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Germany has started checks at borders with five more European countries in an effort to crack down on "irregular" migration and guard against Islamist threats. 

Thousands of England's flood defences designed to protect people's homes and businesses are inadequate, government data suggests. 

The Criminal Bar Association has warned the government against increasing sentencing powers for magistrates, saying the "knee-jerk reaction" would "simply make things worse" for overcrowded prisons. 

Huw Edwards has been given a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years for accessing indecent images of children as young as seven. 

A woman has been charged with the murder of another woman in London. 

From "childless cat lady" jokes to calls to vote, the upcoming US presidential election loomed large at this year's Emmy Awards. 

A search has been launched for a missing 18-year-old in the Scottish Borders. 

Plans for a tram through the city of Cardiff have been launched. 

Financial market participants are increasingly of the opinion the US central bank will impose a bigger than expected interest rate cut this week, with the Bank of England holding off…

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