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UK urges tough response to Russia
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The UK foreign secretary calls for "hard-headed engagement" with Russia in response to its actions in Georgia. |
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Britain's happiest places mapped
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The most sparsely populated county in Wales is Britain's happiest place - but Edinburgh the least happy, say researchers. |
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British workers 'fear job losses'
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More than one in 10 British workers fear they will lose their job in the next year, union body the TUC says. |
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Arson attack house still 'unsafe'
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Police hope to be able to enter the home of a missing family that was destroyed in an arson attack later, once it is declared safe. |
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Map highlights 'obesity hotspots'
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Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records. |
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Baby's body found at waste plant
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The body of a newborn baby is found at a waste recycling plant in Cambridgeshire. |
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Livingstone to be Chavez adviser
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Former London mayor Ken Livingstone is to work as a consultant for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. |
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Seven days to quiz PM threat man
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Police are given seven days to question a 24-year-old man arrested over an alleged plot to kill the PM. |
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Man convicted of converting guns
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A man is found guilty of converting replica submachine guns into live weapons linked to more than 50 shootings. |
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Ringing the changes - BT puts phone boxes out for 'adoption'
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BT is to allow local councils to "adopt" or "sponsor" red telephone boxes. |
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Man finds 'pants' telephone banking password changed by staff
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A man who chose "Lloyds is pants" as his telephone banking password found it had been changed to "no it's not". |
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Last-gasp Kuyt puts Liverpool through
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Liverpool scrape into the group stages of the Champions League after a 118th minute goal from Dirk Kuyt against Standard Liege. |
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Arsenal cruise into group stages
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Arsenal cruise into the Champions League group stage with an easy win against Steve McClaren's FC Twente. |
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Keothavong clinches historic win
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Anne Keothavong claims an impressive win over Francesca Schiavone to became the first British woman to reach the third round of US Open since 1991. |
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Russian relations
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How growing tensions could hit the UK economy |
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Flogging ritual
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How a Muslim ceremony ended in child abuse |
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Golden welcome
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Thousands cheer Scotland's Olympians at home |
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Aisle be there
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Why is more than half our food now wrapped in plastic? |
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Unkindest cuts
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Self-harmer tells of her 10-year battle against her body |
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An NHS dilemma
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The story behind the sight-saving drug controversy |
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Man convicted over Shia flogging
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A man is convicted of child cruelty after forcing two boys to flog themselves during a Shia Muslim ceremony. |
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Petrus 'London's top restaurant'
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Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing sees his Petrus restaurant take the honours in the Harden's guide. |
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Young 'dreaming of living abroad'
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Seven out of 10 young people want to work abroad one day - but most do not have a second language, research suggests. |
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One dead in accident on M1
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One person dies and two people are injured, one critically, in an accident on the M1 southbound. |
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Staffies 'bred to fund drugs trade'
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Animal welfare groups claim drug addicts are breeding Staffordshire Bull Terriers to fund their habits. |
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Hoy 'overwhelmed' by reception
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Triple gold medallist Chris Hoy says he is "overwhelmed" by the reception since his return to Scotland. |
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Pc is jailed for punching child
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A police officer is jailed for 12 weeks for assaulting a 12-year-old boy at a Manchester police station. |
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BB pair choose to share £50,000
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Big Brother contestants Lisa Appleton and Sara Folino have each won £25,000 after competing in a live game of trust. |
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Who goes on holiday to Zimbabwe?
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The Foreign Office warns against all but essential travel to Zimbabwe, but according to the country's tourism chiefs, thousands of people from overseas still head there every year. So who are Zimbabwe's tourists and why do they go? |
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The rise of ‘before you die-ism’
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The man who wrote 100 Things to Do Before You Die has died. Why did his book in 1999 spark a phenomenon? |
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Maths leg work
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Did you know most people have an "above average" number of feet? More stat-busting... |
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Obama 'murder plot' in headlines
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Many of Wednesday's papers focus on the arrest of four suspects over an alleged plot to kill Barack Obama. |
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A paper banned from a stadium comes up with a comic response
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A newspaper prints a Roy Of The Rovers-style comic strip instead of action photographs after a football stadium ban. |
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Anonymous buyer pays a wedge for a slice of royal wedding cake
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A large slice of cake made for the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles has been sold at auction. |
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Gas explosion on housing estate
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A late-night gas explosion is reported on the huge Twinbrook housing estate in the Lisburn city area. |
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Hero's welcome for boxer Barnes
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The Olympic bronze medal winner Paddy Barnes receives a hero's welcome as he arrives home in Belfast. |
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Shetland obesity study dismissed
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Health chiefs on Shetland dismiss research which claims the islands are the fattest area of the Uk as "misleading and simplistic". |
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Alcohol link to serious assaults
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Police say the majority of serious assaults in the Borders can be "directly attributed to alcohol". |
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Safety probe over ambulance fires
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The safety of Wales' new £16m ambulance fleet is investigated after three engine fires in only two weeks. |
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Driving ban given to Darren Day
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Actor Darren Day tells a court he was missing his family when caught drink-driving after a stage performance. |
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