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Four hurt in suspected gas blast

10:53pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Four casualties have been taken to hospital after a suspected gas blast which destroyed a terraced house.

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Five people hurt in gas explosion

8:35pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Five casualties have been taken to hospital after a suspected gas blast which ripped through a house, police have said.

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Father admits killing children

7:42pm Sunday 19th May 2013

A British father has admitted slitting the throats of his two young children in France following a difficult divorce, sources said.

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One rescued following gas blast

7:38pm Sunday 19th May 2013

One person has been rescued by fire crews after a suspected gas explosion ripped through a house.

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Rod Stewart tops UK album chart

7:02pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Rod Stewart's first album of self-penned songs in 20 years has gone straight to the top of the UK album charts.

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Philpott wife plans sentence appeal

6:08pm Sunday 19th May 2013

A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire is to appeal against the length of her sentence, her lawyer has said.

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One dead, two hurt in plane crash

5:24pm Sunday 19th May 2013

A man has died while a boy and another man are fighting for their lives after a light aircraft crashed on the approach to an airport runway.

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Toddler taken to morgue in body bag

4:46pm Sunday 19th May 2013

A toddler pulled from the wreckage of a car crash that killed five family members was sent to a morgue in a body bag in the belief he was dead.

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'One dead, two hurt' in plane crash

4:36pm Sunday 19th May 2013

One person is reportedly feared dead and two others have been injured after a light aircraft crash.

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Cameron hints at going it alone

4:03pm Sunday 19th May 2013

David Cameron has hinted that he could attempt to govern without the Liberal Democrats if disputes within the coalition made it impossible to continue.

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Father 'slit children's throats'

3:26pm Sunday 19th May 2013

A British father is being questioned in France on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children, local police said.

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Two 'critical' after death crash

2:29pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Two men are critical in hospital after a car crash claimed the lives of two teenage girls.

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Tory chiefs rally over 'loon' slur

2:07pm Sunday 19th May 2013

The Conservative leadership has rallied around party co-chairman Lord Feldman in the row over reports an ally of David Cameron called grassroots activists "swivel-eyed loons".

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Hunt in GP call over A&E crisis

1:19pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Family doctors need a "closer personal relationship" with their patients as part of efforts to ease the crisis in hospital accident and emergency units, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

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Briton 'held over child deaths'

1:04pm Sunday 19th May 2013

The Foreign Office is "urgently" investigating reports that a British man has been arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children in France.

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Briton 'held over children deaths'

12:33pm Sunday 19th May 2013

The Foreign Office is "urgently" investigating reports that a British man has been arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children in France.

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Rooney to miss game as baby is due

11:38am Sunday 19th May 2013

Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's final game of the season as wife Coleen is due to give birth to the couple's second child.

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Murder investigation after shooting

6:42am Sunday 19th May 2013

A murder investigation has been launched following the shooting of a man on Saturday night, police said.

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Queen to get garden festival look

3:31am Sunday 19th May 2013

One hundred years of glorious gardens will be celebrated when the world's most famous flower show throws its doors open this week.

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One in 10 'fell asleep at wheel'

12:11am Sunday 19th May 2013

More than three million British drivers have fallen asleep behind the wheel in the last year, according to new research.

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Crohn's patients slam hospital food

12:11am Sunday 19th May 2013

Half of hospitalised Crohn's disease patients believe their recovery was hampered because of poor hospital food, a poll suggests.

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Red Arrows cleared for new displays

11:19am Friday 17th May 2013

The RAF's Red Arrows air display team has been cleared by the Chief of the Air Staff to fly in displays this year, the RAF said.

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Fire services 'could save £200m'

11:07am Friday 17th May 2013

Fire and rescue services in England could save up to £200 million a year if they were operated more efficiently, according to a report.

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British Olympic sailor dies as America's Cup boat capsizes

11:44pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Olympic gold medal-winning sailor Andrew Simpson, from Sherborne, Dorset, has died after his yacht capsized off the coast of California, his team said.

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Credit unions to pool resources

12:09am Tuesday 7th May 2013

More than 30 credit unions have signed up to a "landmark" expansion drive which will save consumers up to £1 billion in loan interest repayments in the coming years.

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Keira Knightley 'marries in France'

6:46am Sunday 5th May 2013

She is estimated to be worth £30 million, but Hollywood star Keira Knightley opted for a low-key wedding to her musician boyfriend, which was sealed with a simple "oui" at the altar, it has been reported.

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Four winners share Lotto jackpot

11:06pm Saturday 4th May 2013

Four winners shared Saturday night's Lotto jackpot of £3.5 million, Camelot have said.

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Deputy Speaker held on sex charges

10:58pm Saturday 4th May 2013

Deputy House of Commons Speaker and Conservative MP Nigel Evans has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of rape.

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Britain dodges triple-dip slump

9:43am Thursday 25th April 2013

The UK has avoided an unprecedented triple-dip recession after the economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.3% at the start of the year, official figures have revealed.

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Videogame companies shunning high street in favour of digital

10:30am Wednesday 24th April 2013

More game developers than ever before are working on games that are distributed online rather than in high street shops.

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Vigilantes 'threaten prosecutions'

5:17pm Monday 22nd April 2013

Self-proclaimed "vigilantes" posing online as underage girls to meet alleged paedophiles could threaten successful prosecutions, say police.

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Runners to honour Boston victims

3:27am Sunday 21st April 2013

Thousands of fun-runners, athletes and fundraisers will show solidarity to those affected by the Boston terror attacks as they start the London Marathon.

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Person dies in measles outbreak

11:56am Friday 19th April 2013

A person has died of suspected measles in one of the biggest epidemics in the UK for a decade.

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450 public sector jobs 'lost daily'

6:59am Wednesday 17th April 2013

Almost 450 jobs have been lost from councils and police forces across the UK every day since the coalition came to power, according to a new report.

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Tourist boss may sue forecasters

4:27pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

A tourist boss is threatening to sue weather forecasters for pessimistic predictions he claims are ruining his business.

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Parliament pays tribute to Thatcher

2:54am Wednesday 10th April 2013

Parliamentarians are gathering to pay tribute to the late Baroness Thatcher ahead of the former Prime Minister's funeral next week.

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Baroness Thatcher death - Live blog

1:41pm Monday 8th April 2013

Baroness Thatcher has died aged 87 following a stroke, it has been announced. The former prime minister, who had suffered bouts of illness for many years, was said to have died peacefully.

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Lady Thatcher dies of stroke at 87

1:54pm Monday 8th April 2013

Baroness Thatcher has died at the age of 87 following a stroke, her family has announced.

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Baroness Thatcher dies after stroke

1:36pm Monday 8th April 2013

Baroness Thatcher has died aged 87 following a stroke, it has been announced.

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Baroness Thatcher dies after stroke

12:52pm Monday 8th April 2013

Baroness Thatcher has died aged 87 following a stroke, it has been announced.

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Couple face jail over fatal blaze

5:05am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

A couple who killed their six children in a house fire are set to be jailed.

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At last ... spring set to break out

3:38pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

Long-awaited spring weather is finally expected to arrive this weekend with temperatures set to return to normal, following the coldest March in more than 50 years.

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Games developers increasingly focused on mobile

5:50am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

The UK games development sector is increasingly made up of young, independent studios making games for mobile and tablet devices, a survey has found.

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Cold snap looks set to continue

11:20am Monday 1st April 2013

The unseasonable cold weather shows no signs of letting up following the coldest March in more than 50 years.

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March set to be coldest since 1962

12:06pm Thursday 28th March 2013

This March is set to be the coldest in the UK since 1962, weather experts have said.

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Call to address 'English question'

12:04am Thursday 28th March 2013

The "English question" must be resolved to allow the United Kingdom's rapidly changing constitutional settlement to settle in a satisfactory form, a committee of MPs have said.

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Search for April to end next month

3:23pm Wednesday 27th March 2013

The search for the body of missing April Jones will finish next month after an exhaustive six month hunt finally proved fruitless.

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'We'll freeze for another month'

6:10am Wednesday 27th March 2013

The big freeze gripping the UK could last until almost the end of April, weather forecasters predicted.

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US firm to run rescue helicopters

8:27am Tuesday 26th March 2013

Britain's search-and-rescue helicopter service, which employs the Duke of Cambridge, is to be run by US-headquartered Bristow Helicopters, the Government announced.

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