| Haiti survivors sleep in streets
January 14, 2010 at 2:34 AM
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| | Thousands of Haitians spend a second night in the open after the country's catastrophic earthquake. | | |
| Police trace car death witnesses
January 14, 2010 at 2:28 AM
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| | Police are searching for three people seen with a teenage driver shortly before he died when his car hit a tree in Derbyshire. | | |
| Avoid asylum 'assumptions' call
January 14, 2010 at 2:27 AM
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| | Research on asylum seekers suggests most are fleeing conflict and know little about welfare benefits. | | |
| Poor Waterstone's sales knock HMV
January 14, 2010 at 2:20 AM
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| | HMV reports a fall in group-wide sales over the Christmas period, hit by a poor performance at its book shop business Waterstone's. | | |
| Off-roaders drive to the rescue
January 14, 2010 at 2:13 AM
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| | Drivers with off-road skills and a 4x4 vehicle help emergency services reach people cut off by the bad weather. | | |
| Rail crossing cyclists 'danger'
January 14, 2010 at 2:05 AM
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| | A rail crossing in Porthmadog is a 'danger' to cyclists, according to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act | | |
| Manufacturers 'see weak recovery'
January 14, 2010 at 1:55 AM
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| | The UK's manufacturers will only see a modest recovery this year, manufacturers' organisation the EEF says. | | |
| Cliff collapse worries over work
January 14, 2010 at 1:55 AM
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| | A developer is ordered to stop work over claims that a development is putting a cliff in danger of collapse. | | |
| Papers focus on Haiti quake toll
January 14, 2010 at 1:45 AM
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| | Thursday's front pages bring heartbreaking scenes of rubble, ruin and misery from earthquake-hit Haiti. | | |
| Wales 'missing out on green jobs'
January 14, 2010 at 1:45 AM
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| | A "slow and unpredictable" planning process is blamed for a lack of manufacturing jobs in green energy. | | |
| Seven killed in India stampede
January 14, 2010 at 1:35 AM
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| | Seven Hindu pilgrims die in a stampede at a religious festival on the Ganges river in the Indian state of West Bengal. | | |
| US drone strike kills 'militants'
January 14, 2010 at 12:58 AM
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| | Two US drone missile strikes kill 10 suspected militants in a tribal region of north-west Pakistan, Pakistani officials say. | | |
| Icy roads alert after heavy snow
January 14, 2010 at 12:33 AM
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| | Britain's motorists are expected to face more treacherous conditions as roads turn icy amid plunging overnight temperatures. | | |
| Press swine flu briefing scrapped
January 13, 2010 at 10:17 PM
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| | Weekly government briefings about swine flu have been abandoned, a signal that the crisis is considered to be easing. | | |
| Hydro scheme awarded major prize
January 13, 2010 at 9:41 PM
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| | A scheme to generate power in the Brecon Beacons is one of three winners of a £1m prize for saving carbon emissions. | | |
| Faith Diary: Tiger's choice
January 13, 2010 at 9:19 PM
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| | The BBC's Religious Affairs correspondent Robert Pigott reports on the spiritual fallout from both Tiger Woods's and Iris Robinson's infidelity. Also in his Faith diary, why some African Lutherans are embarrassed by their European brethren. | | |
| Racism on the wane, says minister
January 13, 2010 at 9:14 PM
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| | Being black or Asian no longer means that you will be automatically disadvantaged, says Communities Secretary John Denham. | | |
| PMs to hold talks on justice deal
January 13, 2010 at 8:54 PM
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| | The British and Irish prime ministers are due to meet later to discuss progress on the devolution of policing and justice powers to the NI Assembly. | | |
| Ice falls stall orthopaedic ops
January 13, 2010 at 8:52 PM
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| | Some orthopaedic operations have been postponed due to the number of people needing treatment after falling on ice, the Belfast Trust says. | | |
| Line of light for Hadrian's Wall
January 13, 2010 at 8:43 PM
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| | Hundreds of volunteers are being sought to create a line of light along the length of Hadrian's Wall. | | |
| Councils ignored cheap road salt
January 13, 2010 at 8:29 PM
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| | Local councils spurned the chance to stock up with thousands of tonnes of discount salt for the winter, the BBC learns. | | |
| In pictures: Haiti under rubble
January 13, 2010 at 8:05 PM
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| | Images from Haiti after a devastating earthquake kills or injures thousands of people in and around the capital, Port-au-Prince. | | |
| Comics warn of child alcohol risk
January 13, 2010 at 7:47 PM
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| | Comedians Bill Bailey and Jo Brand front a new advertising campaign warning teenagers about the dangers of drinking too much alcohol. | | |
| Curtain up on Celtic Connections
January 13, 2010 at 7:38 PM
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| | Scotland's largest winter music festival, Celtic Connections, featuring 1,500 artists, is due to get under way in Glasgow. | | |
| Crimes to be reconstructed in 3D
January 13, 2010 at 7:36 PM
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| | Technology found in computer games and the film industry is to be used in the investigation and prosecution of serious crimes. | | |
| Right to buy laws to be unveiled
January 13, 2010 at 7:34 PM
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| | The Scottish government publishes planned laws to abolish the right to buy for new council and social housing tenants. | | |
| Dementia 'not getting priority'
January 13, 2010 at 7:26 PM
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| | The government is not giving dementia services in England the priority that was promised, the National Audit Office says. | | |
| Steel workers hope for last minute lifeline
January 13, 2010 at 7:02 PM
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| | The Corus steelworks in Redcar is due to be partially mothballed by the end of January, with the loss of 1,700 jobs, but workers still hope for a late reprieve. | | |
| Call for radical rethink of BBC
January 13, 2010 at 7:01 PM
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| | The BBC must be radically overhauled and Channel 4 should be privatised, a think tank says in a report on the future of UK broadcasting. | | |
| Report on pedigree dog health due
January 13, 2010 at 7:01 PM
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| | A report recommending new standards of pedigree dog health is to be released following an independent inquiry. | | |
| Inquest probes locum doctor care
January 13, 2010 at 7:01 PM
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| | An inquest will investigate the deaths of two Cambridgeshire patients treated by a German doctor during his first UK shift. | | |
| Prison population 'should be cut'
January 13, 2010 at 7:01 PM
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| | The number of inmates in England and Wales' jails should be cut by a third, and the money saved put into community penalties, a report by MPs says. | | |
| US worry at Chinese cyberattacks
January 13, 2010 at 6:50 PM
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| | The US says it is "troubled" by attacks on e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists as Google warns it may pull out. | | |
| Google 'may end China operations'
January 13, 2010 at 6:38 PM
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| | Internet giant Google says it may end operations in China after hackers targeted Chinese human rights activists' e-mail accounts. | | |
| Cold spell brings payments record
January 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM
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| | Millions of pounds have been handed out in cold weather payments as the cold spell continues to grip the UK. | | |
| Weather update
January 13, 2010 at 5:44 PM
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| | Latest weather forecast from Northern Ireland | | |
| Staff learn of job loss by video
January 13, 2010 at 5:22 PM
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| | Factory workers in Sussex are made redundant by video message as the company moves to a cheaper economy. | | |
| Five soldiers die in Afghanistan
January 13, 2010 at 5:12 PM
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| | Attacks in Afghanistan leave four US and one French soldier dead, with the US death toll for 2010 now 14. | | |
| UN counts cost of quake in Haiti
January 13, 2010 at 5:10 PM
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| | The UN says at least 14 staff members died in the earthquake that rocked Haiti and warns the casualty figures are likely to rise. | | |
| Gang linked to pensioner's death
January 13, 2010 at 4:40 PM
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| | Police say a gang of Eastern Europeans may be to blame for the death of an 83-year-old woman found bound at her north London home. | | |
| Man charged over car murder bid
January 13, 2010 at 4:34 PM
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| | A man is due to appear in court charged with attempted murder after another man was hit by a car in Edinburgh. | | |
| GM ends free cars for Tiger Woods
January 13, 2010 at 4:21 PM
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| | General Motors says an arrangement that allowed troubled golf star Tiger Woods free access to its vehicles is over. | | |
| Ballot to be held after train row
January 13, 2010 at 4:18 PM
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| | The RMT union plans to ballot its members for industrial action following a dispute with ScotRail over driver only trains. | | |
| Murder suspect released on bail
January 13, 2010 at 4:10 PM
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| | A man is released on bail after being questioned by police over the murder of a man in Chatham. | | |
| Ice expected to cause disruption
January 13, 2010 at 4:00 PM
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| | More problems are expected on roads because of ice as some 120 schools announce they will be shut on Thursday. | | |
| Gay partners 'could be married'
January 13, 2010 at 4:00 PM
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| | Gay couples should have the right to describe themselves as "married" rather than in a civil partnership, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says. | | |
| Family home cleared of squatters
January 13, 2010 at 3:39 PM
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| | A family of squatters is evicted from a north London home which they occupied over the Christmas holidays. | | |
| Day in pictures
January 13, 2010 at 3:39 PM
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| | Striking images from around the world on 13 January 2010. | | |
| Inquiry into Robinson cafe affair
January 13, 2010 at 3:38 PM
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| | Castlereagh council is to hold an external investigation into its decision to award a catering contract to Iris Robinson's teenage lover. | | |
| Campbell's Short criticism 'poor'
January 13, 2010 at 3:05 PM
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| | Alastair Campbell is attacked for suggesting Clare Short was barred from key Iraq meetings because she could not be trusted. | | |
| Rail passengers affected by snow
January 13, 2010 at 2:55 PM
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| | Rail passengers in Kent faced disruption to their travel as services faced delays or cancellations. | | |
| Spa therapist denies sex assaults
January 13, 2010 at 2:50 PM
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| | A male therapist appears in court charged with sexually assaulting women while he worked at a health spa in Leicestershire. | | |
| Israel 'sorry' over Turkey snub
January 13, 2010 at 2:47 PM
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| | Israel apologises to Turkey in an effort to defuse a row over the treatment of Turkey's envoy in Tel Aviv. | | |
| McKinnon granted judicial review
January 13, 2010 at 2:40 PM
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| | A High Court judge will rule whether Home Secretary Alan Johnson was wrong to allow the extradition of computer hacker Gary McKinnon. | | |
| Consultation on bus station plan
January 13, 2010 at 2:40 PM
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| | People in Bolton are consulted on plans to move the town's main bus station as part of a £48m programme. | | |
| Woman, 106, moved from care home
January 13, 2010 at 2:34 PM
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| | Elderly residents, including one aged 106, are moved from a Wolverhampton care home as it shuts despite a 13-month battle to save it. | | |
| Inquiry into graveyard body find
January 13, 2010 at 2:33 PM
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| | Police start an investigation after a member of the public finds the body of a man in a graveyard in Hull. | | |
| WWII Women of Steel are thanked
January 13, 2010 at 2:18 PM
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| | The Government formally recognises the efforts of women who worked in steel factories in South Yorkshire during World War II. | | |
| Funding fears over Haiti mission
January 13, 2010 at 2:17 PM
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| | A rescue organisation says it faces bankruptcy if it sends a team to help survivors of the Haiti earthquake. | | |
| Crashes and disruption after snow
January 13, 2010 at 2:13 PM
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| | Snowfall brings more problems across Wales, including a minibus crashing into a house and 750 schools closing. | | |
| GP had sex with patient at work
January 13, 2010 at 2:05 PM
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| | A sleep specialist has been suspended after he admitted having sex with a female patient at his Edinburgh surgery. | | |
| Body found in hunt for lake woman
January 13, 2010 at 2:02 PM
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| | A body is found by emergency rescue services searching for a woman in her 40s who disappeared in a lake in Essex trying to rescue her pet dog. | | |
| Police commander 'like Scarface'
January 13, 2010 at 1:58 PM
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| | A police commander on trial for attacking a web designer is compared to movie gangster Tony Montana from the film Scarface. | | |
| Vomiting bug hits two hospitals
January 13, 2010 at 1:58 PM
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| | Two hospitals in Cambridgeshire shut wards to new admissions after some patients come down with a winter vomiting bug. | | |
| Agencies help quake rescue effort
January 13, 2010 at 1:55 PM
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| | Emergency crews, charities and the UK government help with a rescue operation in Haiti after it was hit by an earthquake. | | |
| Snowfall hits roads and schools
January 13, 2010 at 1:55 PM
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| | Snow in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire is affecting road conditions and closing some schools. | | |
| Crashes and disruption after snow
January 13, 2010 at 1:40 PM
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| | Snowfall brings problems across Wales, including a minibus crashing into a house and 750 schools closing. | | |
| Police assault conviction quashed
January 13, 2010 at 1:37 PM
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| | A man who spat at one policeman and headbutted another has his assault convictions quashed because officers had forced into his home. | | |
| Paedophile admits street attacks
January 13, 2010 at 11:10 AM
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| | A "predatory" paedophile admits two sex attacks on teenage girls he targeted in the street in Lancashire. | | |
| Man shot dead in store car park
January 13, 2010 at 11:09 AM
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| | A man is shot in broad daylight in a supermarket car park in the north of Glasgow, police say. | | |
| Ten years for 'dangerous' rapist
January 13, 2010 at 11:08 AM
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| | A man who admitted subjecting a woman to an eight-hour rape ordeal in Edinburgh is sentenced to at least 10 years in jail. | | |
| Thursday: Schools shut in Wales
January 13, 2010 at 11:06 AM
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| | Some schools in Wales are due to be closed on Thursday 14 January, 2010 because of bad weather. | | |
| Man quizzed in resort murder case
January 13, 2010 at 11:05 AM
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| | A 29-year-old man is arrested in connection with the alleged murder of two elderly people at a Devon seaside town. | | |
| Internet camera predator jailed
January 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM
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| | A man who sent explicit images to a teenage girl via a webcam, and encouraged her to send pictures back, is jailed. | | |
| Ford vehicles lead MOT failures
January 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM
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| | MOT failure rates for cars are revealed for the first time, with the Ford Transit line leading the worst offenders. | | |
| University applications 'surging'
January 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM
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| | There is set to be a huge surge in applications for university places this year - with year-on-year increases of up to 38% reported. | | |
| Guernsey still avoiding recession
January 13, 2010 at 11:02 AM
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| | Guernsey is still managing to avoid a recession, the latest figures from the Treasury and Resources department show. | | |
| Job losses at Orange call centre
January 13, 2010 at 11:01 AM
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| | Mobile phone company Orange is to close a call centre in Bristol with the loss of 300 jobs, sparking anger from a union. | | |
| Minister and star support tan ban
January 13, 2010 at 10:59 AM
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| | A government minister and a Girls Aloud star support a bid by a Welsh MP to ban under-18s from tanning salons. | | |
| Wyclef lends voice to Haiti cause
January 13, 2010 at 10:57 AM
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| | Haitian-born rap star Wyclef Jean urges fans to donate to relief efforts in the wake of the huge earthquake that struck the Caribbean state on Tuesday. | | |
| 'Selfless' soldier's blast death
January 13, 2010 at 10:56 AM
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| | A coroner finds a sniper killed by a makeshift bomb while closing in on the Taliban was unlawfully killed. | | | | 
