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England beat New Zealand by 50 runs in the second Twenty20 match in Christchurch.

Councillors are warning that uncertainty over the future of an oil yard will see it ignored for lucrative contracts.

A painting by an Aboriginal artist expected to sell for a record amount has failed to sell at auction.

Four gang members who tried to kill a man in a barber's shop are given 18 years each in prison.

Four men are found guilty of attempted murder after the shooting of a man in a Birmingham barber's shop in 2003.

For Stuart Wilson, playing in the Masters as the British Amateur champion is "as good as it gets".

Simply picture a big doughnut wheeling anti- or counter-clockwise. Those whirling winds were whizzing at 160 miles an hour.

Sarah Macdonald investigates how Australia controversially sold the problem of asylum seekers to third nations for millions of dollars.

Consumers would pay less for fresh produce and veg if they bypassed supermarkets, a farmers union says.

Tyneside-based Amec wins a £50m order to build an oil platform for BP, which will secure thousands of jobs.

A Scottish yard loses out on a multi-million pound contract for a jacket for BP Amoco's Clair Field in the North Sea.

In a widely expected move, regulatory officials file suit against the photocopy giant and seek to widen their probe into other large firms.

Bradford Bulls take the Super League title with a 37-6 victory over Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.

An Australian court upholds a government appeal that it behaved correctly in removing more than 400 mainly Afghan refugees from its territory.

An Australian troopship carrying hundreds of mainly Afghan migrants has arrived in waters off the coast of the tiny Pacific republic of Nauru.

New Zealand has an established refugee programme, but the tiny island state of Nauru is not a natural refuge.

England cruised to a 4-0 victory and used 21 players against Mexico at Pride Park. How did you rate England's performance?

Supermarkets warn meat prices are likely to rise next week as stores plan costlier meat imports to cover dwindling British stocks.

Union leaders representing 3,000 Scottish oil yard workers facing redundancy travel to Canada in an attempt to find jobs.

A carpet shark at a UK wildlife centre has given birth to 23 babies after 11 days in labour - and the marathon childbirth is thought to be the first ever in captivity.

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