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A THANKSGIVING service will be held on Friday in memory of the social worker who drowned on the Greek holiday island of Corfu.

Three people have been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed during a fight at a party in north London.

The first tram-train service in the UK is being given the go-ahead by transport minister Norman Baker today. The heavy rail line from Meadowhall South to Rotherham Central and Rotherham Parkgate will be electrified. New platforms will be built at Meadowhall South and at Rotherham Parkgate, and the station at Rotherham Central platforms will be re-configured. Other communities will undoubtedly be looking to follow this example.

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders took a united stance Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement to forge a "united, inclusive and democratic" government - but couldn't agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must go.

In a bid to kick start Jamaica's chronically stagnant economy, the Caribbean country is wooing its citizens living abroad to invest in the island of their birth.

Now that could be a thing of the past. New York City has teamed up with AT&T to install 25 solar-powered charging stations for public use, available for free in parks and beaches across the five boroughs over the summer.

That appears to be true, at least, for British luxury brand Burberry, which showcased its latest menswear designs in London on Tuesday after a decade in Milan.

A headmaster has paid tribute to two of his teenage pupils who died after being struck by a passenger train.

Britain's Serious Fraud Office has charged a former trader with conspiracy to defraud in the rigging of a benchmark interest rate.

A court sketch of Moors Murderer Ian Brady who is appearing via video link at his mental health tribunal at Manchester Civil Justice Centre Moors murderer Ian Brady only comes out of his room at night and shuns contact with others believing them beneath him - but also fears them, a mental health tribunal has heard.

Leaders from eight of the world's wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit Tuesday focusing how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer rely on shelters and loopholes to avoid paying the tax they owe.

Moderate drinking during pregnancy - three to seven glasses of alcohol a week - does not appear to harm fetal neurodevelopment, as indicated by the child's ability to balance, suggests a large study, led by academics at the University of Bristol and published online in the journal BMJ Open.

Last week, thousands of 38 Degrees' members chipped in to help local campaigners in Lewisham take Jeremy Hunt to court. Local campaigners had collectively raised £5,000 towards this but desperately needed more funds. Supportive 38 Degrees' members raised enough to get them to £20,000. They are now hiring a top legal team to make the most of their chance to challenge the cutback plans prompted by the Coalition's austerity programme and the inflexibilty of inherited PFI projects elsewhere in SE London.

Recent reports showed that when an A&E department in Newark closed, there was a 37% jump in patient deaths.</>

The British undoubtedly are a nation of crisp lovers, munching their way through billions of bags each and every day.

Spirits were high as the colourful parade made its way through the town of Enniskillen, ahead of setting course for the security cordon that has been set up around the Lough Erne Golf Resort, where the world leaders are meeting.

Demand for the HS2 high-speed rail project has "likely been overestimated" and the £33 billion project does not offer good value for money, according to a report by a think-tank.

Remarks by President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, at the summit of the Group of 8 industrial nations, as transcribed by the White House.

National Theatre Live, which broadcasts stage shows from England to movie screens worldwide, said Monday that its June 13 live broadcast of Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the play "The Audience" has captured its largest audience to date.