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Robots set a new distance world record, swimming more than 3,200 nautical miles (5,926km) across the Pacific Ocean.

School Reporters interview Michael Morpurgo about his success as an author and his future releases.

Hundreds of ex-servicemen exposed to radiation in British nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s lose a Supreme Court bid to launch damages claims.

Starbucks wants to label customers' cups of coffee with their names, in a bid to be more friendly. But do people really want to be on first names terms with their baristas?

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says Carlos Tevez could make his first-team return against Chelsea next week.

28 people killed in Switzerland

Perth is to become become Scotland's seventh city after winning a UK competition marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

A manager at US banking giant Goldman Sachs in London quits, saying he could no longer work there "in good conscience".

Chelmsford is awarded city status as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Metropolitan Police officers assaulted a 16-year-old boy with severe autism by forcing him into handcuffs and leg restraints during a school trip, the High Court rules.

The European Parliament eases a long-running trade war with the US and Canada by increasing EU imports of North American beef.

Unemployment rises slightly in Wales, with another 1,000 people without a job but ministers say there are still encouraging signs in the economy.

Students in England are staging a national day of action to protest against government changes to higher education.

Four Polish soldiers acquitted last year of killing eight civilians in Afghanistan are to face a second trial.

The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland has fallen to 6.5%, a fall of 0.4% from the previous quarter.

The Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, appears in parliament to answer questions from MPs about his foreign and domestic policy decisions.

The Today programme's Simon Jack reports on the extraordinary resignation letter penned by an employee at Goldman Sachs.

Owain Arthur says he doesn't feel in the shadow of James Corden as he takes on the lead role in West End hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors.

You put freemason Nigel Brown on the spot

The International Criminal Court finds Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers - the court's first verdict.