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Security correspondent Frank Gardner tells Radio 4 how Queen lobbied home secretary for Hamza's arrest.

Homes and businesses evacuated, schools shut, road and rail disrupted as more than 75 flood warnings and 150 flood alerts issued.

Huge death toll and alarming number of escapes highlight who really runs Mexico's jails, says human rights commission.

Minute's silence held in Manchester's Hattersley estate to mark one week since two unarmed officers gunned down.

The application, named NMHMC Harvey, has a cloud-based virtual microscope system that will enable iPad users explore Einstein’s brain anatomy at cellular level.

Megan Stammers and teacher Jeremy Forrest were seen holding hands on school trip months before they eloped to France.

The artifacts likely belonged to Wadi Rabah culture and provide an insight into the culture's religious beliefs and social strata.

New report claims Elizabeth asked home secretary how Hamza had escaped prison for hate-filled sermons before 2004 arrest.

IBTimes UK looks back at some of the preacher's most incendiary utterances.

Researchers from Progeria Research Foundation and Boston Children's Hospital find new drug to treat progeria.

US watchdog Freedom House says that many countries are increasingly curbing online freedom.

Tesco and Morrison's deny control over editorial policy of topless staple of Britain's biggest-selling tabloid.

Police and family appeal to teenager Megan Stammers who fled to France with maths teacher Jeremy Forrest.

Harry Potter author ventures into adult world with The Casual Vacancy but plans to return to kids' books.

The ten most educated countries in the world, according to data released by OECD, were also those with lowest unemployment levels during times of recession

Hammad Hassan killed by own husband and in-laws who feared she was possessed by a 'djinn', after arriving in UK from Pakistan

Gillman Funeral Service expresses shock and launches probe after sick 'Chelsea Scum' chant revealed in in TV Expose 'The British Way of Death'.

Woman killed by falling tree at Kew Gardens, while mother and baby dead in Norfolk car accident.

Antioxidant supplements found to be no substitute for consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Apple iPhone's major supplier Foxconn hit by workers' riots triggered by personal rivalry.

Recycling had economic importance as a way to conserve lithic resources.

Several Europeans among victims after disaster strikes on world's eighth-highest mountain.

Church services held for murdered police constables Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes.

Man arrested at Turin airport check-in carrying pilot's uniform and fake ID.

Tax affairs of rich footballers, media personalities and other wealthy people to come under closer scrutiny.

Campaign groups seek total ban on smoking in enclosed premises including restaurants, cafes and bars, where people are exposed to second-hand smoke.

Drunk driver racing at 200km per hour mows down three boys and four girls enjoying a day off school.

In clinical trials, nearly 73 per cent of patients said pain was alleviated by new handheld device.

The opening day of Oktoberfest 2012 coincided with a first day of autumn that brought heavy rain to Munich.