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Deaths boat ‘had flooded in past’

The former employer of seven fishermen who drowned when their vessel sank in 2000 gives evidence in court.
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Watchdog: degree grades arbitrary

The universities’ watchdog has warned of problems with degree grades and overseas student over-recruitment.
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Action call after fuel raid death

Farmers leaders demand action after a woman dies when a thief tries to escape with diesel from her farm.
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Bodies of soldiers return home

The bodies of four British soldiers, including the first woman soldier to die in Afghanistan, are flown back to the UK.
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999 calls disk ‘lost’ by courier

The Scottish Ambulance Service says a computer disk containing some patients’ contact information has been lost.
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Public ‘confused on 2012 budget’

The head of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, has said the public is confusing the costs of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Nanny ’shook’ baby before death

The 13-month-old son of two police officers suffered brain damage and died 10 months after he was ”shaken” by his nanny, a court hears.
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Brown focusing on social mobility

Gordon Brown says low-income parents who take action to support their child’s development will be offered a

Briton’s wife ‘killed herself’

The defence in the trial of Neil Entwistle, accused of killing his wife and daughter, ends without putting witnesses on the stand.
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Council workers vote for strike

Council workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland vote for industrial action in a pay dispute, Unison says.
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Wanted: Team to run the FA’s bid for the 2018 football World Cup

The Football Association asks headhunters to recruit a team to run its bid for the 2018 football World Cup.
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Consumer inflation ‘could top 4%’

Rising food and energy prices could push UK consumer inflation above 4% this year, the Bank of England warns.
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Patient drug-buying to be reviewed

The policy of denying NHS services to patients who top up their care with private treatment is to be reviewed in England, the government says.
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Spelman facing expenses inquiry

Parliament’s standards watchdog is to investigate Caroline Spelman’s payments to her nanny.
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Abu Qatada’s release ‘imminent’

The radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada is to be released from custody on bail within 24 hours, officials have confirmed.
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Blears computer theft ‘alarming’

The theft of a PC containing restricted files from minister Hazel Blears’ office is ”alarming’, the Tories say.
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Thatcher named in E Guinea coup case

Prosecutors in Equatorial Guinea call for British mercenary Simon Mann to serve 30 years in jail for his 2004 coup plot.
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Deal struck in petrol tanker row

Tanker drivers working for Shell settle a pay dispute with employers, averting a further strike later this week.
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Ministers give up 2008 pay rises

Downing Street has announced that all Cabinet ministers will give up their pay rise for this financial year.
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‘Wrong victim’ murder pair guilty

Two men are found guilty of murdering a sleeping teenager whom they mistook for his older brother.
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Man arrested under Terrorism Act

A 19-year-old man from Bristol has been arrested under the Terrorism Act, Avon and Somerset Police say.
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Pilot ejects as Harrier crashes

A pilot manages to safely eject as an RAF Harrier jet crashes near a village in the East Midlands.
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Dando-accused ’seen outside home’

A neighbour tells jurors she saw the man accused of Jill Dando’s murder outside the presenter’s house hours before she died.
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Tanker pay talks end without deal

Talks aimed at ending a pay dispute between fuel tanker drivers and their employers are adjourned until Tuesday.
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Father and children dead in car

Inquiries continue into the deaths of two children and a man, believed to be their father, found in a car in a beauty spot.
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Amy Winehouse taken to hospital

Soul singer Amy Winehouse is taken to hospital for tests after fainting at her home in London, her spokesman says.
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Uefa Cup violence ’started early’

An official report into the Uefa Cup Final finds evidence of anti-social behaviour eight hours before kick-off.
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Media doctor admits to plagiarism

Psychiatrist and broadcaster Dr Raj Persaud admits charges of plagiarism at a General Medical Council hearing.
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Prince William made a Royal Knight of the Garter

Prince William is to be made a Royal Knight of the Garter by the Queen at Windsor Castle’s St George’s Chapel.
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21/7 plotter’s wife gets 15 years

The wife of attempted 21 July bomber Hussain Osman is jailed for 15 years for failing to tell police about his plot.
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Dando accused ‘would stalk women’

The man accused of murdering BBC TV presenter Jill Dando bought a pair of rollerskates so he could follow women, the Old Bailey hears.
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Aluminium blaze in Anglesey

Firefighters are fighting a blaze at an aluminium plant as an eyewitness describes how a large grey cloud has formed over the area.
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Davis issues challenge to Labour

The shadow home secretary quits as an MP to fight a by-election over the ”erosion” of British freedoms.
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Tanker driver strike to go ahead

Last-ditch talks aimed at averting a strike by fuel tanker drivers have broken down, the Unite union says.
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Father denies ‘murder cover-up’

A former police officer denies trying to conceal his son’s alleged involvement in the murder of a waiter in the Orkneys.
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Footballer Wayne Rooney marries Coleen McLoughlin in Italy

Wayne Rooney has married childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin, according to an Italian mayor.
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Woman accused of shopper murder

A second person is charged with the murder of a shopper in a supermarket.
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Secret terror files left on train

An inquiry is underway into a ’serious’ security breach after top-secret documents on al-Qaeda are left on a train.
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MS woman wins right-to-die review

The High Court must clarify the law on assisted suicide following a challenge by a woman with multiple sclerosis.
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Brown wins crunch vote on 42 days

Prime Minister Gordon Brown wins a crucial Commons vote on increasing the time police can hold terror suspects.
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