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The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in the UK, for the first time since it is believed to have been created here nearly 1,000 years ago. At 02:50 BST, chaperoned from a secret location in northern France by a police guard, it was driven into a loading bay at the British Museum, which will put it on display in September. The 70m-long 11th Century embroidery depicts in 58 scenes events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and Norman Conquest of England in 1066 - the moment that changed the country forever. The heavy-looking crate, encased in an aluminium frame, was...

RONALD Reagan, the Hollywood actor who became one of the most admired US presidents and the world leader credited with speeding the collapse of the Soviet Union, died at his home in California yesterday, aged 93. The 40th US president, who died with his family by his side, will be honoured with a state funeral in Washington on Friday that will be thronged by world leaders. Reagan, a two-term president from 1981-89, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 10 years ago and died at 1pm local time (6am Sunday AEST) of pneumonia, a complication from the incurable, memory-destroying illness. His flag-draped...