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Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott is due to give evidence to the Iraq inquiry later.

A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London is being launched later.

The Ontario Court of Justice in Canada sentences a Toronto man to four years in prison for trying to export nuclear-related items to Iran.

The chancellor says the MoD, not the Treasury, will have to pay the £20bn cost of renewing the UK's nuclear deterrent, putting further pressure on the defence budget.

Wildlife authorities capture a 400lb (181kg) mother grizzly bear and two cubs who they believe killed one camper and injured two.

Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.

The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.

The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

Delhi polishes up British accent in time for Games

The Scottish government is told to release more details on the staging of meetings of its Council of Economic Advisers.

The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce.

Colourful 75-year history of the famous book publisher

Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

With nearly one in five people unemployed, the economic future looks bleak in Puerto Rico. Maria Hinojosa has this special report.

Good weather and football's World Cup is thought to have given a boost to beer sales in the UK, industry figures suggest.

Police in California seize $1.7bn worth of marijuana in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

Serbia seeks support for UN resolution opposing unilateral secession in territorial disputes such as that involving Kosovo.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia pledge to help stabilise Lebanon.