| New leader for cannabis row panel
January 13, 2010 at 12:13 AM
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| | A retired Oxford professor is to take over as chairman of the government's drugs advisory panel after the home secretary sacked his predecessor. | | |
| 'They have blood all over them'
January 13, 2010 at 12:11 AM
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| | Eyewitnesses describe scenes of devastation after a strong earthquake rocks the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding areas. | | |
| 'Hundreds dead' after Haiti quake
January 13, 2010 at 12:04 AM
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| | Hundreds of people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake rocks Haiti, causing massive damage across the country. | | |
| Call to revamp alcohol labelling
January 12, 2010 at 11:36 PM
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| | The term "units of alcohol" should be scrapped in favour of centilitres of pure alcohol, the Tories say. | | |
| Bearded amateur boxers fight ban
January 12, 2010 at 10:45 PM
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| | Muslim and Sikh groups are challenging a ruling which bans bearded amateur boxers from entering the ring. | | |
| Defence cuts 'will shrink forces'
January 12, 2010 at 10:36 PM
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| | The British armed forces could be forced to shrink by up to a fifth because of a lack of money, a military think tank predicts. | | |
| Do the homeless cope in the cold?
January 12, 2010 at 10:16 PM
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| | As Britain's big freeze continues, homeless charities are taking extra measures to get rough sleepers off the streets. | | |
| Campaign to keep treasure hoard
January 12, 2010 at 8:32 PM
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| | Historian Dr David Starkey launches a campaign to keep the largest-ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold in the West Midlands. | | |
| Prison change plan to be debated
January 12, 2010 at 7:47 PM
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| | A debate on the closure of Aberdeen's Craiginches prison and a move to Peterhead is to be debated by MSPs. | | |
| Weather hampering kite tracking
January 12, 2010 at 7:45 PM
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| | Snow showers and cloud is blamed for running down solar-powered batteries on tags fitted to red kites in the Highlands. | | |
| Guinea chief goes to Burkina Faso
January 12, 2010 at 7:44 PM
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| | Guinea's military leader, not seen in public since surviving an assassination attempt in 2009, arrives in Burkina Faso. | | |
| Call for part-time student loans
January 12, 2010 at 7:44 PM
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| | Part-time students in England must be treated more fairly in the university loans and grants system, say new universities. | | |
| New searches held for missing man
January 12, 2010 at 7:42 PM
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| | Searches are to be carried out for a man missing from the Moray area for several weeks, as family concerns mount. | | |
| 'Unsung' carers get lotto boost
January 12, 2010 at 7:41 PM
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| | Carers' organisations and projects across Scotland are to receive £1m from the Big Lottery Fund, it is announced. | | |
| Bruce looks down on town at last
January 12, 2010 at 7:38 PM
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| | A bronze, 6ft 6in statue of Robert the Bruce finally take its place at a Scottish town hall after a 130-year delay. | | |
| Graduate job chances 'improving'
January 12, 2010 at 7:37 PM
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| | Graduate vacancies in the UK in 2010 are set to "increase significantly", but competition will be stiff, research says. | | |
| Maternity hospital closes doors
January 12, 2010 at 7:37 PM
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| | The Queen Mother's Hospital at Yorkhill in Glasgow is closing as part of a city-wide revamp of maternity services. | | |
| Minister facing pylons grilling
January 12, 2010 at 7:23 PM
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| | Scottish Energy Minister Jim Mather faces tough questions from MSPs over concerns with the Beauly to Denny power line. | | |
| Protection appeal for wild lands
January 12, 2010 at 7:19 PM
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| | Greater legal protection is needed for the UK's last remaining wild lands as a defence against industrialisation, a trust says. | | |
| 'No such thing as safe cocaine'
January 12, 2010 at 7:00 PM
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| | The myth that cocaine is a safe party drug should be dispelled, say UK experts, as a study links the drug to 3% of sudden deaths. | | |
| Blood drug offers dementia hope
January 12, 2010 at 7:00 PM
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| | Researchers believe a drug used to lower blood pressure may be more effective against Alzheimer's disease than was thought. | | |
| Google 'may end China operations'
January 12, 2010 at 6:51 PM
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| | Internet giant Google says it may end operations in China over alleged breaches of human rights activists' e-mail accounts. | | |
| US financial crisis panel to open
January 12, 2010 at 6:41 PM
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| | A 10-member panel established by US Congress to examine the causes of the financial crisis will begin its hearings on Wednesday. | | |
| More snow leaves drivers stranded
January 12, 2010 at 6:18 PM
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| | A fresh band of snow brings traffic to a standstill across swathes of south-west England and south Wales. | | |
| Q&A: NI Policing and Justice
January 12, 2010 at 6:07 PM
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| | A closer look at the reasons behind the delay in the devolution of policing and justice in Northern Ireland | | |
| Indigenous Chileans get apology
January 12, 2010 at 5:42 PM
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| | Chile's president apologises to the descendants of a group of indigenous people exhibited as human curiosities in Europe. | | |
| US denies killing Iran scientist
January 12, 2010 at 5:15 PM
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| | The US dismisses allegations by Iran that US and Israeli agents killed physicist Massoud Ali Mohammadi in Tehran. | | |
| Power cuts loom for Venezuelans
January 12, 2010 at 5:12 PM
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| | Venezuela is to extend electricity rationing, citing problems at its main hydro-electric power station. | | |
| Traffic 'gridlock' as snow falls
January 12, 2010 at 5:09 PM
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| | Police in south Wales advise motorists not to travel as major routes become gridlocked due to snowfall. | | |
| Top Mexican 'drug baron' arrested
January 12, 2010 at 5:08 PM
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| | One of Mexico's most-wanted alleged drug traffickers, Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, has been arrested, officials say. | | |
| French seek man over 'arms plot'
January 12, 2010 at 5:01 PM
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| | French authorities are seeking the extradition of a Dublin man for alleged Real IRA terrorism and weapons trafficking | | |
| Boy hit by vehicle in hospital
January 12, 2010 at 4:48 PM
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| | Police say a boy, 13, has suffered a serious head injury after he was hit by a vehicle, but the driver is not to blame. | | |
| UN probe clears Guatemala leader
January 12, 2010 at 4:30 PM
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| | A UN investigation clears Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom of involvement in the murder of a prominent lawyer. | | |
| Profile: Northern Ireland
January 12, 2010 at 4:29 PM
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| | An overview of Northern Ireland including key facts and notes on the media | | |
| Man slips climbing icy waterfall
January 12, 2010 at 4:11 PM
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| | A man from south Shropshire survives a 60ft (18m) fall in the French Alps while climbing a frozen waterfall. | | |
| Corus considers delaying closure
January 12, 2010 at 4:07 PM
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| | Bosses at steelmaker Corus say they will consider extending operations at Redcar's plant for another month. | | |
| Woman's house death 'unexplained'
January 12, 2010 at 4:05 PM
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| | Officers from Dyfed-Powys Police are investigating after a 66-year-old woman was found dead at her home in Powys. | | |
| Teenagers charged with sex attack
January 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM
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| | Four 15-year-old boys are charged with falsely imprisoning and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in west Belfast. | | |
| Pc charged with indecent assault
January 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM
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| | A serving police officer with the Metropolitan Police is charged with 15 counts of indecent assault on young girls. | | |
| Crucifixion for Trafalgar Square
January 12, 2010 at 3:51 PM
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| | Trafalgar Square will host a vast outdoor re-enactment of Christ's trial and execution, it is announced. | | |
| Plans submitted for giant horse
January 12, 2010 at 3:46 PM
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| | Plans are submitted to a council in Kent for a sculpture of a white horse, dubbed the "Angel of the South", to be built. | | |
| IPCC investigate ill man's arrest
January 12, 2010 at 3:42 PM
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| | An investigation is to be conducted into the way police dealt with a man who fell critically ill after being arrested in Devon. | | |
| Council appeals over warden order
January 12, 2010 at 3:38 PM
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| | An appeal is started by Portsmouth City Council against a High Court decision ordering it to retain on-site wardens at sheltered accommodation. | | |
| Pothole warning after UK freeze
January 12, 2010 at 3:26 PM
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| | Local authorities and homeowners count the cost of Britain's "big freeze" amid serious damage to roads and pipes. | | |
| Pair jailed for orphanage abuse
January 12, 2010 at 3:24 PM
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| | A court in Albania jails two British men convicted of abusing children at an orphanage in the country's capital. | | |
| Festive crime rate fall in county
January 12, 2010 at 3:16 PM
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| | Overall crime levels fall by 14% in North Yorkshire over the festive period compared with figures from the previous year, police say. | | |
| Turkey calls for Israeli apology
January 12, 2010 at 3:14 PM
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| | Turkey seeks an apology from Israel over the "discourteous" treatment of its ambassador in a row over a Turkish TV series. | | |
| Extra time for flat murder probe
January 12, 2010 at 3:08 PM
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| | Police are given extra time to question a 69-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was discovered in a flat in Kent. | | |
| 'Viagra' pills seized at airport
January 12, 2010 at 3:02 PM
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| | UK Border Agency officers seize 80,000 illegally-imported anti-impotence pills at Newcastle Airport. | | |
| Woman faces sham marriages charge
January 12, 2010 at 2:57 PM
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| | A fourth person is charged by police in East Sussex investigating an alleged plot to arrange sham marriages involving illegal immigrants. | | |
| UN child-death campaign 'failed'
January 12, 2010 at 2:41 PM
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| | A Unicef scheme to cut the rate of child deaths in West Africa failed in Benin, Ghana and Mali, a study claims. | | |
| JCB announces 75 extra job losses
January 12, 2010 at 2:40 PM
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| | JCB has announced it may make 75 more job cuts on top of nearly 200 redundancies it announced in November. | | |
| Nigeria lawmakers to see Yar'Adua
January 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM
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| | Nigeria's parliament votes to send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to check on absent President Umaru Yar'Adua's health. | | |
| Developer Campbell 'a DUP donor'
January 12, 2010 at 2:10 PM
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| | A property developer from whom Iris Robinson obtained £25,000 for her teenage lover, once donated money to her party the DUP. | | |
| Pair charged over 'occult death'
January 12, 2010 at 2:06 PM
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| | A couple in the Pakistani city of Karachi are charged with murdering their baby as part of an alleged "black magic" ritual. | | |
| McCann book ban appeal starting
January 12, 2010 at 1:48 PM
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| | An ex-detective who was involved in the hunt for Madeleine McCann attempts to overturn a court's ban on his book. | | |
| Housing plan for hospital site
January 12, 2010 at 1:47 PM
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| | Plans to build more than 300 new homes on the site of a former hospital are submitted to the Planning Service by the Department of Health. | | |
| Council defends city snow actions
January 12, 2010 at 1:45 PM
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| | Aberdeen City Council leader John Stewart rejects claims the authority failed in its duties in handling snow problems. | | |
| More snow in west and south Wales
January 12, 2010 at 1:45 PM
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| | Another band of heavy snow moves across west and south Wales as local authorities try to get enough grit to make routes safe. | | |
| Actress rehomes abandoned puppy
January 12, 2010 at 1:44 PM
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| | A 12-week-old puppy found abandoned by the bins outside a pet shop in Surrey is given a new home by Coronation Street star Kym Marsh. | | |
| Man accused of hit-and-run death
January 12, 2010 at 1:40 PM
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| | A 22-year-old man is charged with causing the death of Derry man Martin Gallagher by dangerous driving last November. | | |
| Police name man killed in crash
January 12, 2010 at 1:38 PM
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| | Police name a man who died in a five-vehicle collision on the A1 near Allerton Park in North Yorkshire. | | |
| Four guilty of casino gun attack
January 12, 2010 at 1:33 PM
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| | Four men are found guilty of shooting a businessman in the head as he walked out of a casino in Edinburgh. | | |
| India-Bangladesh telephone deal
January 12, 2010 at 1:33 PM
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| | Indian telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel agrees to buy about 70% of the fourth largest mobile company in Bangladesh. | | |
| Put 'families from hell' in care
January 12, 2010 at 1:28 PM
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| | The neighbourhood crime tsar says "families from hell" should be placed in care for intensive help. | | |
| Friends create a two room igloo
January 12, 2010 at 1:26 PM
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| | Two friends from Worcestershire build an 8ft (2.4m) tall igloo using a plastic recycling box as the mould for their bricks. | | |
| Minister's niece guilty of murder
January 12, 2010 at 1:26 PM
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| | The niece of UK junior defence minister Quentin Davies is jailed for 15 years for murdering a man at her flat near Paris. | | |
| Labour manifesto 'to be radical'
January 12, 2010 at 1:25 PM
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| | Gordon Brown's election manifesto will be the "most radical programme" Labour has offered "in recent times", a party source says. | | |
| Explosives alert closes US port
January 12, 2010 at 1:25 PM
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| | A major US port in North Carolina is closed after containers carrying explosive material are found to be punctured. | | |
| Puffins' winter odyssey revealed
January 12, 2010 at 1:25 PM
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| | Puffins from the North Sea's largest colony make a surprise excursion to the Atlantic Ocean, tags fitted to the seabirds reveal. | | |
| Teacher jailed over abuse photos
January 12, 2010 at 1:21 PM
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| | A former teacher from Bristol is jailed after police found thousands of images of child abuse on his laptop. | | |
| Profile: Yulia Tymoshenko
January 12, 2010 at 1:21 PM
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| | Yulia Tymoshenko was dubbed the "Orange Princess" for her key role in the liberal street protests in Ukraine. | | |
| Lorry gets stuck under footbridge
January 12, 2010 at 1:19 PM
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| | Commuters are facing delays in Guildford after a lorry gets stuck under a footbridge in the centre of the town. | | |
| Grieving family's laptop stolen
January 12, 2010 at 1:17 PM
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| | A laptop containing "irreplaceable" pictures of a man who died in an alleged attack is stolen from his family's home in Lancashire. | | |
| Vicar murder appeal to be heard
January 12, 2010 at 1:14 PM
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| | A man who was jailed for drowning and dismembering an 81-year-old vicar is given permission to appeal against his murder conviction. | | |
| CCTV released of bank foyer raid
January 12, 2010 at 1:12 PM
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| | Police release CCTV images following an attempted robbery in the foyer of a bank in Redhill, Surrey. | | |
| Italy 'to open transgender jail'
January 12, 2010 at 1:08 PM
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| | Italy is to open one of the world's first prisons for the exclusive use of transgender inmates, reports say. | | |
| Man 'scared by Dizaei challenge'
January 12, 2010 at 1:06 PM
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| | A web designer tells Southwark Crown court how the UK's top Asian police officer Ali Dizaei challenged him to fight during a row over £600. | | |
| Man dies after icy road accident
January 12, 2010 at 1:06 PM
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| | A 92-year-old man dies in hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries in an accident near his home in a Dorset village on Saturday. | | |
| Policing talks 'at serious stage'
January 12, 2010 at 1:00 PM
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| | Gerry Adams says talks between Sinn Fein and the DUP over the devolution of policing and justice powers are at a "sensitive and serious stage". | | |
| Snow extends university deadline
January 12, 2010 at 12:58 PM
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| | The deadline for UK university applications is extended by a week because of the adverse weather, Ucas says. | | |
| Mars lander's survival 'unlikely'
January 12, 2010 at 12:56 PM
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| | Nasa listens for signals from the Phoenix Mars lander, but says it is unlikely to have survived the Martian winter. | | |
| Businessman admits 22 sex crimes
January 12, 2010 at 12:53 PM
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| | A 60-year-old man admits 22 sex offences against girls as young as 14 whom he lured into prostitution. | | | | 
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