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They don’t know how old it is, or how it got here, but scientists are delighted to get their hands on a lump of rock with a very special pedigree.
One holds the UK economy in his hands. The other’s role is even more important – at least if you ask some people. Channel 4 News checks the Top Trumps cards of Stephen Hester and Fabio Capello.
Church of England vicar, Rev Canon Dr John Magumba, is jailed for two and a half years after admitting to carrying out 28 sham marriages allowing illegal immigrants to live in the UK.
The author Roald Dahl and artist Lucian Freud are among more than 250 people who turned down honours from the Queen in the past 40 years, according to official government records.
Street dealers caught with heroin, cocaine or thousands of pounds worth of cannabis could avoid jail under new guidelines for judges which come into force in February.
How difficult is wheelchair basketball for an able-bodied player? Channel 4 News brings together Guildford Heat captain Mike Martin and Paralympic medallist Simon Munn to find out.
The luxury car maker Bentley sells more cars to China than the UK in 2011, as Bond Street traders tell Channel 4 News that Chinese shoppers are “hugely important”.
Saudi Arabian hackers have claimed a successful cyber attack on Israeli computer servers, publishing the financial details and mobile phone numbers of an estimated 400,000 people.
The UK apologises for serious failings after the death of Christopher Alder who died in police custody. Mr Alder’s sister tells Channel 4 News it ends “13 years of government lies and failure”.
The police have been called in to investigate how the bodies of a former soldier who died in police custody and an elderly Nigerian woman were mixed up at a mortuary in Hull.
The sister of a man who died in police custody has told Channel 4 News she is “sickened and disgusted” after a mix-up in a mortuary led to the wrong body being buried.
As a US drone strike in Yemen kills cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a leading al-Qaeda figure, Channel 4 News assesses his influence on terror attacks in the UK and abroad.
Matt Frei
As the United States employs diplomatic “procedure” to ensure fellow members of the UN Security Council do not vote for Palestinian statehood, Channel 4 News US Correspondent Matt Frei concludes that diplomacy is letting someone else have YOUR way.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox gives strong support to the defence industry at the opening of the UK’s DSEi arms fair, which includes delegates from Bahrain.
As many as 1,000 Gaddafi loyalists are still holding out in the desert town of Bani Walid despite being pounded by Nato planes.