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  • Ice alert on roads as snow eases - Motorists are urged to take extra care in icy conditions as Heathrow Airport cancels half of its flights.
  • Greek PM in crucial bailout talks - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos meets his coalition party leaders to try seek backing for a crucial 130bn euros EU rescue plan.
  • Queen marks Diamond Jubilee eve - The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attend a church service on the eve of the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of her accession to the throne.
  • US anger at Syria veto 'travesty' - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's violent crackdown on protesters.
  • PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy - More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.
  • Prince's Falklands duty 'routine' - Prince William's deployment to the Falkland Islands, along with that of a warship, is "entirely routine", the UK foreign secretary says.
  • Swinney defends EU nationals vote - Finance Secretary John Swinney defends plans to let EU nationals living in Scotland vote in the independence referendum.
  • Afghan car bomb attack kills nine - At least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.
  • Government to oppose rail bonuses - Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company's annual general meeting.
  • Egypt 'to try foreign NGO staff' - Egypt says it is to try 43 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations.
  • 'A little too much drink' warning - Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.
  • Dickens 'beyond' modern children - Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.
  • Depardieu to star as Strauss-Kahn - Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign.
  • Ireland 21-23 Wales - Wales stage a thrilling late comeback to launch their Six Nations campaign with a stunning victory over Ireland in Dublin.
  • Pakistan set England huge target - England face a mammoth task to avoid a series whitewash after Azhar Ali's composed 157 keeps Pakistan in control of the third Test in Dubai.