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John Terry and Anton Ferdinand were spared an awkward moment before the match between QPR and Chelsea after the Football Association (FA) allowed the team handshake to be cancelled.

Disability rights campaigners blocked Regent Street in central London on Saturday in a protest over welfare reform.

The chief executive of the taxpayer-funded Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is facing mounting pressure to follow the bank's chairman and waive his bonus of almost £1 million.

Both giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo have been taken off display as they recover from illness.

Four journalists and a police officer are being questioned over alleged illegal payments after Scotland Yard swooped on the offices of Britain's biggest newspaper.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has thanked the British people for the sacrifices they have made for the benefit of his nation.

Comic Frank Skinner has revealed he is to become a father - at the age of 55.

A prisoner who went on the run after being sprung from the custody of prison officers as they escorted him to hospital has been recaptured, and four other people arrested, police have said.

Two brothers have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man whose decapitated body was found on fire on a street in Stockport.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the sudden death of an 18-month-old boy.