| Westminster bid MSP seeks support
December 19, 2009 at 8:24 pm
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| | Labour MSP Cathy Jamieson is to bid for the Westminster seat being vacated by Des Browne at the general election. |
| US alarm at Iran's Iraq incursion
December 19, 2009 at 8:22 pm
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| | America's top military officer voices concern, after Iranian soldiers occupied an oil well in Iraq. |
| Cost of hospital losses revealed
December 19, 2009 at 8:21 pm
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| | Thousands of items worth about £725,000 have been lost or stolen from hospitals over two years, it has been revealed. |
| Globespan collapse inquiry call
December 19, 2009 at 8:12 pm
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| | A comprehensive investigation is needed into the collapse of the Flyglobespan airline, the finance secretary says. |
| US general defends pregnancy ban
December 19, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| | A US general in Iraq defends his decision to add pregnancy to reasons his soldiers can face a court martial. |
| Toddler taken from police station
December 19, 2009 at 7:59 pm
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| | A hunt is under way for an 18-month-old girl taken from a police station in south-east London. |
| Music 'helped my brain recover'
December 19, 2009 at 7:53 pm
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| | How a little bit of the music you like can help you brain recover from stoke |
| Eyewitness: Eastern US snowstorm
December 19, 2009 at 7:43 pm
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| | Eyewitness accounts of the deadly snowstorm causing chaos to the eastern United States. |
| Passengers in new Eurostar mishap
December 19, 2009 at 7:29 pm
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| | A special Eurostar service from Paris which became stuck in Kent on Saturday night finally arrives at London's St Pancras station. |
| India's wettest place 'lacks water'
December 19, 2009 at 7:18 pm
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| | Once the world's wettest place, Cherrapunji in India is now getting less and less rain, the BBC's Subir Bhaumik reports |
| X Factor's Lucie gets model deal
December 19, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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| | X Factor contestant Lucie Jones, who left the show in November, signs to a top modelling agency. |
| Parents 'misled' by food labels
December 19, 2009 at 6:58 pm
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| | Nine out of 10 mothers questioned in a British Heart Foundation survey misunderstood the nutrition information on children's foods. |
| Hollins crowned Strictly champion
December 19, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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| | Sports presenter Chris Hollins is the surprise winner of Strictly Come Dancing, beating actor Ricky Whittle in a public vote in the final. |
| Pakistan government will not quit
December 19, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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| | Pakistan's government says it will not resign following a ruling quashing an amnesty for politicians facing graft charges. |
| Snowstorm blankets US East Coast
December 19, 2009 at 3:19 pm
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| | A deadly snowstorm has hit the eastern United States with snowfalls of up to 12in (30cm) in some areas. |
| In pictures: US snow storms
December 19, 2009 at 3:07 pm
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| | Some striking images from snowstorms on the American east coast on 19 December 2009. |
| Democrats secure key health vote
December 19, 2009 at 2:03 pm
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| | A key senator agrees to vote for healthcare reform, which should give Democrats the 60 Senate votes they need to pass a bill. |
| Cocaine worth £5m seized in city
December 19, 2009 at 1:58 pm
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| | Cocaine with an estimated street value of £5m is seized during a planned operation in the Boucher Road area of Belfast. |
| Busy ambulance service makes plea
December 19, 2009 at 1:29 pm
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| | South Central Ambulance Service appeals for people not to dial 999 with non-emergencies as it faces a high volume of calls due to the wintry weather. |
| Lebanese PM in Syria for talks
December 19, 2009 at 1:15 pm
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| | Lebanese PM Saad Hariri arrives in Damascus for the first time since his anti-Syrian coalition came to power in 2005. |
| Gritters sent out after snowfall
December 19, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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| | Gritting lorries are due out on Devon's roads overnight after snow showers fell across the county during the day. |
| Henry gets place on Walk of Stars
December 19, 2009 at 12:18 pm
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| | Dudley-born comedian Lenny Henry says he is "chuffed" at receiving a place on Birmingham's Walk of Stars. |
| Missing man found after 30 hours
December 19, 2009 at 11:46 am
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| | A pensioner who was the subject of a police search after he went missing has been found in Lincolnshire. |
| Four held in park beating probe
December 19, 2009 at 11:45 am
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| | Four teenagers are arrested by police investigating a "callous" attack on a man near Curraghs Wildlife Park. |
| Council's mineral allocation cut
December 19, 2009 at 11:42 am
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| | The amount of minerals required by the government to be quarried in Surrey is cut by 50,000 tonnes a year. |
| Bereaved families in lantern walk
December 19, 2009 at 11:29 am
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| | Families will be remembering relatives and friends who have died during a lantern walk in aid of a children's charity. |
| Lifeboat to serve Faroe Islands
December 19, 2009 at 11:28 am
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| | A former Redcar RNLI lifeboat, which rescued nearly 200 people while in Teesside, is to serve in the Faroe Islands. |
| Balls' watchdog decision 'shabby'
December 19, 2009 at 11:24 am
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| | The children's secretary is accused of sidestepping Parliament by naming the Ofqual chief without involving MPs. |
| Reward offered over railway theft
December 19, 2009 at 11:23 am
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| | A railway heritage charity in Nottingham offers a reward of £1,000 for information on people stealing metal parts. |
| Shop staff in 'terrifying' raid
December 19, 2009 at 11:17 am
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| | A masked gang armed with firearms and machetes carry out a "terrifying" robbery at a Manchester newsagent. |
| Swans raise white Christmas hopes
December 19, 2009 at 11:14 am
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| | A nature reserve in Gloucestershire says the increase in the number of migrating swans could mean a white Christmas. |
| Bleak Friday 'quiet', say police
December 19, 2009 at 11:11 am
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| | Wales' four police forces say there were fewer arrests on so called 'bleak Friday' than on usual weekend nights. |
| Charges over Iran prison deaths
December 19, 2009 at 11:01 am
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| | Iran's prosecutors charge three officials with killing three people at a detention centre after June's disputed elections. |
| Driver in court after fatal crash
December 19, 2009 at 10:58 am
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| | A lorry driver appears in court charged with causing the death of man by driving without due care and attention. |
| Week in pictures: 12-18 December 2009
December 19, 2009 at 10:55 am
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| | A selection of pictures from the week's news |
| Gritters are 'on standby' for ice
December 19, 2009 at 10:48 am
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| | A Shropshire council says its road gritters will be on standby over the Christmas period when icy conditions are forecast for the region. |
| Same sex hospital wards complete
December 19, 2009 at 10:44 am
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| | Men and women no longer have to share some ward facilities after NHS North East completes a programme of improvements. |
| Ice closes roads and halts buses
December 19, 2009 at 10:44 am
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| | Icy conditions lead to several roads being closed and bus services cancelled in Lincolnshire. |
| Popes moving closer to sainthood
December 19, 2009 at 10:39 am
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| | Pope Benedict moves two of his predecessors, Pius XII, and John Paul II, closer to Roman Catholic sainthood. |
| Man's death treated as suspicious
December 19, 2009 at 10:31 am
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| | The death of a man in his 20s is being treated as suspicious by police in Cardiff who are investigating. |
| Microlight flips over on runway
December 19, 2009 at 10:31 am
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| | Two people suffer minor injuries when a light aircraft they were flying flips over on the runway of an Isle of Wight airport. |
| Man is shot in nightclub incident
December 19, 2009 at 10:29 am
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| | A man suffers a gunshot wound and four others are in hospital with other injuries following an incident at a nightclub in Ipswich. |
| Community-bought pub is reopened
December 19, 2009 at 10:24 am
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| | A Salford pub which was bought by its regulars after the brewery decided to sell-up reopens for business. |
| Legionella found in flats' water
December 19, 2009 at 10:24 am
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| | Traces of legionella bacteria are found in the water supply to residential flats in Nottinghamshire. |
| Footballer faces wounding charge
December 19, 2009 at 10:20 am
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| | The Bristol Rovers footballer David Pipe, currently on loan to Cheltenham Town, is facing a wounding charge. |
| Thousands in Eurostar 'nightmare'
December 19, 2009 at 10:12 am
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| | Passengers trapped on board broken-down Eurostar trains for up to 16 hours have been speaking of their anger. |
| Roads sealed off after gas leak
December 19, 2009 at 10:10 am
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| | Parts of the Kent town of Tunbridge Wells are sealed off following a leak from a gas main. |
| Concerns over missing pensioner
December 19, 2009 at 10:08 am
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| | Police say they are becoming increasingly concerned about an elderly man who went missing from his home in Lincolnshire on Friday. |
| Campaign cuts drink-fuelled crime
December 19, 2009 at 10:07 am
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| | Reports of drink-fuelled violence fall in a North Yorkshire town after police patrols are stepped up at weekends. |
| Air traffic control staff to move
December 19, 2009 at 10:05 am
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| | Manchester's 35-year-old air traffic control centre is to close in 2010, with 180 staff moving to Scotland. | | | 
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