The BBC's James Reynolds finds jobless workers and abandoned factories as the global economic crisis hits industry-heavy southern China.

Two thieves who stole a £15,000 diamond ring from a jewellers in Edinburgh are sought by police.

Think of Bob Dylan in his prime and it's hard to shake the image of a poet trapped inside a rock and roll star's bony little body.

A woman recovers after being stabbed in an unprovoked attack as she walked along a pedestrian tunnel in Edinburgh.

A 75-year-old woman is confronted by a burglar who sneaked into her Northampton home.

White House hopefuls' daughters are taking centre stage to harvest the votes of the YouTube Generation.

The Springboks make heavy weather of seeing off Tonga in 30-25 victory that sends them into the quarter-finals.

Police search for a man in his 40s after 12-year-old boy is sexually assaulted in an alleyway.

It was the decade of Thatcher, yuppies, chunky mobile phones and BMX bikes. But for many of you, it was all about music and fashion.

New Zealand cruise to a nine-wicket win over Bangladesh in their Super 8 match.

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To millions he's the greatest songwriter ever. But to others Bob Dylan has always just been a shambolic bloke with frizzy hair who sounds like he sings through his nose, writes Jonathan Duffy.

Police release a CD fit of a man and a woman who tricked their way into a flat and stole cash.

Bosses at a restaurant where a manager was badly beaten put up a reward for information.

A woman is in hospital after a robbery at a Leicester restaurant.

A girl who is losing her hair fears she may have been taken in by a swindler on the internet auction site eBay.

Sir Ian McKellen is preparing for his latest role - as Widow Twankey in Aladdin at the Old Vic.

Two women leave a driver with serious injuries in a road rage attack near the M4 motorway.

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