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A £90m bypass, first suggested in the 1980s, is being opened two months ahead of schedule.

If a letter says you have paid the wrong amount of tax - what next?

Plans to change the way MPs are elected to Parliament survive their first Commons hurdle - despite criticism from Tory MPs.

Khalsa Primary school is the first Sikh school in the UK to be backed and partly funded by a Gurdwara, or Sikh temple.

Alf Morris, who was 10 at the time of the Blitz, took BBC News back to the site of his former home in Bethnal Green to relive the events of the first night of Nazi Germany's assault on London.

Speculation over Andy Coulson's future

Street cocaine has long been diluted, but now the cutting agents themselves have spawned a black market.

Violent aftershocks rattle the New Zealand city of Christchurch following the weekend's powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage.

Save the Children says there have been four million preventable child deaths over the past 10 years because the poorest have not been the focus of aid.

Roger Federer continues his smooth progress through the US Open draw with a straight-sets win over Jurgen Melzer in round four.

Fire crews tackle a blaze at a former nightclub in Southport where Ringo Starr made his Beatles debut.

The growing number of councils across the UK switching off street lights prompts criticism from MPs and road safety groups.

Should Islamabad surrender some sovereignty to save the country?

Teams in Guatemala have to halt the search for bodies following devasting mudslides which have killed at least 45 people.

Three independent Australian MPs are due to reveal who they will back as prime minister, ending two weeks of deadlock since inconclusive elections.

Stephen Fry criticises a culture of fear at the BBC which is creating "incredibly bland" programmes

Greek PM George Papandreou reshuffles his cabinet but leaves the key post of finance minister unchanged as his government battles a debt crisis.

Andrea Bocelli is inviting survivors of the attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York to concerts on the Amalfi coast.

Why memories of the bombardment never fade

Some of the UK's rarest bumblebees are at risk of becoming extinct as a result of inbreeding, research suggests.