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Dale Farm battle back in High Court
The long-running dispute between Basildon Council and Dale Farm residents is returning to the High Court. On Monday, the travellers won a last-gasp injunction preventing the authority from clearing...
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Cameron urges swift action on debt
Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that failure to act swiftly over eurozone indebtedness would "lengthen the shadows of uncertainty" looming over the global economy. In a speech before the...
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Teachers' unions form partnership
Unions representing 375,000 teachers across the UK have launched an "historic" partnership aimed at strengthening their links ahead of the "challenges" they face. The unions - the Educational...
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City braced for more market turmoil
London's leading shares index is braced for another rocky day after panic over the state of the global economy triggered its biggest fall in nearly three years. The FTSE 100 Index closed 4.7% or 246.8...
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Particle 'moves faster than light'
Scientists at the world's largest physics lab say they have clocked subatomic particles travelling faster than light, a feat that - if true - would break a fundamental pillar of science. The readings...
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MP expenses claims 'take too long'
MPs and their staff are spending a "disproportionate" amount of time on expenses claims under the new system introduced following the scandals of 2009, a parliamentary report has found. The cost of...
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Government link for business chiefs
Britain's top chief executives are to be given a direct line to individual Government ministers to discuss business concerns, it has been reported. The bosses of the UK's top 50 companies will be...
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Extra duties for Met 'not helpful'
Scotland Yard should not be given any additional national policing functions in the wake of the upheaval caused by the phone-hacking scandal, MPs have said. While a home still needs to be found for...
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Respite as Footsie rises slightly
Shell-shocked investors have been given some respite after the City's worst trading session in nearly three years. An uneasy calm descended on the London market following Thursday's panic-driven slump...
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Power companies 'want inquiry'
Three of the UK's big six power companies want a competition inquiry into the gas and electricity market as a way to restore customer confidence. Having previously opposed any investigation, the...
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Mother held over death of girl, 4
A mother is under arrest on suspicion of murder after her four-year-old daughter was found dead. The 31-year-old woman walked into Manchester Royal Infirmary at around 7.15pm on Thursday and...
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Yorkie star wife-killer walks free
The star of the original Yorkie chocolate bar adverts who killed his terminally-ill wife has walked free from court after a judge showed mercy on him. Stuart Mungall, 71, ended the life of former...
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Zara and husband all smiles in NZ
Zara Phillips and husband Mike Tindall appeared all smiles as they left their New Zealand hotel on Friday in an apparent show of wedded bliss. The newlyweds, pictured for the first time since the...
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Markets settle after bloodbath
Shell-shocked investors have been spared further heavy losses as stock markets held firm in the wake of Thursday's bloodbath. While an uneasy calm descended over European markets, analysts predicted...
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Unison rejects pension changes
The public sector pensions dispute has remained deadlocked after a leading union insisted it could not sign up to proposals which would increase contributions and raise the retirement age. Unison, the...
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Libyan boy treated in NHS hospital
The first of 50 Libyan conflict victims who will be treated by the NHS has arrived in Britain. Abdul Malek El Hamdi, 15, went into surgery at St Mary's Hospital in London upon arrival on Thursday...
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FTSE 100 falls below 5,000 mark
Shell-shocked investors have suffered more losses as London's top shares index fell below the psychologically important 5,000 mark. Global recession fears continued to plague the FTSE 100 Index which,...
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Prison population at all-time high
The prison population in England and Wales has reached an all-time high for the third week running, new figures have revealed . The total number of prisoners hit 87,214, 94 higher than last week's...
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Grief over 'forgotten' Meredith
Murdered British student Meredith Kercher has been "completely forgotten" in the four years since her death, her grieving family has said. The 21-year-old's sister, Stephanie Kercher, expressed regret...
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Passenger jailed for 'foul' rant
An American businessman who drunkenly launched a foul-mouthed rant at staff on a British Airways (BA) flight has been jailed for three months. Mortgage consultant Timothy Bradley was told by a judge...
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