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Sikh teenager wins bangle law fight

A Sikh teenager suspended from school for wearing a religious bangle won her High Court fight to overturn the decision on Tuesday.

Six quizzed over honeymoon murder

Police in Antigua are questioning six suspects over the murder of a doctor shot dead on her honeymoon, according to local media reports on Tuesday.

Dando defendant 'incapable of perfect crime'

Defendant Barry George could not have shot dead TV presenter Jill Dando because he did not have the intelligence to carry out such a "perfect crime", a jury was told on Tuesday.

Passport theft sparks urgent inquiry

The Foreign Office has launched an urgent inquiry into the theft of 3,000 blank passports and visas from a security van in Manchester.

Child pleads 'stop mummy driving'

A drunken woman motorist was stopped after her five-year-old daughter was seen banging on the windows of their car shouting "stop mummy driving", police said on Tuesday.

Lufthansa cuts some flights as strike continues

Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa scrapped about 70 of its 2,000 daily flights on Tuesday as thousands of ground and cabin staff struck over pay for a second day.

Police hunt stolen rare shark

A rare shark was being hunted by police on Tuesday after it was stolen from an aquarium.

Separated Nepali twin dies of chest infection

One of a pair of Nepali twins once joined at the head died on Tuesday, seven years after surgeons in Singapore separated their fused skulls, a doctor said.

Britain ranks third in destination survey

Travellers have voted the United States as the country they are most likely to visit next, knocking Australia off the top slot, according to a survey by trip advisers Lonely Planet.

Building society deposits up 63 percent

New savings deposits at building societies rose by almost two-thirds in the first half of 2008 as risk-averse consumers took advantage of high savings rates, the Building Societies Association (BSA) said.

Mobiles increasingly used for non-phone calls

Britons no longer use their mobiles just to make phone calls on the hop, but increasingly use them to send text messages, take pictures and check the Internet, new figures released on Tuesday showed.

Columbus debunker sets sights on Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of machines are uncannily similar to Chinese originals and were undoubtedly derived from them, a British amateur historian says in a newly-published book.

There's life in space, says someone who's been there

The U.S. commander of space shuttle Discovery believes life probably exists somewhere in outer space, but there is a simple reason why aliens have not visited earth - the journey is too tough.

A little stretching may not dampen muscle strength

While some research has raised the question of whether pre-workout stretching hinders muscle performance, a new study suggests that a few minutes of stretching may not sap the average exerciser's muscle strength.

Sweet fruit drinks found to lead to diabetes

Sweetened fruit drinks are often marketed as a healthier alternative to non-diet soft drinks but are just as likely to cause weight gain and increase the risk of diabetes, researchers said on Monday.