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'Unprecedented' cuts threat to NHS
The NHS is facing an "unprecedented financial challenge" that may force cuts to services and numbers of hospital beds, the head of an organisation representing health service organisations has said....
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UN sets date to consider Abbas bid
The United Nations Security Council is to meet to start the process of formally considering the Palestinian request for membership in the world body. Lebanese ambassador Nawaf Salam, who holds this...
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BAE confirms 3,000 jobs to be cut
Defence giant BAE Systems has confirmed that it is cutting almost 3,000 jobs at sites across the country, mainly in its military aircraft division. The firm ended days of speculation by giving details...
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Killer Knox 'a cuddly cartoon girl'
Convicted killer Amanda Knox is actually a loving young woman rather like the cartoon character Jessica Rabbit, a defence lawyer has claimed. Just a day after another lawyer told her appeal hearing in...
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Travellers protest at council HQ
Two people have scaled the front of council offices to protest at the planned clearance of the UK's largest illegal travellers' site. The pair climbed above the doorway of Basildon Council's Basildon...
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Integrity of media 'not for sale'
Media organisations should consider barring from the trade journalists guilty of "gross malpractice", the Labour conference has been told. The party would also produce stricter rules on media...
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Miliband targets 'asset strippers'
Bad businesses and bad neighbours are to be targeted by Labour leader Ed Miliband in his keynote speech to the party's conference in Liverpool. Mr Miliband will say that councils should give priority...
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Death blaze 'caused by freezer'
A house fire which killed five children and their mother is believed to have been caused by a freezer, the fire service has said. Muna Elmufatish, 41, daughters Hanin Kua, 14, Basma, 13, Amal, nine,...
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Riot case sentences 'excessive'
Two men jailed for four years for setting up Facebook pages inciting others to riot have challenged their "manifestly excessive" custodial terms. Lawyers for Jordan Blackshaw, 20, of Northwich, and...
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Call over 'futile' cancer treatment
Dying cancer patients should be spared "futile" and expensive treatment which can offer "false hope" in the last weeks of life, experts have said. Warning of a tendency to "overdiagnose, overtreat,...
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Struck-off nurses 'still on wards'
British hospital wards could face a "ghastly national disaster" because of the growing number of unregulated healthcare assistants, the Nursing and Midwifery Council said. Dickon Weir-Hughes, chief...
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Top sitcom writer David Croft dies
David Croft, who wrote hit sitcoms including Dad's Army and Are You Being Served?, has died aged 89. His agent Tim Hancock said he died at his holiday home in Portugal. Among his other hit shows were...
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'Dark day' as BAE axes 3,000 jobs
Defence giant BAE Systems has confirmed that almost 3,000 posts are to be axed on a "dark day" for British manufacturing. Sites across the country will suffer cutbacks, while the firm signalled the...
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Suicide verdict on killer Moat
A jury at the inquest of cornered killer Raoul Moat, who blasted himself in the head with a sawn-off shotgun, has returned a unanimous verdict of suicide. Police fired shotgun Tasers as he prepared to...
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Miliband makes 'new bargain' pledge
Labour will offer a "new bargain" to the people of Britain to end the "fast buck" culture of the last 30 years and reshape society so that hard work and responsibility are rewarded, the party's leader...
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Tributes to 'genius' David Croft
Tributes have been paid to the "genius" of David Croft, the co-creator of hit sitcoms including Dad's Army, who has died aged 89. His string of blockbuster BBC shows included 'Allo 'Allo, It Ain't...
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Coma girl dies months after attack
A 16-year-old girl left in a coma after an attack more than four months ago has died. Julie Sheriff had been fighting for life since May after being hit in the head during an attack in Battersea,...
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Jackson's family arrive for trial
Michael Jackson's parents and family have arrived at a Los Angeles court for the trial of the doctor accused of his death more than two years ago. A horde of media watched Jackson's father Joseph,...
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BBC rejects 'hoax' interview claim
The BBC has carried out "detailed investigations" into allegations it was the victim of a hoax after it ran an interview with a city trader who said he dreamt of "another recession". Alessio Rastani...
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Hopes for eurozone deal boost FTSE
Hopes that world leaders are moving closer to a plan to save the euro have helped London's leading share index make its biggest percentage gain of the year. The FTSE 100 Index rose 4%, or 204.7 points...
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