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• Woman accused of killing brother
  A woman stabbed her brother to death as he fought with her boyfriend in an Andover flat, Winchester Crown Court hears.
  
  
• EU leader 'pities' UKIP's Farage
  EU president Herman Van Rompuy says he pities Nigel Farage, the British Eurosceptic MEP who called him a "damp rag".
  
  
• Lack of homes 'threatens economy'
  The number of new homes built in the South West fell to 14,000 last year - 5,000 short of the average target, a report says.
  
  
• Plane survives 'Flight 253-style' blast
  A controlled explosion on a Boeing 747 suggests that if a bomb had been successfully detonated on a US flight, it would have still landed safely.
  
  
• Knight loses jail legal challenge
  Convicted loyalist murderer Torrens Knight loses a legal challenge against the suspension of his early release licence.
  
  
• Steel firm wins prison contract
  A Lanarkshire based steel company has secured more than £2m worth of new contracts, including work on the new Shotts Prison.
  
  
• BMW hopes new 5-series will revitalise the brand
  The sixth-generation BMW 5-series, unveiled at the Geneva motor show, is crucial both as a brand builder and as a source of profits.
  
  
• Scottish football's struggle for funds
  High-spending English football clubs don't have the monopoly on money worries - a long list of Scotland's clubs are finding the financial going tough.
  
  
• First look at £9m leisure centre
  An artist's impression of a new £9m sports complex which will replace a 100-year-old leisure centre in Nottingham is released.
  
  
• Taylor Wimpey reduces its losses
  Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey more than halves its full-year losses and says housing markets are improving.
  
  
• Day in pictures
  Striking images from around the world on Wednesday, 3 March 2010.
  
  
• Police apologise to arrested man
  Police apologise to a builder from Hull after he was arrested and put in a police cell in a case of mistaken identity.
  
  
• Judges save dogs who attacked man
  Two bull terriers who chased and attacked a man are saved from death by three Court of Appeal judges.
  
  
• Arrested man seeks police apology
  A builder from Hull says he wants an apology from police after he was arrested and put in a police cell in case of mistaken identity
  
  
• Jail for gun protection yachtsman
  A yachtsman who kept a sawn-off shotgun on his Brixham-moored boat for "protection against piracy" is jailed for a year.
  
  
• Saturday's Scottish football as it happened
  Ten-man Hearts see off Aberdeen and there are wins for Dundee United and Motherwel in an action-packed day of Scottish Premier League football.
  
  
• Pair jailed after £4.5m tax fraud
  A Dungannon couple are jailed over the biggest ever case of tax fraud in Northern Ireland, amounting to more than £4.5m.
  
  
• 'Abusive' builder jailed for cons
  An "incompetent" and "dishonest" builder from Selby who conned customers out of nearly £55,000 is jailed.
  
  
• Action call on flood protection
  The chairman of the Environment Agency urges industry to work on developing products to protect homes against flood damage.
  
  
• Footballers lied about car crash
  Three football team-mates from Lancashire who blamed a car crash on another driver are given suspended prison sentences.