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2:39pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Argentina should be in no doubt that Britain will "defend the Falkland Islands properly" against any threat to its inhabitants' right to self-determination, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

2:12pm Thursday 9th February 2012

An estimated 520,000 households had their landline or broadband services switched without their consent in the last year, Ofcom has said.

2:10pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and his coalition partners have struck a deal on new cuts demanded by creditors to secure a vital 130 billion euro (£109 billion) bailout.

1:26pm Thursday 9th February 2012

Three members of staff at a care home at the centre of a television investigation into allegations of abuse have admitted mistreating patients.

12:32pm Thursday 9th February 2012

The Government has announced a £4.5 million fund aimed at boosting adult skills in cities across England.

12:17pm Thursday 9th February 2012

The former wife of Sir Paul McCartney never authorised former News of the World editor Piers Morgan, or anybody else, to listen to her voicemails, she has told the inquiry into press standards.

12:15pm Thursday 9th February 2012

As many as 1,000 outstanding schools could find their status under review because their teaching is not of the highest grade, Sir Michael Wilshaw has announced.

12:10pm Thursday 9th February 2012

The News of the World's former head of news was told to deliberately mislead the McCanns' spokesman about the newspaper's plans to publish Kate McCann's diary, he has said.

12:02pm Thursday 9th February 2012

A "perfect storm" of freezing rain falling on icy roads has caused chaos on the roads.

11:21am Thursday 9th February 2012

Harry Redknapp has insisted he has "not even thought about" the England manager's job left vacant by Fabio Capello's sensational resignation.