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Durham, England

Durham, in England's northeast, celebrated 25 years of being on the Unesco World Heritage list in 2011. Click through our gallery for some ideas about what to see if you visit the area.

Durham: You're never too old to party

Durham is celebrating 25 years on the Unesco World Heritage list. Sarah Barrell offers some sightseeing ideas.

The Parker-Hulme murder: Why it still matters to us

Belfast, Northern Ireland

The beating heart of Northern Ireland continues to unshackle itself from 30 years of sectarian strife, healing and improving with time.

First milk - now it's wine in paper

Belfast: Little trouble

Belfast's grand and historical City Hall. Belfast's bloody past is not all that intrigues Peter Calder.

League: Marshall on verge of milestone

Father and daughter among dead in horror UK crash

Anger over computer game's echoes of London attacks

Yoga an effective treatment for back pain, study finds

It would seem that the ancient practice of yoga really does work - and it could be even better than going to the doctor.

England: Diver who saved a cathedral

Jim Eagles visits a piece of British history and finds out how its unlikely saviour spent five years rescuing it from ruin in a swamp.

Grit needed to make it on runways

Happiest babies arrive in autumn, study finds

British study finds a summer or autumn birth is a key determinant of a child's wellbeing.

Crime writers compete for morgue honours

Don't miss: Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park

Winter Wonderland offers a dazzling combination of fairground rides and attractions.

Girls ditch food to gain 'ideal' shape

British study finds a third of girls aged between 10 and 11 are adopting drastic methods to pursue their ideal body shape.

Dead Dunedin man's link to toxic Bali cocktail

Killer's computer full of porn images