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England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.

Former England captain David Beckham hopes to play for the LA Galaxy against Columbus Crew on 11 September.

Plans to modernise postal services in Kent could lead to 400 jobs being cut and the closure of four sorting offices.

The M4 in Berkshire is closed in one direction after an accident involving up to 10 vehicles.

An ambulance paramedic put the life of a baby at risk by refusing to take the mother to hospital because they were on a break, a tribunal hears.

A district councillor who wore a tin helmet and waved a Canadian flag as part of a land dispute protest is suspended.

A district councillor who wore a tin helmet and waved a Canadian flag as part of a land dispute protest is suspended.

A cheating husband murdered his wife after she found out about his infidelity within months of them getting married, a court hears.

BBC Sport understands that police investigating alleged corruption involving three Pakistani cricketers believe that video evidence crucial to the case is authentic, despite fresh claims to the contrary.

A man and woman are arrested on suspicion of helping a disabled man from South Tyneside take his own life.

Thousands of Tube workers will strike next week as talks between London Underground bosses and two unions break down.

Two people in a light aircraft travelling to Norfolk which plunged into the North Sea are "incredibly lucky", the coastguard says.

Former light-welterweight world champion Ricky Hatton says he is unlikely to fight again.

Police in Lincolnshire continue their search for a missing foster couple and four-year-old boy they were looking after.

Children as young as 10 face being fined £80 for dropping litter in Oxford after the proposal is approved.

Children as young as 10 face being fined £80 for dropping litter in Oxford after the proposal is approved.

Alan Curbishley is among those to be interviewed for the vacant manager's post at Aston Villa, BBC Sport understands.

Rangers fans will go into a "holding zone" ahead of their team's Champions League match in Manchester, to prevent a re-run of the 2008 riots.

Human remains found in a Oxfordshire garden, sparking a police inquiry, are dated back to 500 AD.

A Huddersfield shopkeeper was beaten to death in his store as he tried to protect his "hard-earned money", a court hears.