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- Police at the former children's home in Jersey say that they have found "a couple of finds of some significance". The finds were made in a cellar under the building. (BBC news)
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- Levi Bellfield has been found guilty of killing Amelie Delagrange, 22, and Marsha McDonnell, 19 and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy. (BBC news)
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- Police in England and Wales are to relax targeting minor crimes so as to allow them to focus on more violent serious crime. (BBC news)
- Gordon Brown has said that he backs a review of the powers of Scottish parliament such as taxation policy. (BBC news)
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- The convictions of five young Muslim men who were jailed as they were found guilty of publishing extremist literature have been overturned by the appeal court. (BBC news)
- Lewis Stephen Gray has been charged with the murder of a 17 year old boy in Hull on Monday. (BBC news)
- Trading Standards have said that £100m a year is spent in Northern Ireland on bogus lotteries and prize draws. (BBC news)
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- Campaigners are challenging a high pitched device which is used to disperse teenagers because they say it infringes on their human rights. (BBC news)
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- Two men and a youth are due to appear in court charged with the murder of John Mongan. (BBC news)
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- The body of a man is found in a flat in Bristol, where it had been left for nearly ten years. Sky News
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- RORO ferry MS Riverdance runs aground at Blackpool after its cargo shifted in heavy seas. All passengers and crew are airlifted to safety. (Blackpool Gazette)
- A 13-year old boy has been arrested following the stabbing of a 14-year old pupil in a classroom at a Leeds school this morning. BBC news
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- High winds have been battering large parts of Britain, claiming at least one life, a lorry driver, who's lorry overturned. BBC news
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- A teenager has died in hospital after an attack in a west London park. BBC news
- Two youths have been taken to hospital after a double shooting in Nottingham. BBC news
- The British property developer Nicholas van Hoogstraten has been arrested in Zimbabwe. BBC news
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- Stock markets across Europe and Asia have rebounded following strong gains by the NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 298 points yesterday, and today started the day with further strong gains, and at 08:20 (GMT) the FTSE 100 Index was up 3.1% and is currently trading at around 2-3% higher. BBC NEWS
- Peter Hain has quit his Cabinet post, Pensions secretary and Wales secretary, he said he was doing this so he could 'clear his name'. Within minutes of the electoral commission deciding to refer the late declaration of £130,000 of donation to the police.
- Part of the M6 motorway has been closed in both directions after a van carrying gas canisters overturned in Cheshire. BBC news
- MPs have agreed to award themselves the 1.9% pay rise that the Government wanted them to take, rather than the 2.56% that the Salaries Review Body recommended. BBC news
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- Stock markets in the US and Europe have fallen again on fears that key global economies will enter recession, London's FTSE 100 Index at one point today fell as much as 3.9% but has since recovered slightly and is now trading between 1 and 2% lower and the Dow Jones, the one that everyone is blaming for this global crisis fell dramatically by over 200 points in the first 30 minutes of being open, and is now trading in an extremely volatile manner between 1 and 2% lower, readers are referred here for the current information. This brings the FTSE 100 Index to around 14% lower than when the year started, wiping 228bn off the total value of the companies listed on the index. This however is not as bad as Germany's DAX which this year has lost almost 20% making it the hardest hit in Europe. BBC news
- An estimate of 22,500 police are marching through central London in a protest over their pay. BBC news
- The man who leaped from a hotel balcony in Crete, John Hogan, has has been cleared of murdering his son Liam and attempting to murder his daughter Mia, by a Greek court. BBC news
- A firefighter has died and four others were injured when their engine crashed when responding to a call in Clackmannanshire. BBC news
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- Fears of a US recession have lead to global falls in stock markets, the London FTSE 100 index fell by more than 3% to around 5350 points in the first 10 minutes of being open, it then recovered and is now trading at around 1% higher to 1% lower, but readers are refered here for the current information. BBC news
- The leader of the Liberal Democrats has said that the Liberal Democrats will not support a referendum, thus deliverng a severe blow to the Conservatives and rebel Labor MPs who were counting on their support for a referendum. BBC news
- Cooking Classes are to be compulsory in all secondary schools in England for pupils aged 11-14. BBC news
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