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Nintendo to profit from user videos
Fan anger after Nintendo confirms it will profit from advertisements placed on gameplay videos uploaded by gamers.
Sande in double win at song awards
Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande scoops two prizes at the Ivor Novello awards for songwriting and composing.
England make slow progress at Lord's
England labour to 160-4 as New Zealand enjoy the better of an attritional opening day of the first Test at Lord's.
Princess loses Lesotho title bid
A lawsuit arguing that daughters should be allowed to succeed their fathers as chiefs in Lesotho is rejected by the Constitutional Court.
Social workers' fears over changes
Social workers are warning changes being brought in to speed up adoption and the family courts might be bad for the welfare of some children.
Coppola dismisses Bling Ring critics
US director Sofia Coppola shrugs off criticism from the criminal gang depicted in her latest film, The Bling Ring, as it screens at the Cannes Film Festival.
In pictures: Dambusters flypast
A Lancaster bomber flypast over Derwent reservoir
Cavendish wins but Wiggins struggles
Mark Cavendish claims his 100th professional win in stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, as Sir Bradley Wiggins's victory hopes take a blow.
Children 'failed on grand scale'
Are children being failed in the UK, asks Nick Triggle
MPs challenge Google over UK tax
The internet giant Google has been challenged by MPs over the way it reports its income for tax.
Benefit assessments 'are unfair'
A doctor, who worked for the private company which assesses people for disability benefits, says its methods are "unfair".
Right-to-buy sales rise sharply
Ministers say the right-to-buy scheme has been "reinvigorated" after a sharp increase in the number of council house tenants buying their homes.
Beckham: Football's global superstar
Key figures from football pay tribute to David Beckham after the former England midfielder announces his retirement.
Hollande: Europe's identity at risk
France's President Hollande says recession is "threatening the very identity of Europe", speaking at a televised news conference.
Pope Francis condemns 'money cult'
Pope Francis calls on world leaders to reform the global financial system and help the poor, in his first major speech on the financial crisis.
'Cheeky chap' joins Chelsea winners
An 11-year-old boy from Liverpool shocks friends and family by joining Chelsea players as they collect their Europa League winners' medals.
Patient in crash ambulance dies
A patient who was in an ambulance which crashed in west Belfast on Thursday dies in hospital.
In pictures: Barbie house opens in Berlin
Life-size Barbie house opens in Berlin
Minimum five-game racism ban - FA
Players found guilty of racially abusing an opponent will be banned for at least five games, the FA announces.
Former Lulzsec hacker on motivations
Ex-hacker on creating chaos online
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