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'Flying' care visits 'disgraceful'
Short care visits mean disabled people must choose between staying thirsty or using the toilet, a charity warns, amid claims the practice is rising.
In pictures: Star Wars art
Concept art that shaped the Star Wars universe
VIDEO: Woman who seeks out death and disease
Why a woman travels the world seeking death and disease
VIDEO: Drug gangs driven from Rio favelas
A major operation to push drug gangs away from Rio de Janeiro's favelas has seen hundreds of security officials occupy the shanty towns.
Buckingham Palace to host football
The first official football match is to be played later in the grounds of Buckingham Palace to mark the Football Association's 150th anniversary.
Mentally ill crime victims 'ignored'
Crime victims with mental illnesses are more likely to feel let down, dismissed or treated without respect by the police, new research suggests.
The girl who was shot for going to school
Shot for being a schoolgirl - and how she recovered
One city's house price surge
House prices double in a decade - but this is not London
Walking more 'would save thousands'
Thousands of lives could be saved each year in the UK if people walked more, according to a report from two charities.
Turning around the world's oldest travel firm
The boss trying to return travel firm Thomas Cook to its former glory
Uefa denies plans for larger Euros
Uefa denies a newspaper report that it wants to revamp the European Championship to rival the World Cup.
Powerful typhoon hits eastern China
Powerful Typhoon Fitow makes landfall in eastern China, after triggering an evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.
Deputy Chief Whip John Randall quits
Deputy Chief Whip John Randall and Cabinet Office Minister Chloe Smith resign from the government.
VIDEO: 'Monster truck' hits crowd in Mexico
A number of people have been killed and injured at an air show in Mexico, after a modified pick-up known as a monster truck crashed into spectators.
Huge operation to occupy Rio favelas
Brazilian security forces backed by armoured vehicles and helicopters occupy shanty towns in Rio de Janeiro as part of a drive against drug gangs.
US commando raids: What did they achieve?
Frank Gardner on what the US commando raids achieved
Tottenham 0-3 West Ham
Ravel Morrison scores a superb solo goal as West Ham defeat Tottenham to climb out of the Premier League's bottom three.
Prince Harry visits Australian SAS
Prince Harry pays his respects to special forces soldiers killed in the line of duty during an unannounced visit to the headquarters of the Australian SAS in Perth.
Fans ignore police chants warning
Tottenham Hotspur fans ignore police warnings not to use the word "Yid" in chants at a match against West Ham United.
The Gambia confirms Games withdrawal
Gambian officials confirm that the country will not be competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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