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Banks 'to be nationalised in £50bn state intervention'
HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland are effectively to be nationalised as the Government seeks to bring the UK banking system under its control to halt the financial crisis.
Brown's eyesight causing concern
Prime Minister's close friends have revealed that he can only see extremely large print and has needed guidance at public events.
Taliban suffer heaviest defeat for months
Brisitsh forces join battle for regional capital in Helmand, leaving scores of insurgents dead.
Registration surge hints at Obama landslide
Three-quarters of the 9m new voters expected to vote Obama.
£70 fuel rebates owed to millions, says charity
As many as five million people should receive a rebate of up to £70 each after being over-charged.
Somali pirates attack ships
Gun-toting buccaneers attack two more ships in the Indian Ocean.
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Tsvangirai threatens to abandon Zimbabwe deal
Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's former president, is due in Harare in a last-ditch attempt to save Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal.
Jam can curb cancer, say scientists
An ingredient found in jam and jelly may help prevent the spread of cancer, research suggests.
Bodies not buried due to credit crunch
Bodies are going unburied for up to two months because the Government is dragging its feet over paying benefits, it is claimed.
Top doctor divorced over 18-year affair
A leading children's doctor is being divorced by his wife after she discovered he had been leading a double life with a secret second family and mistress just three miles away.
Tories want student grants inquiry
An independent inquiry must be held into the "chaos" surrounding delayed student grant payments, the Conservatives have demanded.
Air travel growth grounded
Air travel is in decline for the first time in two decades as the worsening economic climate deters people from flying.
FA condemns web hooligan game
A new internet craze where young boys create virtual hooligan characters and fight with guns, swords and baseball bats.
Computers still not quite clever enough to fool humans, Turing Test shows
Computers are still not quite good enough to pass themselves off as human, a test has shown.
The ladies love those Travolta moves
John Travolta knew what he was doing when he strutted his stuff in Saturday Night Fever, says new research.
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BBC Christian controversy
New series features homosexual sex and the exorcism of Mother Teresa.
Nine out of 10 of overweight insulted
Half of people admit to calling fat people rude names such as "thunder thighs" or "porker", according to a survey.
Kim Jong-il photos raise suspicions that he is ill
New photographs of North Korea's leader have heightened belief he is seriously ill and possibly losing his grip on the reclusive state.
'Lexus lanes' back on agenda
Motorway toll lanes which drivers pay to use to avoid traffic could be trialled within two years after the Government sent a team to the USA to study how the scheme works.
Oil output slumps under Chavez
Venezuela's daily oil production has fallen by a quarter since President Hugo Chavez won power.
Man killed walking home from night out
A "decent young man" walking home from a night out was killed when two allegedly stolen cars collided and crashed into a block of flats.
Authors denounce 42-day detention
Forty two renowned British writers, including Philip Pullman, have joined forces to attack Government plans to allow the detention of terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days.
Suicide barriers aim to stop jumpers at Golden Gate Bridge
Since the iconic bridge opened in 1937, an estimated 1,200 people have killed themselves, falling 245 feet to the freezing water below.
Prince of Wales a 'miserable swine', says Dr Who producer
Royal insulted for turning down a cameo appearance in the science fiction show.
Udder chaos: Defra admits losing 20,000 cows
Government officials have been forced to admit that they have lost more than 20,000 cows.
Brothers' smashing pumpkin breaks European records
Twin brothers have set a new European record by growing a pumpkin that weighs more than a Mini.
Weatherman proposes on air
A weatherman stunned his presenter girlfriend by proposing on television.
Wheel Deal: Audi Q5
The team give their verdict on Audi's latest SUV, the Q5. Is it as groundbreaking as Audi claim?
Stars on Stage
With David Tennant currently staring in Love's Labours Lost and David Walliams appearing in No Man's Land, Charles Spencer reports on the current trend of casting screen stars on stage.
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Countdown to recovery
We’re in the middle of an economic cataclysm – but Martin Vander Weyer thinks he can predict the day when things will finally pick up.
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