Unicef: Austerity Risks Children's Prospects

British children's prospects trail behind many of their European neighbours and current Government policies are making it worse, a UN organisation has warned. Unicef's report on child well-being placed the UK 16th out of 29 developed countries, but...

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Fracking Earthquake Fears Dismissed By Study

Fracking: The Pros And Cons Updated: 2:51pm UK, Thursday 13 December 2012 Opinion about fracking is bitterly divided amid fears of its environmental impact. Here are the key arguments. What is fracking? Hydraulic fracturing - or fracking - involves...

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Weather: Temp To Hit 20C As Spring Comes

Spring will bloom next week as the cold snap that is winter's last blast moves away, according to forecasters. Temperatures will reach up to 20C on Sunday in parts of the south and east and will get up to double figures across all of Britain after one...

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Thatcher Funeral: Police Search Web For Threats

By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent Police are braced for potential threats to the Thatcher funeral from far-Left groups, obsessive individuals and Irish dissident republicans. Detectives are scouring internet chatrooms and social media networks...

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IVF Pioneer Sir Robert Edwards Dies

IVF pioneer Sir Robert Edwards has died at the age of 87, Cambridge University has announced. Together with Dr Patrick Steptoe, Sir Robert developed the process that led to the birth of the first test tube baby Louise Brown in 1978. He was awarded...

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Thatcher Football Silence Idea 'A Disgrace'

By Paul Kelso, Sports Correspondent Calls for a minute's silence at football matches to mark the death of Margaret Thatcher have been dismissed as "a disgrace" by the Hillsborough Family Support Group. Two Premier League chairmen, Reading's John...

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Teens Killed 85-Year-Old In Handbag Mugging

Two 15-year-olds have admitted killing an 85-year-old partially-sighted woman as they mugged her for her handbag. Paula Castle, 85, fell to the ground after she was robbed in a west London alleyway for a handbag, which contained just a "small amount...

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Prestatyn Fire: 'Accused Made Threats To Kill'

By Nick Martin, Sky News Correspondent The woman accused of starting a fire that killed two adults and three small children had made death threats, a court has heard. Melanie Smith, 42, denies five counts of murder following the fatal house fire...

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Level Crossing Death: Network Rail Fined £450k

Network Rail has been fined £450,000 after a woman died when the car she was in was hit by a train at a level crossing. The firm and one of its signalmen Adrian Maund were found guilty of breaching health and safety laws over the "entirely preventable"...

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Margaret Thatcher's Son: Family Overwhelmed

Baroness Thatcher would be "humbled" that the Queen is attending her funeral, her son has declared as he spoke of her death for the first time. Sir Mark Thatcher gave a statement on the steps of the former prime minister's home in London after flying...

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