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Officials say the number of dead pigs found in Shanghai's Huangpu River has risen to nearly 6,000, amid online concern over water quality.

Financial products should be simpler with more transparent pricing, according to a new report.

A study of shorebirds helps shed light on why some species reverse the roles of the sexes, with males carrying out the parental duties.

The EU adopts new standard rules to settle disputes between consumers and traders out of court.

The BBC's Graham Satchell reports from one of the most deprived parts of the UK, the Falinge estate in Rochdale, on whether its residents feel there are ''deserving'' and ''undeserving'' poor.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is awarded more than £700,000 to help create a permanent gallery for the Staffordshire Hoard.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg likes to keep his conference room at just 15 degrees Celsius. Lucy Kellaway, Financial Times management columnist, and Celia Donne, Global Operations Director at Regus, discuss the perfect temperature for an office.

Security firm G4S reports a rise in revenues in 2012 and says it expects "good continuing organic growth" in 2013 as it attempts to put the Olympics debacle behind it.

New rights for air passengers are unveiled by the European Commission, including rerouting travellers with rival carriers if a flight is delayed for more than 12 hours.

The scientists who live like astronauts in Utah's desert

Giant rhinoceros beetles' large and elaborate horns used for fighting have little effect on flight, a study has found.

E.on, one of the UK's Big Six energy suppliers, has reported annual results which show a fall in profits as the company counts the cost of not raising bills in 2012.

Health campaigners say signs that the government will drop plans for minimum pricing on alcohol in England and Wales, are a disaster for public health.

Prince Andrew explains to Rory Cellan-Jones why the Royal Family are "early adopters" of modern technology, from Ceefax to mobile tablets.

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific posts a 83% plunge in profits amid higher fuel costs and a drop in demand for corporate travel.

Japan is contemplating joining the new free trade partnership called the Trans Pacific Partnership.

The remains of a medieval knight found underneath a car park are to be moved to make way for a university building.

Mining giant BHP Billiton says it is co-operating with a probe into its sponsorship of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Poison poses greatest danger to survival of tigers in Thailand

A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.

More than half of consumers have changed their shopping habits as a result of the horsemeat scandal, according to a survey by consumer group Which?

BBC News spoke to some of the apprentices who work at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and its production workshop in Thurrock.

Internet search giant Google is paying nearly $15m (£10.1m) in bonuses to four of its top executives for their performances last year.

The US airline regulator approves a set of fixes to the battery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, clearing the way for the aircraft to resume flights.

With rising fears of a triple-dip recession, ordinary people in Hampshire give their views on how the Chancellor could help the economy.