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OAPs urged to claim heating benefit

Boris Johnson launches a campaign to encourage pensioners to claim heating benefits

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

Thousands of pensioners are being urged to claim for benefits they are missing out on to keep their homes warm.

Marriage rumours on Kate's birthday

Prince William and Kate Middleton could be set to announce their engagement

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton has turned 27, as speculation grows that the couple will announce their engagement this year.

Israel ignores UN ceasefire demand

Smoke caused by explosions from Israeli military operations on the outskirts of Gaza City

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

Israel said it will not stop its offensive in the Gaza Strip despite a British-led UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire.

Woman jailed for hit-run murder

Margaret Borris was knocked down and killed in Paisley, Renfrewshire

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

A woman who carried out the "horrific" hit-and-run murder of a mother-of-three has been jailed for life.

Email law 'attack on civil liberty'

New laws will force internet companies to keep email details

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

Looming rules that will force internet companies to keep details of every email sent in the UK are an attack on privacy and a waste of money, it has been claimed.

Rhys killer 'plans sentence appeal'

Rhys Jones was killed as he walked home from football training in Liverpool

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

Rhys Jones's killer could be about to launch an appeal against his 22-year murder sentence.

Companies 'losing confidence in PM'

Poll shows business confidence in PM’s handling of economy crumbling

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

Business confidence in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's handling of the economy has crumbled over the past few months, according to a poll.

Man 'serious' after police shooting

The IPCC is investigating after a police shooting in West Yorkshire

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

A man was in a serious condition in hospital after being shot by police responding to a domestic incident.

Baby 'selected' without cancer gene

The embryo was screened for a faulty gene which increases the risk of breast cancer

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

Britain's first baby genetically selected to be free of a breast cancer gene has been born, doctors said.

Worker shot in Post Office raid

Forensic officers at the scene of a shooting at Fairfield Post Office near Bromsgrove

1:08pm Friday 9th January 2009

A Post Office worker has been shot dead by masked gunmen during a robbery in a rural village.


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