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Kobayashi to remain with Sauber

3 hours 30 min ago

Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi will remain with Sauber for the 2011 season, the Formula 1 team have confirmed.

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ME 'virus link' found in children

3 hours 32 min ago

ME, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, in children could be caused by a virus, scientists say.

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Housing group 'near administration'

3 hours 32 min ago

Connaught, the property services group that specialises in social housing, is on the brink of going into administration, the BBC learns.

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What to do if you get a tax letter

3 hours 37 min ago

Thousands of people will find out if they have been undercharged or are overpaid by the taxman. Up to six million people have been paying the wrong amount and the treasury says it cannot afford to write off the money.

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France strikes over pension plans

3 hours 39 min ago

France is braced for disruption as a strike over pension reform gets under way, with parliament also debating a ban on full face veils and a security bill.

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Philippines death report doubt

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:52

The stepfather of an Aberdeen man stabbed and killed in the Philippines questions media reports of why he was there.

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Key Asian interest rates on hold

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:12

The cost of borrowing in Australia stays at 4.5% and Japan at near zero amid continuing global economic uncertainty.

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Priest to meet dissident families

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:05

A priest in Londonderry who challenged dissident republicans over their violence is to meet families who claim they are being harassed by the PSNI.

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£90m village by-pass opens early

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:02

A £90m bypass, first suggested in the 1980s, is being opened two months ahead of schedule.

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Fears over street light cut-backs

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:57

The growing number of councils across the UK switching off street lights prompts criticism from MPs and road safety groups.

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Tax letters

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:56

If a letter says you have paid the wrong amount of tax - what next?

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AV referendum bill passes MP vote

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:55

Plans to change the way MPs are elected to Parliament survive their first Commons hurdle - despite criticism from Tory MPs.

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Dodds criticises vote change bill

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:50

DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds criticises plans to reduce the number of Northern Ireland MPs.

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NHS in Wales faces £380m cutbacks

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:39

The Welsh NHS faces making £380m worth of cutbacks by April, with managers saying it is the biggest challenge they have faced in 20 years.

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Newspaper review

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:35

Speculation over Andy Coulson's future

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Inside UK's first Sikh temple school

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:24

Khalsa Primary school is the first Sikh school in the UK to be backed and partly funded by a Gurdwara, or Sikh temple.

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'The Blitz brought everybody together'

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:13

Alf Morris, who was 10 at the time of the Blitz, took BBC News back to the site of his former home in Bethnal Green to relive the events of the first night of Nazi Germany's assault on London.

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Tube strike latest

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:10

Get up-to-date travel news and tell your stories

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Cutting it

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:00

Why is sunburn remedy being sold as cocaine?

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Christchurch hit by aftershocks

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 23:48

Violent aftershocks rattle the New Zealand city of Christchurch following the weekend's powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage.

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