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A man is arrested after police find cannabis plants in a house ... plus more news in brief from around Wales.

News in brief from Northern Ireland

Veteran Indian film star MN Nambiar dies at home after a brief illness aged 89.

The government is under pressure to publish details of a proposed database of all phone and internet records.

NI's First and Deputy First Ministers will brief a Stormont committee later in a meeting that hints at the end of the deadlock.

Israel has briefly reopened the border crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow in a convoy of humanitarian aid.

Showbiz expert Ashley Pearson says Cabinet enforcer Liam Byrne's precisely timed demands for coffee, soup and briefings are still "amateur" compared with some celebrities.

Rap star Kanye West criticises paparazzi photographers following his brief arrest after an incident in Newcastle.

Rapper Kanye West was briefly arrested after an incident at a Newcastle nightclub, police confirm.

A man hanging from wall in Cairo sparks a brief emergency, before rescuers find it its just a German art exhibit.

A brief history of the Loch Ness Monster's influences on Hollywood, advertising, some of its famous sightings and theories.

The BBC's Adam Brookes analyses what Barack Obama can expect to find in his first President's Daily Brief

Republican and Democratic voters share their views on the commercial and the Democrats advertising advantage.

Has Geoff Hoon inherited a poisoned chalice as transport secretary? Here is an at-a-glance guide to how his 11 predecessors fared.

Bizarre stock market activity sees Volkswagen briefly become the world's biggest company by market value.

Paul Simpson insists Shrewsbury Town will be fully briefed on Blyth Spartans before their FA Cup meeting.

A London man is convicted of ordering an acid attack on a television presenter he met on Facebook and briefly dated.

Today in Parliament reports on a brief resurfacing of the so-called "Yacht-gate" scandal; and the testimony of four former ministers at a Commons committee.

Festival organisers claim they will stage what could be the world's shortest physics lectures.

George Osborne denies revealing details of a Bank of England briefing, days before ministers announced their bank rescue plan.

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