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A woman is rescued after spending eight hours with her leg trapped on a steep crag in the Lake District.

A coroner says the exact cause of rapper Kanye West's mother's death is unclear.

Amber Rahim Shamsi in Lahore looks at how Pakistani students are responding to emergency rule.

A judge in the US state of Tennessee rules its method of executing prisoners by lethal injection is illegal.

A UNICEF relief mission risks all to get badly-needed medical supplies through to Iraqis caught in the heart of the violent insurgency.

Surgeons in Taiwan reattach a vet's arm, after it was bitten off by a crocodile as he tried to give it an anaesthetic.

A kiwi in New Zealand gets given a new artificial limb.

A Jack Russell puppy has surgery after getting a nine inch stick stuck in his throat in Wolverhampton.

The debate about binge drinking has focused mainly on licensing hours and discounted drinks. But could house prices be to blame?

Ross Sander's silver medal at the World Junior Championships is overshadowed by a suspected broken wrist.

Nasal surgery might help alleviate severe migraine headaches for some patients, research suggests.

Birth expert Neil Maclachlan swapped hospital duties for an emergency case at the local zoo.

A two-year-old girl undergoes a successful operation to stretch her skull and give her brain room to grow.

As the festive season gears up, many a party-goer who professes to be a non-smoker will light up. But are these social smokers kidding themselves about their habit?

Fifty percent of teenagers aged between 15 and 16 in the Greater Belfast area regularly drink alcohol, according to a survey.

BBC News Online examines atropine, a nerve gas antidote said to have been imported in large amounts by the Iraqi authorties.

Community workers on a south London estate tell the BBC's Andrew Hosken drug use among young people is a "part of life" in the area.

Two unidentified players failed drugs tests at the French Open, according to a French anti-doping agency.

Gilberto Simoni brushes aside a positive drugs test to win stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia.

The family of a woman who died after having triplets is awarded £850,000 damages.

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