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Don't anoint leader, says Abbott

BBC News - 15 min 15 sec ago
Diane Abbott warns against "anointing" Labour's next leader, saying the party must show it has "moved on" from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
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Blair 'must fund own protection'

BBC News - 25 min 42 sec ago
Tony Blair and other former prime ministers should pay towards their police protection, a Labour MP says.
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Scots crime falls to 32-year low

BBC News - 38 min 7 sec ago
The number of crimes recorded in Scotland falls to its lowest level in three decades, according to the latest statistics.
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Tax error letters start to arrive

BBC News - 43 min 9 sec ago
UK tax authorities are bracing themselves for a deluge of complaints and enquiries after sending out fresh tax calculations.
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Blitz commemorated at St Paul's

BBC News - 44 min 15 sec ago
Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers gather 70 years after battling through eight months of bombing raids over Britain's industrial centres.
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Diamond to be new Barclays chief

BBC News - 48 min 50 sec ago
Bob Diamond is to become chief executive of Barclays, while HSBC chairman Stephen Green steps down to become a government trade minister.
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Warning of 'prolonged recession'

BBC News - 51 min 14 sec ago
The NI first minister, Peter Robinson, has warned that the expected cuts in public expenditure could be devastating for the local economy.
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Carey heads up Booker shortlist

BBC News - 55 min 46 sec ago
Australian author Peter Carey, who has already won the Man Booker prize twice, has made the shortlist for this year's prize.
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NHS in Wales faces £380m cutbacks

BBC News - 56 min 1 sec ago
The Welsh NHS faces making £380m worth of cutbacks by April, with managers saying it is the biggest challenge they have faced in 20 years.
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Hit-and-run death teenager jailed

BBC News - 1 hour 5 min ago
A 17-year-old is jailed for eight-and-a-half years after killing a father in a hit-and-run incident in Edinburgh.
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Gaps persist in cancer survival

BBC News - 1 hour 12 min ago
Despite significant improvements in cancer survival rates across England, regional differences remain, national statistics show.
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PS3 update blocks hardware hack

BBC News - 1 hour 14 min ago
Sony has released a "minor" update for its PlayStation 3 that closes a loophole that allowed users to run pirated software.
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Ocado sees 30% rise in food sales

BBC News - 1 hour 18 min ago
Online grocery retailer Ocado sees sales rose nearly 30% in the last quarter, but fails to prevent further share price falls.
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One million tune in to Daybreak

BBC News - 1 hour 20 min ago
More than one million people tune in to see the launch of ITV's new breakfast show Daybreak, but the BBC wins the ratings battle.
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Strike severely disrupts Tube

BBC News - 1 hour 22 min ago
Some services resume on the London Underground following severe disruption on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes.
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Police plea to dead baby's mother

BBC News - 1 hour 28 min ago
Detectives investigating the death of a newborn baby girl found dumped in a garden are still trying to trace the mother.
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Harrison to take on champion Haye

BBC News - 1 hour 33 min ago
David Haye will make the second defence of his WBA heavyweight title against fellow Brit and Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison.
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Cameron warns of challenges ahead

BBC News - 1 hour 37 min ago
David Cameron returns to work following paternity leave telling his cabinet "this is the time the rubber hits the road".
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Tree house: Row breaks out over 35ft high leylandii

BBC News - 1 hour 41 min ago
A dispute has broken out in a Plymouth street after a resident lets trees surrounding his property grow to 35ft.
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Political void 'threatens Iraq'

BBC News - 1 hour 45 min ago
Six months after Iraq's parliamentary elections, an Iraqi minister warns that the political deadlock is damaging the security situation in the country.
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