Will.i.am, a judge on the programme The Voice, has carried the Olympic torch in Taunton.

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VIDEO: Will.i.am carries Olympic torch

Around 20% of unemployed people who have been on the government’s main welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, for at least 6 months have been found a job, the BBC has learnt.

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Work programme on track: Grayling

Veteran Oscar host Billy Crystal will host next year’s Academy Awards after Eddie Murphy’s departure as the programme’s presenter.

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Billy Crystal to host 2012 Oscars

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is to announce plans for a new, national police force, as he details his programme for the coming year.

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Police reform heads Scots agenda

The UN Programme on HIV/Aids calls for more money to treat people with HIV early, as a report shows infection rates fell by 25% in 10 years.

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UN urges more funds for HIV drugs

The UN World Food Programme says it has been forced to cut food rations to Somalis in need of aid, due to a funding shortfall.

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Aid shortfall cuts Somali rations

A World Food Programme trial is under way in Karamoja, north-eastern Uganda, to try and limit food aid so it is only available to those considered most vulnerable.

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Will Uganda’s food aid trial save lives?

A World Food Programme trial is under way in Karamoja, north-eastern Uganda, to try and limit food aid so it is only available to those considered most vulnerable.

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Eating goat skin to survive in Uganda

Mark Thompson failed to spot a meteor over his shoulder on the BBC Two programme, viewers got in touch with the programme to let them know.

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Stargazing Live’s missing meteor

The UN World Food Programme temporarily suspends food distribution in a Pakistani tribal district where a suicide attack on Saturday killed 45 people.

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Pakistan bombing halts food aid

Three Latvian helicopter crewmen working for the World Food Programme in Darfur in have been released after a month in captivity, the WFP says.

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Latvian aid crew freed in Darfur

TV presenter Konnie Huq talks to Matthew Stadlen about working on the Xtra Factor, her relationship with Bangladesh, moving on from Blue Peter and the best skill she learned in more than 10 years on the programme.

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Former Blue Peter presenter moves on

Chancellor George Osborne has announced public spending cuts of £81bn over four years, telling MPs that the programme would restore “sanity to our public finances and stability to our economy”.

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Spending Review: George Osborne defends cuts

Niger faced the worst hunger crisis in its history, the UN’s World Food Programme says, with almost half the population – 7.3 million people – in desperate need of food.

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Niger hunger ‘worse than 2005′