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  • Pope 'looking forward' to UK visit
    The Pope has said he is "very much looking forward" to his visit to the UK next week, and thanked all those involved in advance for their efforts.
  • Support for murder charge reform
    Calls for different degrees of murder charges have received the backing of the director of public prosecutions.
  • Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'
    A new study suggests high doses of B vitamins may halve the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing some of the warning signs of Alzheimer's disease.
  • John Higgins on bribery claims
    Snooker player John Higgins reacts to being cleared of all bribery allegations made against him by the News of the World, at a hearing in central London.
  • Town's aim to become self sufficient
    Todmorden, in West Yorkshire, is striving to become self sufficient by growing fruit and vegetables and keeping livestock.
  • Behind the scenes of new Strictly
    As preparations are made for the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing, Radio 1 Newsbeat's Natalie Jamieson has a look behind the scenes.
  • Which to cut - welfare or services?
    The BBC's Nick Robinson is travelling the length of the A1 to get the public's opinion on the Spending Review.
  • The XX win Mercury Prize
    The xx have won this year's Mercury Music Prize for their debut album xx.
  • Do you trust the coalition to cut?
    The BBC's Nick Robinson is taking the public's opinion along the length of Britain's longest road, the A1, on the Spending Review.
  • 10m hedge incurs neighbours' wrath
    Behind this tree in Plymouth is a semi-detached house - but the man who lives in it has refused to cut it back.
  • Cameron's father dies in hospital
    Prime Minister David Cameron's father Ian has died after suffering a stroke and heart complications while on holiday in France.
  • Legionnaires' outbreak source sought
    Health officials seeking the source of a Legionnaires' outbreak which has been linked to the death of a 64-year-old woman are focusing on industrial premises
  • 'BBC World Service is value for money'
    BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has defended the World Service saying it is value for money.
  • What to do if you get a tax letter
    Thousands of people will find out if they have been undercharged or are overpaid by the taxman. Up to six million people have been paying the wrong amount and the treasury says it cannot afford to write off the money.
  • Manx on the moon?
    Astronomer Dr David Whitehouse and Tim Craine discuss why the Isle of Man is interested in space exploration.
  • Diamond named as new Barclays chief
    One of the world's highest paid investment bankers, Bob Diamond, is to become chief executive of Barclays.
  • 'We used glass to bulk up cocaine'
    Dealers, former dealers and drug dealers reveal what sometimes goes into drugs to bulk them up.