BBC News 5 October 2014 Last updated at 11:57

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Briton held hostage in Libya freedDavid Bolam

British teacher David Bolam is "safe and well", the Foreign Office says, after he is freed by militants who abducted him in Libya in May.


Alan HenningPrayers 'to mark Alan Henning's life'

Prayers will be said for British taxi driver Alan Henning, who was kidnapped in Syria and killed by Islamic State militants, at a church service in Salford.

Nick CleggClegg urges tax rise to cut deficit

Nick Clegg says taxes must be increased to reduce the deficit and accuses the Tories of wanting to do it by "beating up on the poor".

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