Weather: Big Freeze Leads To Nine Deaths

The icy weather has led to the deaths of nine people in the last week. Motorists walk back to their cars after a fire in Dartmoor blocked the road Among those who died was 54-year-old James Hurst, who fell over after he had been dropped off by...

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Chip Factory Blamed For Homes Slipping Into Sea

A housing estate inhabited largely by elderly residents is slipping off a cliff and into the North Sea because of a "river of fat" from the local chip factory, they claim. Six homes have already perished off Knipe Point near Scarborough because of a...

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'Bomb-Proof' Trains: Engineers Reveal Designs

A team of rail engineers has devised a series of simple ways to reduce the deadly impact of terror attacks on trains and metros. After studying the devastation caused by a bomb on a normal carriage, they have come up with potentially life-saving designs...

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Stuart Hall: Rape Charge For BBC Presenter

BBC presenter Stuart Hall has been charged with further sexual offences - including an alleged rape. The 83-year-old veteran broadcaster was arrested on Tuesday after attending a Cheshire police station. The Radio 5 Live football presenter was charged...

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Unemployment: UK Jobless Total Down 37,000

Unemployment fell by 37,000 in the three months to the end of November, with the total figure of those out of work standing at 2.49 million. The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance last month also fell by 12,100 to 1.56 million, the Office...

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Police Officers 'Abuse Positions For Sex'

Police officers are buying steroids from criminals and abusing their positions to have sex with vulnerable women, a police leader has warned. Mike Cunningham said that most forces were investigating cases where officers had become embroiled with criminals...

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Manchester Police Launch Crime-Fighting App

People can now help to fight local crime with a new iPhone app from Greater Manchester Police (GMP). The free app, the first of its kind in the UK, uses GPS technology to provide updates on local crime, appeals and neighbourhood policing teams. Users...

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A-level Overhaul To Drive Up Standards

Pupils will go back to sitting A-level exams at the end of two years of study under new plans to stop the 'dumbing down' of qualifications. In a major overhaul of the system, AS-levels will be separated from A-levels and become a separate qualification....

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David Cameron Promises 'In-Out' EU Referendum

Mixed Reaction To Cameron Speech Updated: 2:06pm UK, Wednesday 23 January 2013 David Cameron's key speech on Europe has sparked a predictably mixed reaction from within Britain and beyond. Here are the key quotes. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg...

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Helicopter Crash: Pilot's Last Words Revealed

The final words of Pete Barnes, the pilot killed after his helicopter crashed in central London, have been revealed. Mr Barnes, 50, died from multiple injuries when the helicopter he was flying clipped a high-rise crane at St George Wharf in Vauxhall,...

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