are kicked out of a game for unruly behaviour.

Archaeologists have found Roman and Saxon jewellery and tools in the grounds of a theological college in Cambridge.