- Reoffending by thousands of criminals serving short sentences in England and Wales costs up to £10bn a year, says a report. - The US vice-president condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, as he prepares to visit the West Bank. - Gordon Brown is expected to say he has guided the economy through a "storm" and is best-placed to secure its recovery. - Unidentified gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing up to five people, police say. - Doctors' leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England. - The driving test should have compulsory questions on level crossings to teach good habits in learner drivers, says Network Rail. - Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows. - Attempts to reach a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water ahead of a key summit. - A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired. - Rules to improve child protection after the Baby P case may leave children more vulnerable to harm, council leaders warn. - Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban. - The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say. - Nicklas Bendtner silences his recent critics with a hat-trick as Arsenal see off Porto in emphatic fashion to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. - Two goals from Cameron Jerome inspire Birmingham to a battling win against bottom-club Portsmouth at Fratton Park. - Darren Bent scores a hat-trick as Sunderland claim their first league win of 2010 against ten-man Bolton. - Targets for getting young people into university should be scrapped, say graduate recruiters. What do you think? - 10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst - Kit criticisms after soldiers' inquests widely reported - Why obesity is leading drivers to sleep at the wheel - Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailers - UK painter defiant despite Turkish conviction - Paedophile priest left alone by Church and state - A £1bn government scheme to regenerate former coalmines has been poorly co-ordinated and lacks vision, MPs argue. - A woman whose medical records disappeared from her GP surgery has sparked questions over the security of patient record transfers. - Two assembly opposition parties call for changes to the way school closure proposals are handled. - Three men have been charged in connection with a pipe bomb attack on a house in Larne seven years ago. - A Nigerian governor accuses the army of ignoring warnings of attacks, as communal tension remains high near Jos. - Ban Ki-moon pays tribute to the 101 UN staff who died in the Haiti quake, as President Preval seeks US support for the economy. - A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, is to open. - Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed terror suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday. - Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal. - India's upper house sees a second day of uproar as it backs a bill to reserve a third of all parliamentary seats for women. - Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew are due to resume later, after a deadline was extended. - The devolution of policing and justice to Northern Ireland marks the final end to decades of strife, says Gordon Brown. - There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn. - More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, figures are expected to show. - The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned. - Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland enters the UK and Ireland box office at number one, with record opening takings for a 3D movie. - Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.
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