clappings


The clickety-clack sound of plastic hands is being heard across Thailand as protesters wave them at opponents or use them to greet friends in the country's latest craze.

Our political reporter John Knox looks back at the week in the Scottish Parliament.

Deafening cheers and clapping greet the Queen on the last day of her state visit to Uganda.

A British detective is to appeal on Italian television for help that could link a UK murder with the case of a missing Italian girl.

New Zealand confirm their World Cup semi-final spot with a five-wicket win over South Africa.

An ice hockey coach buys a clapped out "loser cruiser" for the team's worst performing player of the week.

Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman seals an epic five-set win over Radek Stepanek to reach the last four at Wimbledon,

The third osprey chick of the only breeding pair in Wales hatches to "clapping and cheering".

The deadline has been reached for your your mp3s and lyrics!

US indie darlings Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are runners-up in the BBC News website's Sound of 2006 new music poll.

Sarcasm is so ubiquitous these days, it almost goes unnoticed. But, as David Beckham proved, when he was sent off this week for seemingly clapping a referee who had just booked him, not everyone is a fan. The trick is in using sarcasm intelligently, and sparingly.

Drugs squad officers raiding a house on Teesside are clapped and cheered on by people living nearby.

So who are the 'ordinary people' who clap at the launches of party posters? Mark Simpson investigates.

Clapped out old cars fetch millions of pounds as scrap metal every year, so why are owners breaking the law by abandoning their old bangers at the side of the road?

A two-week scheme offering free removal of clapped out cars begins.

A two-week scheme offering free removal of clapped out cars begins.

A two-week scheme offering free removal of clapped out cars begins.

A detective investigating the 2002 murder of a mother-of-two returns to Italy to follow up a possible link with a missing woman.

The leader of a group of Christian worshippers shares the secrets of its growing congregation.

The UK's 'clapped out' power generation system may cause power cuts within two years, a government adviser says.

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