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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the realm occupying all of the island of Great Britain (with England, Scotland, and Wales) and six counties of Ireland (with Northern Ireland). It is the hub of the Commonwealth of Nations, a body formed largely by former members or subjects of the British Empire.
- Queen leads Remembrance service
- Britain's fallen are remembered across the UK and Afghanistan, as another British soldier is killed in the conflict. [?]
- Tough love 'is good for children'
- Children whose parents bring them up using "tough love" are more successful in life, according to a study. [?]
- Share of £90m jackpot 'claimed'
- Camelot says a claim has been made for the 100m euro (£90m) Euromillions prize won by two British tickets on Friday. [?]
- Rail line hit by driver shortage
- The rail service on an entire route into London's Kings Cross station is cancelled for the day because there are not enough drivers. [?]
- Scheme 'can cut extra emissions'
- A new business scheme could slash energy bills and cut carbon emissions by 50% more than anticipated, a study will claim. [?]
- Many 'against student fee rise'
- Most people are opposed to raising the fees students in England pay for their university tuition, a survey suggests. [?]
- Report dismays breastmilk lobby
- Breastfeeding campaigners say they are dismayed by a draft report commissioned by the food watchdog that finds few problems with advertising for follow-on formula. [?]
- Shot Briton 'liked Amarillo song'
- The parents of a British man shot dead in the US city of Amarillo say he only went there because he liked the Tony Christie song. [?]
- Lukewarm reaction to UK tax plan
- Prime Minister Gordon Brown's surprise idea of a financial transactions tax receives a lukewarm response. [?]
- It only takes a marriage, girl - Greatest Day for Take That's Mark
- Take That are reunited for the wedding of band member Mark Owen to his fiancée Emma Ferguson in the Highlands. [?]
- English wine gets a helping hand... from Space
- English vineyards have signed up to use a harvest optimisation scheme based on data gathered from satellites. [?]
- British fans inspired win - Haye
- New WBA heavyweight champion David Haye says the "support and love" of the British public spurred him on to his stunning defeat of Nikolay Valuev. [?]
- Arsenal rout Wolves to go second
- Arsenal move into second place in the Premier League after dismantling Wolves with another fine attacking display. [?]
- Murray reaches final in Valencia
- Andy Murray beats Fernando Verdasco to set up a meeting against Mikhail Youzhny in the Valencia Open final. [?]
- Reality check
- How can drug-taking be stopped, asks Clive James [?]
- Sticks and stones
- When did autism start becoming a term of abuse? [?]
- In pictures
- The big fight: how David beat Goliath [?]
- Fighting fit
- Soldier's road to recovery and hopes of Afghan return [?]
- Big spender
- The things you can't buy if you have £45 million [?]
- In the balance
- Why a woman's dizzy attacks left her health in a spin [?]
- Super fuels ban for Met drivers
- Drivers for the Metropolitan Police are banned from filling up with premium super fuels. [?]
- Call to allow Scottish space bases
- A law change is needed before Scotland can be considered as a launch site for commercial space flights, Virgin Galactic says. [?]
- Mirror shuts pension scheme
- Newspaper group Trinity Mirror has announced the closure of its final salary pension scheme to all members. [?]
- Firework victim 'devoted' mother
- The nine children of a woman killed in a house fire after a firework was put through the front door pay tribute to her. [?]
- Expense reform 'must not unravel'
- MPs say it is "unacceptable" that the man in charge of rewriting the expenses rules may not bring in all the proposed reforms. [?]
- 7 days quiz
- Who's the most unlikely fan of 'Jedward'? [?]
- Risky business
- How do you work out if something is dangerous or not? [?]
- Naming Rights FC
- Why do fans get upset about corporate names? [?]
- Papers split on UK Afghan mission
- Britain's role in Afghanistan comes under heavy scrutiny in the Remembrance Sunday papers. [?]
- Twitchers flock to see rare bird
- A bird which is rarely seen in the UK is spotted on the River Severn at a nature reserve in Gloucestershire. [?]
- Officers held in pub disturbance
- Two off-duty police officers from Cumbria are arrested following a disturbance at a pub in County Durham. [?]
- Teenager is raped in Londonderry
- Detectives are investigating the rape of a teenager in the city during the early hours of Saturday. [?]
- Parade postponed amid PSNI search
- A Remembrance Day parade is postponed as police receive a report that a device has been left in a County Londonderry village. [?]
- Services held to honour war dead
- Events are being held across Scotland to remember servicemen and women killed in past and current conflicts. [?]
- Concern for two missing teenagers
- A search is ongoing for two youths who have been reported missing overnight in Glasgow's Knightswood area. [?]
- 'Change school funding' demands
- Calls are made to change funding at Welsh schools after figures show one in 10 is in debt while others have large reserves. [?]
- Two held over holiday homes fires
- Police are questioning two people in connection with the deliberate fires at two unoccupied holiday homes. [?]
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