Triplets who were turned away from three local primary schools are among the first to start at a new London free school set up because of a lack of places in Redbridge... more
China has asked New Zealand to consider special compensation to parents of Chinese students killed in an earthquake last month because their loss was magnified under China's one-child policy
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Resident of Christchurch has auctioned for £27,300 a rock the size of a car that crashed into his house during last month's earthquake that killed at least 166 people
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Surrounded by his family, an earthquake survivor told how he wanted to die before doctors using a penknife and a hacksaw amputated his legs as he lay trapped
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Libby Clegg kept her cool to take the T12 100metres title at the IPC Athletics World Championships, beating the No1 ranked Hanka Kolnikova in the process... more
Lloyd's of London insurer Catlin admits its losses from the New Zealand earthquake in September will be $45 million (£29 million) — $10 million more than suggested... more
A crate of Scotch left in the Antarctic by Sir Ernest Shackleton more than 100 years ago is being thawed by a New Zealand museum - for purely scientific purposes... more
New Zealand's assistant coach Steve Hansen believes the scandal surrounding England's tourists will only make them more determined to avenge last week's First Test defeat... more
Westlife's Kian Egan has whisked his fiancée Jodi Albert off to Barbados for a romantic getaway. The singer took advantage of a break in the band's reunion tour to head to the Caribbean, where he was spotted taking a beach stroll with the former Hollyoaks actress before heading off for a surf
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