He denied her murder, but Bournemouth man Alan Pickersgill will serve at least nineteen years behind bars for killing his ex-girlfriend Julie Bywater, with whom he became obsessed when their relationship ended.

The thirty-seven year old was sentenced to life imprisonment today.

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Nations around the world have begun evacuating tens of thousands of their citizens from Libya after Colonel Gaddafi's threats to crush anti-government protesters.

The British government says it will send "as many planes as necessary" to bring Britons home.

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A second British team of search and rescue experts are flying out to New Zealand, following the devastating earthquake.

The squad will help local emergency services trying to find and free trapped victims, in the city of Christchurch.

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The captain of the Australia cricket team has been reprimanded for damaging a dressing-room TV during a World Cup match, after being run out.

Ricky Ponting's been told he breached the International Cricket Council's code of conduct.