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Burger van caught distributing porn

Rugby: Lifting tackle suspension

Libya using UK fund as training ground

Jamie Oliver to start up school

Is this the start of a backlash against circumcision?

The Royal Dutch Medical Association has adopted the view that the circumcision of underage boys violates their human rights.

<i>Stuart Dye:</i> England will win the World Cup

This is a fact - something I believe the way I believe I will die if there's no oxygen. Curiously, I also know it's not true, writes Stuart Dye.

Win in England for Golden Shears champ

Golden Shears champion Cam Ferguson has claimed first place at the Royal Cornwall Open in England.

Kiwi lager takes top honours at Beer World Cup

Monteith's Golden Lager has taken out the top title at the competition in London.

Wounds take longer to heal when you're stressed - study

Scientists found the least anxious study participants healed twice as fast as those who were most stressed.

A table for toddlers, please

<i>The Independent</i>'s Nick Duerden wonders why the UK has such different views on children in restaurants to the rest of Europe.

Trio accused of Ritz 'sale' scam

Louis Vuitton: Where the boom never ends

As the world's most famous luggage brand opens a landmark store in London, Patrick-Louis Vuitton shares why we love LV so.

Bumblebees die before rescue mission to UK

Hand-picked NZ bumblebees waiting to be sent to Britain on a pollination "rescue mission" have died in captivity.

For sale: High altar of 70s rock

The Manor, high altar of 1970s rock and birthplace of the legendary album Tubular Bells, has been put up for sale.

UK massacre: A lesson in sibling rivalry

"Rightly or wrongly, and we all think wrongly, Derrick thought his brother was out to get him," a friend of the Bird family says.

British scientists begin project to search for life on Mars

British scientists have started an ambitious project aimed at searching for signs of extraterrestrial life on Mars.