Rooney Due On Swiss Flight Amid Media Claims

Wayne Rooney is expected to fly with the rest of the England squad to Switzerland, despite allegations about his private life appearing in several newspapers.

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The five Labour leadership candidates have set out their vision for the party and the country at the Sky News debate in Norwich.

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Heavy rain across southeastern Australia has resulted in the region's worst flooding in 15 years, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.

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Travellers could soon be using a credit card-sized smartcard to access public transport across Britain.

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Strong aftershocks and gale-force winds have hit New Zealand's second largest city - as it recovers from the country's worst earthquake in 80 years.

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The Sky News Labour leadership debate takes place this morning as campaigning enters the final strait.

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A fourth member of the Pakistan cricket team is being questioned over an alleged spot-betting scam, a newspaper has claimed.

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A British tourist killed in a plane crash in New Zealand has been named by local police as Brad Coker.

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A mutilated and badly burned body has been found in undergrowth at a seaside golf course.

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Tens of thousands of people have protested across France against a clampdown on immigrants by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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Airline pilots have accused Ryanair's Michael O'Leary of endangering passengers' safety after he called for co-pilots to be replaced with air stewardesses.

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New Zealand's prime minister says it is "a miracle" that no-one was killed after an earthquake struck its second largest city, cracking roads and destroying buildings.  

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More than one million people are facing a £1,500 bill for not paying enough tax thanks to a blunder at HM Revenue and Customs.

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An Iranian woman set to be stoned to death for adultery is facing 99 lashes for a photograph allegedly of her without a headscarf, her son has said.

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A British soldier serving with The Royal Scots Borderers has died after being struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Helmand Province, the Ministry of Defence has said.

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England's female rugby team are set to take on New Zealand in the 2010 World Cup Final.

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A policeman is facing the sack after being filmed on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell.

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The former head of the Army has accused ex-prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Around 300 left-wing protesters have clashed with police in Hamburg after an all-night street festival in the central Schanze neighbourhood.

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Two people have been killed following a mid-air crash between two light aircraft on the Isle of Wight, police have said.

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Pressure is mounting against Andy Coulson - the Prime Minister's chief spin doctor and former News of the World editor - as former ministers call for a fresh inquiry into alleged phone-hacking by journalists.

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England cricket Twenty20 captain Paul Collingwood has urged the authorities to make "strong" decisions to eradicate corruption from the game.

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Tony Blair has faced the wrath of around 200 anti-war protesters and an attempted citizen's arrest during the first public signing of his rapidly-selling memoirs in Dublin.

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Two women arrested while trying to take a dead relative on to a plane will not face any charges, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

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A group of former rugby players who survived more than two months of isolation in the Andes after their plane crashed are in Chile to support 33 miners trapped underground.

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