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Scott Brown believes victories at home are paramount after Scotland open their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a goalless draw in Lithuania.

Hispania Racing's Karun Chandhok gives the Korean Grand Prix venue the thumbs-up after being the first F1 driver to drive it.

John Toshack says Wales' October clash with Bulgaria is a must-win after the Montenegro loss as his managerial future is queried.

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

Some 77% of Britons think taxpayers should not help pay for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Scotland and England, a survey suggests.

Two police officers who crashed a sports car seized from a suspected drink-driver could face prosecution.

Ali-Foreman boxing match venue now in state of decay

England coach Andy Flower says he is satisfied with spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed's role within the team despite previous links with illegal bookmakers.

Should a journalist bear witness, or interfere to help save a life?

Eggs and shoes have been thrown by anti-war protestors at former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.

The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.

A lawyer for the three Pakistan players at the centre of allegations of corruption says they are keen for a "timely and satisfactory outcome" to the affair.

A father and his 15-year-old son are killed in a motorbike accident outside Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.

A Saxon boat is uncovered during flood defence work on the River Ant in Norfolk.

Scientists from the US space agency Nasa advise the trapped Chilean miners to exercise and regulate their day and night sleep patterns.

A 13-year-old girl and her uncle suffer serious burns when a gas cylinder explodes during her birthday barbecue in Wiltshire.

Villagers told by BT it will cost £550,000 for a broadband connection receive an estimate from another company of £50,000.

Violence in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better, the UK's most senior military commander in the country tells the BBC.

A 23-year-old man is rescued by two surfers after his homemade raft was blown out to sea off the Gower.

The interim managing director brought in to run a crisis-hit authority is to stay on for the forseeable future.