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Patients 'wrongly charged' for care
People in Scotland may be spending thousands of pounds on nursing home care when the NHS should be footing the bill.
Mussolini's gay island
Seventy-five years ago in Fascist Italy, a group of gay men were labelled "degenerate", expelled from their homes and interned on one of the Tremiti islands.
Small brewers with big passion to succeed
The US start-ups with a big passion to succeed
How do people survive solitary confinement?
Can anyone stay sane after years in solitary confinement?
Budget long-haul flights 'can work'
Can budget airlines ever succeed long-haul?
HMRC 'must fully investigate' Google
HM Revenue and Customs should "fully investigate" Google after information from whistleblowers "undermined" the firm's defence of its tax arrangements, MPs say.
'Controversial, nocturnal, popular & gifted'
Gifted but temperamental Australian batsman David Warner needs to grow up to fulfil his potential, says commentator Jim Maxwell
Facebook adds support for hashtags
Facebook is adding support for clickable hashtags to help users keep track of popular topics on the network, a move experts say may boost ad sales.
UK-US intelligence sharing 'lawful'
UK and US citizens should be confident their intelligence agencies operate within the law, the foreign secretary says after talks in Washington with his American counterpart John Kerry.
US Open field braced for bad weather
The 113th US Open gets under way at Merion near Philadelphia on Thursday with thunderstorms and high winds forecast to hamper the first round.
US and UK say Syria deaths must end
Diplomatic efforts will be intensified amid reports that the Syrian regime is planning new assaults on opposition forces, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says.
TV images show recovering Bouteflika
The first images of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika since he went to Paris in April to be treated for a mini-stroke are broadcast on TV.
One dead in Lurgan train incident
A person dies after being hit by a train in Lurgan, County Armagh.
Yarde set for England Test debut
London Irish wing Marland Yarde is set to make his Test debut as England seek a 2-0 series victory over Argentina on Saturday.
Hester to step down from RBS role
RBS chief executive Stephen Hester is to step down later this year with 12 months' pay and benefits worth £1.6m.
Snowden 'vows to fight extradition'
Edward Snowden, the ex-CIA employee who leaked secret US surveillance details, vows in an interview to fight any bid to extradite him from Hong Kong.
Missing girl thought to be with man
A 14-year-old schoolgirl, who has not been seen since Monday, is believed to be with a 35-year-old man, police say.
VIDEO: Turkey protest: Quiet but not calm
Protesters are again filing into Istanbul's Taksim Square, after a night of violent clashes with police, and they are refusing to leave the nearby Gezi Park.
VIDEO: Air traffic strike grounds UK flights
More than 200 flights in and out of the UK have been cancelled because of a two-day strike by French air traffic controllers.
Minister backs police sacking rights
The right of police and crime commissioners to sack chief constables is defended by Welsh Secretary David Jones after Gwent's top officer was forced out.
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