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Pakistan holds vote despite killing May 19 2013

Pakistan is holding a repeat election in an upmarket area of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging.Read

Pressure mounts over 'loons' claim May 19 2013

Pressure continued to mount on the Conservative leadership over claims an ally of David Cameron described grassroots activists as "mad, swivel-eyed loons" who forced Tory MPs to adopt hardline stances on divisive issues.Read

Leader of NAHT targets warning May 19 2013

Children's education and wellbeing must not be sacrificed just to meet targets, a headteachers' leader will warn.Read

Queen to get garden festival look May 19 2013

One hundred years of glorious gardens will be celebrated when the world's most famous flower show throws its doors open this week.Read

Scores hurt as car hits US parade May 19 2013

Up to 60 people were injured when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.Read

Pakistan politician gunned down May 19 2013

Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party.Read

Crohn's patients slam hospital food May 19 2013

Half of hospitalised Crohn's disease patients believe their recovery was hampered because of poor hospital food, a poll suggests.Read

Activists attack PM on gay marriage May 19 2013

Tory activists have attacked David Cameron's support for gay marriage, claiming it had made winning the next general election "virtually impossible".Read

One in 10 'fell asleep at wheel' May 19 2013

More than three million British drivers have fallen asleep behind the wheel in the last year, according to new research.Read

Miliband pledges tax crackdown May 19 2013

Labour leader Ed Miliband will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election, even if there is no international consensus for action.Read

Faith leaders back assisted dying May 18 2013

A group of Christian and Jewish ministers have defied their hierarchies to back a Bill legalising assisted suicide.Read

Ukip hits new high in opinion poll May 18 2013

The UK Independence Party surge has continued with two opinion polls giving the party record levels of support.Read

Tories bid to smooth 'loons' furore May 18 2013

The Conservative leadership has moved to head off a damaging rift with grassroots activists after an ally of David Cameron reportedly described them as "mad, swivel-eyed loons".Read

Governor warning on housing package May 18 2013

The outgoing governor of the Bank of England has warned that George Osborne's plan to boost the housing market is "too close for comfort" to a general state guarantee for mortgages.Read

Cameron 'losing control' of party May 18 2013

Former foreign secretary Lord Geoffrey Howe has claimed David Cameron is losing control of his party as the Conservatives' "long, nervous breakdown" over Europe continues.Read