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The IMF says the UK's continuing economic weakness means authorities should consider more Quantitative Easing and even cutting rates.
The government's draft energy bill due out later, designed to encourage investment in clean energy, could see higher consumer bills, critics fear.
The US firm SpaceX launches its rocket and capsule system on a pioneering mission to take cargo to the space station.
Ministers will reveal plans for new measures to tackle anti-social behaviour in England and Wales later, including new orders to replace Asbos.
Women in their early 40s should be given access to IVF on the NHS, draft guidelines for England and Wales recommend.
Nick Clegg says social mobility says greater social mobility is needed to boost the UK's economy - and that wasted talent is a "crime".
Marks and Spencer reports a fall in annual profits in what the retailer describes as a tough economic environment.
Nearly 6,000 people made bogus compensation claims for payment protection insurance mis-selling to the Financial Ombudsman last year, as total complaints rose.
The Ministry of Defence will announce later that it is awarding £350m in contracts to design the next generation of nuclear armed submarines.
Downing Street dismisses a suggestion it "doctored" an independent report on possible changes to employment law to avoid political embarrassment.
The foundation of late US President Ronald Reagan expresses outrage after a vial said to have held a sample of his blood is offered for auction.
Parents need to do more to stop children spending too much time in front of televisions, computers and smartphones, according to a psychologist.
Prince Charles is to take part in a gathering of first nations chiefs as part of his four-day Diamond Jubilee tour of Canada.
A Formula One-themed garden is one of three Essex displays to win gold medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower show.
The UK inflation rate fell to 3% last month, its lowest since February 2010, owing to a slowdown in transport price rises.
A weak eurozone is the single biggest threat to the global economy, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The first chief coroner of England and Wales - tasked with setting new guidelines for coroners - will be appointed later.
Britain will not desert the people of Afghanistan when troops end their combat role there in 2014, David Cameron says at a Nato summit in Chicago.
Creeping rationing of NHS care is making patients suffer unnecessarily, doctors are warning.
MPs are urging the UK to give more money to the Global Fund which fights AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.
An Ofsted report criticises maths teaching and warns over early entry to maths GCSE.
A school is closed for the day as teachers go on strike in protest against government plans to turn it into an academy.
The European Commission tells Google it has a "matter of weeks" to allay fears it is abusing its position as the world's dominant search engine.
Parents will now be able to control their child's mobile phone thanks to a SIM card remotely managed from a computer.
Policy makers should drop the word "drought" as a blanket term and move to a sliding scale to describe dry conditions, the Environment Agency says.
Results of an opinion poll that could decide the future of the UK's highly radioactive nuclear waste are to be revealed on Tuesday.
Roger Daltrey and Celine Dion speak about Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb as his family make plans for a private funeral.
The legendary Hacienda nightclub in Manchester is revived for a one-off party to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
Locked room mysteries still captivate modern detective fiction fans, writes Miles Jupp.
David Cameron celebrated Chelsea's win over Bayern Munich with arms aloft next to Germany's Angela Merkel. Does this break etiquette rules?
Manchester City have won the Premier League title and are also top of the league when it comes to value for fans, according to ING.
David Haye turned down a fight with Vitali Klitschko because he fears him, the WBC heavyweight champion's manager Bernd Boente claims.
Captain Andrew Strauss admits England were forced to "dig deep" before sealing a five-wicket victory over West Indies.
A gas explosion injures six people, including three police officers, on Tyneside.
The mother of Birmingham gang shooting victim Letisha Shakespeare is setting up her own charity to help combat gang culture.
The number of Scottish councils should be cut by almost half and their powers boosted to revitalise local government, a think tank says.
A summit is being held to help Scottish businesses guard against the growing threat of cyber criminals.
Two men charged with the murder of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius last year plead not guilty at the start of their trial.
Army bomb experts make safe a number of bombs in Londonderry.
Details of where money will be spent on transport links, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure projects are to be announced by the Welsh government.
A student who was jailed after making racist remarks on Twitter about footballer Fabrice Muamba apologises.
A painting showing South Africa's President Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out is vandalised by a man in a gallery in Johannesburg.
Mali's Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra says he is ashamed that Mali's interim president was beaten unconscious by protesters, as Ecowas threatens new sanctions.
Sri Lanka must co-operate with any international war crimes probe, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka tells the BBC, a day after his release from jail.
Vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in US military equipment, a key Senate committee investigation finds.
Schools and universities in Spain close in protest at government cuts, in the first ever strike across all levels of public education.
Italian PM Mario Monti is among mourners paying their last respects to Melissa Bassi, as a man is questioned over the attack.
The Brazilian government unveils a new stimulus package to boost manufacturing, particularly in the key car sector, to try to boost economic growth.
Farc rebels have killed 12 Colombian soldiers in an ambush near the Venezuelan border, in one of the deadliest attacks this year, officials say.
The UN condemns as "heinous" a suicide attack in Yemen that killed more than 90 soldiers, which al-Qaeda said it carried out.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog says they are close to signing a deal with Iran on an investigation into its atomic activity, after talks in Tehran.
A US student who used a webcam to secretly film his room-mate in a gay encounter is sentenced to 30 days in prison by a judge.
Protesters in Chicago rally at the HQ of defence giant Boeing, one day after violent clashes and arrests as Nato leaders hold a summit in the city.
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MPs have clashed over whether proposals in a recent report on employment law would "help more people get back into work" or have a "huge detrimental impact on consumer confidence".
California's SpaceX has launched on a mission to re-supply the space station - the first cargo delivery to the orbiting outpost by a private company.
Historian Dr Lucy Worsley looks through writer Samuel Pepys' scrapbook from the 17th Century, an early example of popular print culture.
What keeps the Olympic torch relay on the road?
Six years ago a group of surgeons opened a temporary clinic in Jordan to operate on Iraqis with injuries untreatable in their home country, but recent violence in Libya, Yemen and Syria has led to the project being extended and expanded
Business Secretary Vince Cable has attacked a plan being considered by fellow ministers to make it easier for companies to sack workers.
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been buried in a private ceremony in a western suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Facebook has plunged in value to well below its offer price, two days after its shares were floated in New York. So what does this mean for the social networking site?
Robin Gibb, whose career with the Bee Gees spanned five decades, had died from cancer aged 62
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