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Plaid Cymru's conference opens with a pledge to transform, not simply manage, Wales.

Some of the largest conservation bodies in Wales fear they will have to find massive savings following the UK Government spending review.

The BBC's Declan Curry looks at why interest rates matter

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended the controversial referendum on changing the constitution.

Papers express sympathy for PM David Cameron

Middlesbrough is the area of England least resilient to economic shocks, according to BBC-commissioned research.

Middlesbrough is the area of England least resilient to economic shocks, according to BBC-commissioned research.

What will London's skyline look like in 2030?

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the tactics of his opponents, in a BBC interview ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum.

Vice chancellors are expected to be told raising student tuition fees is the best way to ensure future finding for higher education.

Five-time champion Roger Federer produces a stunning display to beat Robin Soderling and reach the semi-finals of the US Open.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.

A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, officials say.

A mass shooting in a shoe factory in Honduras is blamed on rival street gangs linked to Mexican drug cartels.

The newly appointed head of UN humanitarian relief Lady Valerie Amos has spent her first day in office touring Pakistan.

Mexico has rejected remarks from the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, that drug-related violence in Mexico increasingly has the hallmarks of an insurgency.

The number of shops closing in Britain is slowing but a north-south divide has emerged, a survey by retail analysts the Local Data Company suggests.

The number of shops closing in Britain is slowing but a north-south divide has emerged, a survey by retail analysts the Local Data Company suggests.

A US pastor says he is not "backing down" from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international condemnation.

Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.