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The spirit of John Major's cones hotline lives on in the government's latest public service reform proposals.

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn increasingly to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

A chronology of key events

Mark Daly spent two months investigating the case, in a journey which took from from Houston, Paisley, to India and Norway.

The full text of Nick Clegg's speech on the future of liberalism.

Brian Wheeler sees Gordon Brown and Lord Mandelson put in quite different performances at the Labour Blairites' annual Progress conference.

A chronology of key events

Philip Rosedale - The co-creator of Second Life on who will hold all the power in the near future.

What happened to Gordon Brown's 1999 pledge to offer subsidised laptop computers to low-income families?

Kay facts, figures and dates

Hundreds of public sector jobs could move to Derry, Omagh and Coleraine from Belfast under decentralisation plans.

At least 5,000 public sector jobs should be relocated from Belfast to sites across Northern Ireland, says an independent report.

Italy's poor Calabria region plans to spend EU regional development funds on branding linked to the Italian national football team.

The BBC's Lucy Williamson looks at whether a sudden influx of money will actually be a good thing for impoverished East Timor.

A look at a few of the technology products that herald what's to come at your house

The Barnett formula covering public spending across the UK is unfair on taxpayers in England and Scotland, a pressure group says.

In a race to shape public opinion, the Yemeni government develops a national mascot to encourage water conservation.

Gordon Brown is staking his future on an autumn relaunch - but will voters listen to what he has to say?

Bosnian President Haris Silajdzic says "ethnic cleansing" lives on in Bosnia, in an interview with the BBC's Hardtalk programme.

Andrew Simms, co-author of a Green New Deal, says we have only 100 months to prevent dangerous climate change.

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