'Take down Confederate flag in Clementa Pinckney's honour'
23 June 2015 Last updated at 18:12 BST A rally has been taking place outside the state capitol building in South Carolina to demand that the Confederate Flag - seen by many as a symbol of white...
View ArticleFTSE 100 up ahead of Greece meeting
24 June 2015 From the section Business (Open): The FTSE 100 edged higher as investors awaited the latest developments in the Greek debt crisis. The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, is to hold...
View ArticleCharleston shootings: Demands for removal of Confederate flag
21 June 2015 Last updated at 05:50 BST Hundreds of people marched in Columbia calling for the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of its capitol building. The flag is a symbol used in the...
View ArticleJenny Horne: Republican who helped banish Confederate flag
9 July 2015 From the section US & Canada On Wednesday, South Carolina's House of Representatives spent 13 hours debating whether or not to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the...
View ArticlePound at four-week euro high
23 June 2015 From the section Business (Noon): The pound hit a four-week high against the euro as the single currency weakened on Tuesday. The pound jumped by 0.85%, or more than one euro cent, to...
View ArticleGogarburned: Little guys put the heat under RBS bosses
Douglas Fraser Business/economy editor, Scotland 23 June 2015 From the section Scotland business Sir Philip Hampton's final RBS annual general meeting was one of the stormiest he has faced For around...
View ArticleConfederate flag: Bubba Watson to paint over Dukes of Hazzard car
4 July 2015 From the section US & Canada The 1969 Dodge Charger, nicknamed the General Lee, appeared in the US TV show The Dukes of Hazzard US golfer Bubba Watson is to paint over the Confederate...
View ArticleTwo hurt as bus crashes into Blackburn mosque
23 June 2015 From the section Lancashire The bus driver was left trapped after the crash but managed to free himself Two bus passengers have been taken to hospital after their vehicle crashed into a...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland science fair 'breathtaking'
By Robbie Meredith BBC News NI Education Correspondent 23 June 2015 From the section Northern Ireland One hundred and fifty exhibits were on display at the science fair It was a day to put a rather...
View ArticleJohn Spooner jailed for raping drunken woman in Girvan
23 June 2015 From the section Glasgow & West Scotland A man who raped a drunken woman in what a judge described as a "cowardly and extremely nasty attack" has been jailed for five years. John...
View ArticleIslamic State conflict: Kurds 'capture Syrian town north of Raqqa'
23 June 2015 From the section Middle East YPG fighters have pushed IS militants back to the outskirts of the town of Ain Issa Kurdish fighters in northern Syria say they have captured a key town from...
View ArticleConfederate flag lowered in South Carolina
10 July 2015 Last updated at 15:40 BST The Confederate flag has been removed from South Carolina capitol grounds in a ceremony led by the state's governor. On Thursday, representatives voted to take...
View ArticleBoys, 12, admit carrying knives at Rhyl school
23 June 2015 From the section North East Wales One of the schoolboys told Prestatyn Youth Court he felt "very ashamed" of the incident Two schoolboys have admitted carrying knives at school which they...
View ArticleNicholas Salvador accused of 'beheading' Palmira Silva
6 September 2014 From the section England Police do not know whether Palmira Silva knew her attacker A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 82-year-old grandmother Palmira Silva, who was...
View ArticleThe world 'largely likes' the US, says global survey
23 June 2015 From the section US & Canada US soldiers left Iraq in 2011 A recently-released global survey of 40 countries by the Pew Research Center finds that large numbers of people have a...
View ArticleFormer school inspector Woodhead dies
23 June 2015 From the section Education & Family England's former chief inspector of schools Sir Chris Woodhead has died, friends tell Press Association This breaking news story is being updated...
View ArticleZac Goldsmith's electorate back mayor bid
23 June 2015 From the section UK Politics Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has received the overwhelming backing of his constituents to make a bid to be the next London mayor. The MP balloted voters in...
View ArticleArrest over Brian Cogan's death in Hamilton
23 June 2015 From the section Glasgow & West Scotland Brian Cogan died following the incident which happened on Friday A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a...
View ArticleConfederate flag: Republicans speak of their 'struggle'
9 July 2015 Last updated at 11:25 BST The House of Representatives in South Carolina has voted to take down the Confederate flag from capitol grounds after an "impassioned and sometimes tearful"...
View ArticleBeheading accused Nicholas Salvador denies Palmira Silva murder
24 April 2015 From the section England Police do not know whether Palmira Silva knew her attacker A man accused of beheading an 82-year-old woman has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity....
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