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Big VAT cuts to boost spending in 2009
Big reductions in Value Added Tax are expected to form the centrepiece of tomorrow's "emergency" budget. Move could save the average family as much as £10 a week.
Drone kills UK 'bomb plotter'
Rashid Rauf, 27, the alleged mastermind of a terrorist plot to blow up airliners was killed by an American missile strike in Pakistan.
Obama accused of selling out on Iraq
Barack Obama accused of selling out pledge to change US foreign policy, by putting national security in the hands of 'hawks'.
Church closures summit
Ministers will meet next month to tackle threat to Britain's churches.
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Baby P mother could be free in months
Senior barristers predict that the 27-year-old woman will be handed a sentence of between four and six years for "allowing" son's death.
Up to 80 new wind farms planned
The Environment Agency has revealed plans to build up to 80 wind turbines along some of the nation's most picturesque rivers.
Sharing a bed 'not a cot death risk'
Sharing a bed with a baby does not increase the risk of cot death, says study that could change the way infants are cared for.
Lawyers 'concoct' asylum-seekers stories
Dishonest law firms in the "asylum industry" are submitting concocted asylum claims.
Teenager commits suicide online
A teenager has committed suicide live on the internet watched by more than 1,500 people.
Teenager's organs saved five lives
A teenager has saved the lives of five strangers after a chance remark to her mother led to her organs being donated when she died suddenly.
15-year-old's forced marriage foiled
As a new law to help British women pushed into marriage comes into force, diplomats daahed to a Pakistan village to rescue a young teenager.
200 officials earn more than PM
Nearly 200 public sector workers earn more than the Prime Minister, with four enjoying annual salaries of more than £1m.
Litvinenko suspect agrees to UK return
Andrei Lugovoy, a former KGB officer who now sits in Russia's parliament, and Dmitri Kovtun, were the main witnesses in murder case.
Single parents lose with welfare rules
Ministers should delay new rules forcing more single parents to seek work, according to a senior Government adviser.
Pampered pets on parade
The tension was so thick at Britain's Supreme Cat Show you could hear it in the air ... "ZZZZZZZZZZ."
Wife's 999 call saves lost sailor
A man who spent four days adrift on an inflatable life raft in rough seas off Spain was rescued after his wife raised the alarm in London.
Monty Python launches on YouTube
The stars of Monty Python have launched their own YouTube channel, offering high-quality free clips of some of their legendary skits.
'No home comforts for Hatton'
Paulie Malignaggi says Ricky Hatton enjoyed benefits of being ‘home’ fighter against Kostya Tszyu in 2005 and Juan Lazcano in May 2008.
Something for the Weekend
From politics through religion to misplaced loyalties of Scottish fans.
Body of Lies review
Sukdev Sandhu checks out Ridley Scott's Body of Lies, with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio.
EDITOR'S CHOICE
The lawless land of the Somali pirates
Colin Freeman is in Bossaso, Somalia, on the lawless, poverty-stricken coastline where many are jostling for pirate coin.
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