Education unions urge ministers to put youth unemployment at the centre of the political agenda, as the jobless total for 16 to 24-year-olds hits a record of 1.02 million.

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Concern over youth unemployment

A European X-ray facility gets an upgrade that will give an unprecedented look into the extreme conditions at the centre of the Earth.

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X-rays journey to centre of Earth

A 21-year-old man is stabbed to death in the centre of Hemel Hempstead, with two teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Two held as man stabbed to death

There has been an explosion in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara, with reports of a number of casualties.

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Explosion rocks Turkish capital

A third care home run by a company at the centre of allegations of abuse against vulnerable patients is to close, it is announced.

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Third Castlebeck care home shuts

A kebab house at the centre of an E. coli outbreak was inspected less than a month ago, a council confirms.

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E.coli probe takeaway ‘inspected’

Explosions are heard in the centre of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, in apparent air strikes against Col Gaddafi’s compound.

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Tripoli blasts near Gaddafi base

Phil Jones, the climate scientist at the centre of “ClimateGate”, says previous comments on global temperatures have been superseded by new data.

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Warming since 1995 ‘significant’

Portugal’s outgoing PM Jose Socrates quits as Socialist Party leader after being defeated at the polls by the centre-right Social Democrats.

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Portugal Socialists admit defeat

Sami Ofer, a billionaire Israeli businessman at the centre of a scandal over business contacts with Iran, dies aged 89.

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Scandal-hit Israeli tycoon dies

A former escort at the centre of an injunction preventing the identity of a leading married actor from being exposed tells Radio 5 live that Twitter makes a mockery of gagging orders.

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AUDIO: Former escort: ‘Twitter mocks law’

Authorities in Tunisia impose overnight curfews in and around the capital after days of unrest in the district at the centre of January’s uprising.

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Tunisia imposes overnight curfews

World War II veteran George Broomhead on how he found himself at the centre of a famous photograph of the ecstatic VE Day celebrations in London.

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VIDEO: ‘I was in famous VE Day photo’

Thousands of anti-government protesters have occupied the centre of Syria’s third largest city, Homs, demanding a change to the country’s leadership.

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Syria protesters take over square

A former soldier is sentenced to 70 days in prison for setting fire to a copy of the Koran in the centre of Carlisle.

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Jail term for Koran burning man