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A couple wear woolly jumpers made from the hair of their two beloved dead pets.

"Avram Grant looks like a very famous character in a children's book"

Previously lost manuscripts of tracks by the soul star Marvin Gaye are to be auctioned in London next week.

BBC Northern Ireland's rural correspondent Martin Cassidy looks at burgeoning cottage industry businesses springing up.

BBC News on tour spends the day at the Royal Welsh show

Two valuable 1909 Steiff teddy bears found discarded in rubbish skips sell for more than £10,000.

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At least 36 people are to part with 25,000 euros (£17,000) each to buy German teddy bears trimmed with gold.

The infamous art and fashions that surrounded punk band the Sex Pistols are displayed in an exhibition.

Widespread sabotage means that it will be two or three years before Iraq can yield enough oil revenue to pay for improvement.

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury elect, has been described as a "hairy lefty". But even he is not quite as hairy as a new lookalike teddy bear which is about to go on sale.

A partnership with six London designers is creating markets, jobs and profits for South African workers.

A round-up of what is making the headlines in Monday's morning newspapers.

International organisations say they are 'appalled' by the US Senate decision to approve $173.5bn worth of aid to farmers.

The House of Representatives votes for a 70% increase in farm subsidies as the EU, Australia and Canada voice their concern.

Angora goats prized for their high quality mohair get used to wool from another source altogether.

A German company is to build a condom factory in South Africa in exchange for a contract for three German U-Boats.

As spring turns in to summer Alistair takes time to appreciate the importance and impact of local politics.