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Statistics made public recently indicate a massive increase in the amount of gold produced by the Royal Mint. During 2009, the Royal Mint produced record levels of gold coins, raising its total gold production from 46,315 ounces during 2008 up to a staggering 125,469 ounces.

Paris gossips were trying to sort out fact from fiction as the blogosphere raised tantalising questions about the glamorous pop 'n' politics marriage of President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni.

A father who stabbed his teenage daughter to death and then drove her dead body around for 10 hours has been found guilty of murder.

Blue comic Roy 'Chubby' Brown hit a 21-year-old woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a supermarket car park, a court has been told.

Two women who were raped and abused by their father over 25 years - bearing seven of his children - have been given an apology by the authorities which failed to protect them.

More than half of Britons would rather shift excess weight through drastic surgery than diet or exercise, a poll has suggested.

A top-ranked south-east Asian militant wanted for planning the 2002 Bali bombings was shot dead by police on the island of Java, Indonesia's president has said.

Two British plane spotters are back home after avoiding a 10-year sentence in an Indian jail on spying charges.

Adult comic Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown has gone on trial accused of hitting a woman during a foul-mouthed dispute in a Middlesbrough car park.

Northern Rock will pay £14.9 million in bonuses to staff after losses narrowed last year.