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Firefighters remain at the site of a large blaze at a factory in Flintshire where residents were urged to stay indoors due to billowing smoke.

A 24-year-old zoo worker is seriously injured by a tiger in Cumbria.

The daughter of a man killed on his way home from a Birmingham mosque says she believes his death was racially-motivated and criticises the police inquiry into his death.

A motorcyclist dies in a crash on the second Severn Crossing, which closes the M4 eastbound, causing long tailbacks.

Championship club Blackburn Rovers appoint caretaker boss Gary Bowyer as their new manager on a permanent basis.

The Nigerian army says it has destroyed a number of camps used by militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, in the north-east of the country.

A yachtsman who went overboard off the French coast is saved after his colleague called builders' store Jewsons.

Afghan security forces battle Taliban insurgents for hours in central Kabul, following an explosion that shook the capital.

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso is extradited to the United States, where he faces charges for laundering more than $70m in public funds.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort a passenger plane over the UK.

Residents have been urged to stay indoors as fire crews tackle a large blaze at a factory in Flintshire.

Andros Townsend pulls out of the England Under-21s European Championship squad following FA betting charge.

Outgoing Manchester United chief executive David Gill is confident Wayne Rooney will stay at Old Trafford.

The number of patients taking part in clinical trials in England has trebled in five years.

The wife of the soldier murdered in a London street says she expected her husband to be safe in the UK.

The wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sally Bercow, has said she is "surprised and disappointed" after the High Court ruled she had libelled Lord McAlpine.

Ecuador's President, Rafael Correa, is sworn into office for an unprecedented third term in the capital, Quito.

Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald miss the cut at the PGA Championship at Wentworth as Francesco Molinari leads by one shot.

The collapse of a road bridge over a river in the north-west US state of Washington was caused by an oversized lorry's crash, say officials.

Five climbers who went missing earlier this week on Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal are feared dead, officials say.