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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.
Registration surge hints at Obama landslide
Three-quarters of the 9m new voters expected to vote Obama.
Motorway 'Lexus lanes' could be trialled
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.
Ban on 'free drinks for women' promotions
Bars could be banned from offering free drinks to women and cigarette-style health warnings could be put on alcoholic drinks under new rules to curb binge-drinking.
Fight to save only black and white phonebox
Duke campaigns to save phone box that had only three paying customers.
Pupils 're-taking GCSEs'
Clever pupils asked to re-take exams to boost school results, tutor claims.
Somali pirates attack ships
Gun-toting buccaneers attack two more ships in the Indian Ocean.
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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.
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.
Keyhole op tackles breast cancer
A British woman has become the first in Europe to have a breast removed using revolutionary keyhole surgery to tackle breast cancer.
FA condemns web hooligan game
A new internet craze where young boys create virtual hooligan characters and fight with guns, swords and baseball bats.
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.
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.
OTHER NEWS
BBC Christian controversy
New series features homosexual sex and the exorcism of Mother Teresa.
Nine out of 10 overweight people 'are called names'
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.
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.
Reforming the CAP would be 'crucial blow against drugs'
EU governments could strike a crucial blow against the drugs trade by allowing free access to their markets, according to Colombia's foreign minister.
Gays 'welcome to serve in the Army'
Head of the British Army made military history by addressing a conference on homosexuality, The Sunday Telegraph reveals.
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.
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Worst is over? Think again
After a week of ever more cataclysmic news, Dan Roberts warns that the domino effect of the crisis still continues.
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