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Corals inflate to escape the sand

World news - 1 hour 20 min ago

Time-lapse footage reveals how mushroom corals inflate and deflate to free themselves from smothering sand.

Santorum declared Missouri winner

World news - 1 hour 23 min ago

Rick Santorum is declared the winner of Missouri's Republican primary and, according to initial results, is leading in Minnesota and even Colorado.

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Whales 'stressed by ocean noise'

World news - 1 hour 31 min ago

A study of hormones in whale faeces shows that right whales are stressed by propeller noise from shipping.

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Pakistan US drone 'kills eight'

World news - 1 hour 33 min ago

A missile attack by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan kills eight people, Pakistani security officials say.

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Ministers admit benefits backlog

World news - 2 hours 3 min ago

The Department for Work and Pensions admits to a large backlog of new sickness benefit claims, as tens of thousands await a decision beyond the 13-week assessment period.

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Lords to debate NHS concessions

World news - 2 hours 12 min ago

The government is set for a difficult time when the House of Lords debates concessions to its plans to overhaul the NHS.

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Libya mission 'could be one-off'

World news - 2 hours 35 min ago

MPs say spending cuts raise concerns over the UK's ability to launch another mission on the same scale as the operation in Libya.

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Scottish budget plan to be passed

World news - 2 hours 56 min ago

Finance Secretary John Swinney looks set to offer last minute changes to his budget in an effort to secure opposition support.

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Mackenzie Crook up for book award

World news - 3 hours 7 min ago

British actor Mackenzie Crook, best known for playing Gareth in The Office, is shortlisted for this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

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Jamaica melts down illegal guns

World news - 3 hours 12 min ago

Jamaica throws about 2,000 illegal firearms into a furnace as part of a programme to reduce gun trafficking and violent crime on the island.

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VIDEO: Radcliffe takes on horror role

World news - 3 hours 20 min ago

Harry Potter star is spooked in new film Woman in Black

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The rise and fall of lap dancing

World news - 3 hours 35 min ago

The rise and fall of the lap dancing club

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Call for 'joined-up' elderly care

World news - 3 hours 53 min ago

Older people needing social care are let down by fragmented services - and the Health and Social Care Bill will not simplify the system - says a group of MPs.

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Argentina to go to UN on islands

World news - 3 hours 56 min ago

Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

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Ape versus machine

World news - 4 hours 12 min ago

The primate who solves a memory test faster than a blink

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Satellites spy on Europe’s farms

World news - 4 hours 15 min ago

How drones and satellites are catching farming cheats

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VIDEO: Katie Price: Implants 'need age limit'

World news - 4 hours 50 min ago

Katie Price has told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman she thinks breast implants should have an age limit of 21, following the health scare over implants manufactured by French firm PIP.

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