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UK public borrowing soars to new record high - 2 hours ago
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GM to shut down Saab - 3 hours ago
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Civil servants to press ahead with strike vote over Whitehall plans - 52 minutes ago
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BlackBerry maker RIM reports quarterly revenues up 11% to £2.4bn - 3 hours ago
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Kipper Williams - 1 week ago
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Banking exodus 'a price worth paying', Bank of England official says - 4 hours ago
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Gynaecologist attacks false allegations after sexual complaint withdrawn - 34 minutes ago
Angus Thomson has described how false allegations by Bibi Giles threatened to ruin his career.
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Animal pictures of the week: 18 December 2009 - 38 minutes ago
Snow monkeys, fighting bears, a greedy bird and a bobcat up a cactus.
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Pictures of the decade: the Royal family - 46 minutes ago
In pictures: the past ten years in the lives of the Royal family.
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Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik faces arrest as crisis deepens - 1 hour ago
The political crisis in Pakistan has deepened after the government's anti-corruption agency...
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Harry Redknapp to read riot act to Tottenham players over Dublin Christmas party - 1 hour ago
Harry Redknapp is set to punish players involved in a Christmas party organised behind his back...
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Scientists shed new light on dark matter - 1 hour ago
The hunt for dark matter - the mysterious and invisible substance thought to account for a...
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South Africa v England: Graeme Swann inspires fightback with career-best 85 - 1 hour ago
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British Airways strike: was the court decision correct? - 1 hour ago
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Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy banned for six months for eye gouging - 1 hour ago
Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy handed a six-month ban for eye gouging Ulster flanker...
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Snow across Britain: transport chaos and early Christmas school holidays - 1 hour ago
Airports, roads, ports and schools closed across Britain as up to 8 inches of snow falls...
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Gynaecologist's 'orgasm' patient drops sex claim and agrees to pay HIM £30,000 - 46 minutes ago
Bibi Giles had accused Angus Thomson of intentionally pleasuring her during an examination and had...
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Big freeze hits Christmas getaway as eight inches of snow falls on Britain... and there's more to come - 2 hours ago
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'Broke' property tycoon ordered to pay ex-wife £27,000 a month - 46 minutes ago
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Elderly holiday sisters killed after being entombed under collapsed bed for FOUR days 'should not have died' - 1 hour ago
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Husband who killed his wife by throwing TV remote at her head after cocaine binge is jailed for three years - 1 hour ago
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McCanns release new picture of missing Madeleine as they face their third Christmas without her - 1 hour ago
In a new message on the Find Madeleine website, the couple said: ‘There will be a spare place at the...
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Boy, 4, lucky to be alive after he is crushed between two escalators - 1 hour ago
The force of the impact on Stevie Webb bursts the blood vessels in his face and eyes.
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Russian internet sensation: Giant triangular 'UFO' filmed hovering above Kremlin - 7 hours ago
Sitting motionless in the sky above the Kremlin in Moscow late at night, clips of the large object...
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Thieves steal infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign at Auschwitz - 4 hours ago
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Google Books project found guilty of violating copyright by French court - 2 hours ago
Google have been found guilty by a French court today of violating copyright by digitising books...
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Deutsche Bank to 'globalise' bonus pain as Bank of England says City exodus is 'price worth paying' - 4 hours ago
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Retired PC and police worker arrested over alleged Stephen Lawrence cover-up - 1 hour ago
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The Maldives: Enjoy the splendid isolation while it lasts - 1 hour ago
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China's delaying tactics threaten climate deal - 1 hour ago
China is attempting to scupper chances of a comprehenive agreement at the Copenhagen climate...
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1,100 bookshop jobs lost days before Christmas - 1 hour ago
Around 1,100 staff at struggling book chain Borders will lose their jobs on Christmas Eve after...
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Auschwitz 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen - 1 hour ago
The gruesomely jaunty metal sign over the entrance to Auschwitz that has become a symbol of the...
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Retailers hope snow won't spoil their biggest weekend - 1 hour ago
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The 50 best of the 50 best - 1 hour ago
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UN appeals for Copenhagen climate deal - 39 minutes ago
The United Nations has called on world leaders to stay at the climate talks in Copenhagen, as tough...
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French court rules against Google - 4 hours ago
A French court strikesa blow for the rights of publishers and authors ruling that Google acted...
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GM to close Saab after Spyker talks fail - 3 hours ago
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Stocks’ rally fades as dollar advances - 1 hour ago
Global Markets Overview: A sudden lurch higher for the dollar as European markets were closing for...
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ECB raises estimate on bank writedowns - 2 hours ago
The institution increases to more than €550bn its estimate on the losses that could have been...
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Ryanair breaks off talks with Boeing - 8 hours ago
The prospect of the low-cost carrier paying a special dividend moved closer after it broke off...
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Tax income eases UK deficit fears - 6 hours ago
Tax receipts rose last month for the first time since September 2008, helping public borrowing...
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Deutsche Bank to ‘globalise’ bonus pain - 19 hours ago
The German bank will spread the pain of Britain’s supertax on bankers’ bonuses among its staff...
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Standard owner closes in on The Independent - 3 hours ago
Alexander Lebedev, owner of London’s Evening Standard and a former lieutenant-colonel in the KGB, is...
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Dividend and bonus rules face reform - yesterday
Banks will be blocked from paying bonuses or dividends to shareholders if their capital levels fall...
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News stories that defined the Noughties - 1 hour ago
From Britain's most prolific serial killer to the death of the most famous person in the world, the...
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Sir Terry signs off for last time - 2 hours ago
Tearful Sir Terry Wogan signed off his breakfast show for the final time and told his eight million...
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Travel chaos follows heavy snowfall - 2 hours ago
Heavy snow has brought travel chaos to Britain, with flights cancelled, roads closed, motorists...
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'Leg buckling orgasm' woman drops sexual assault case against consultant - 2 hours ago
A woman who accused her gynaecologist of sexual assault and harassment - claiming he gave her a leg...
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News review 2009: The year Twitter took over the world - 2 hours ago
It only launched in August 2006, but Twitter has already become one of the most popular websites in...
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News review 2009: The biggest stories of the year - 2 hours ago
Metro takes a look back at the most significant news stories of 2009.
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News preview 2010: Dawning of a new era? - 2 hours ago
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Britain’s ‘most wanted’ man arrested - 3 hours ago
A suspected drug lord accused of smuggling heroin worth tens of millions of pounds into Britain has...
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Saab brand to disappear as GM abandons sale - 4 hours ago
Saab motors, one of Sweden’s best-known brands, is to be wound down after its parent company General...
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Second wave of snow to intensify travel chaos - 4 hours ago
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Thieves steal Auschwitz's 'Arbeit macht frei' entrance sign - 5 hours ago
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Leaders try to rescue Copenhagen climate talks as Obama rebukes China - 5 hours ago
World leaders ditched their advisers and tried to thrash out a compromise between themselves at the...
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Reunions for David Beckham and Jose Mourinho in Champions League - 6 hours ago
The draw for the first knock-out round of the Champions League handed dramatic returns to former...
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