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Fast food brands hit kids online

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 6:25pm GMT

Despite rules banning the advertising of unhealthy food online, some brands are bending the rules, research suggests.

Police begin Southall vote probe

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 6:09pm GMT

An investigation begins into allegations of "electoral offences" in the Ealing Southall by-election.

Alcohol law 'trebles' A&E visits

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 6:01pm GMT

The advent of 24-hour drinking may have trebled alcohol-related admissions to inner city A&E departments, a study claims.

Major NHS shake-up 'to cut costs'

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 3:55pm GMT

Seven health trusts may merge in a move the Welsh health minister claims will reduce bureaucracy and deliver better patient care.

Probe into BBC Scotland phone-in

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 3:13pm GMT

An investigation is under way after a BBC Scotland programme was found to have misled the public.

Flash floods hit east coast town

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 2:33pm GMT

Residents are evacuated as torrential rain leads to flash floods in the East Coast resort of Filey.

Megaflood 'made Island Britain'

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 1:08pm GMT

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Britain became separated from mainland Europe after a catastrophic flood some time before 200,000 years ago, a sonar study of the English Channel confirms.

Woman 'concocted meal of lies'

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 1:02pm GMT

A woman who claims actor Chris Langham sexually assaulted her when she was under 16 is a accused of concocting a "meal of lies".

Labour assembly minister sacked

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 12:44pm GMT

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Merthyr AM Huw Lewis reveals he has lost his ministerial job as the Labour-Plaid assembly coalition takes shape.

Welfare change for single parents

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 12:40pm GMT

Single parents will have to seek work to get benefits once their youngest child is seven from 2010, MPs are told.

More blasts plan to break up ship

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 12:22pm GMT

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A third round of explosives is likely to be detonated to break up the MSC Napoli off the Devon coast.

Man questioned over tycoon 'plot'

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 12:08pm GMT

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UK police have quizzed a man over claims of an assassination plot against Russian Boris Berezovsky.

UK 'not being macho with Russia'

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 11:53am GMT

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A UK foreign minister insists that Britain does not want its diplomatic dispute with Russia to go "any wider".

Four treated over toxic gas leak

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 11:50am GMT

An animal incineration plant is closed after three workers and a paramedic suffer lung problems.

Voters prepare for by-elections

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 11:48am GMT

Bay-elections in Sedgefield and Ealing Southall take place on Thursday, with polls opening at 0700.

BBC to suspend phone competitions

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 11:46am GMT

The BBC pulls all competitions as a fresh batch of faked winners are unearthed in shows such as Comic Relief.

'Curry poisoning' trial collapses

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 11:31am GMT

A wife is formally cleared of soliciting to murder her husband by poisoning his curry with ecstasy pills.

Boy burned in strimmer accident

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 11:26am GMT

A 14-year-old boy is taken to hospital with serious burns after an incident at his home in Poleglass.

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Tories battle over £8.3m bequest

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 11:08am GMT

The Conservatives fight a claim that a man did not know what he was doing when he left the party £8.3m in his will.

Further strikes to hit Royal Mail

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 11:02am GMT

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A two-week campaign of staggered strike action across the UK postal service is announced by union officials.

Four men jailed over cartoon demo

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 10:59am GMT

Four Muslim men are jailed for their part in London protests against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.

Tube maintenance goes on

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 10:40am GMT

Administrators get "hundreds of millions of pounds" to keep upgrading and maintaining the Tube after Metronet's collapse.

Devices 'had potential to kill'

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 10:26am GMT

Two viable devices are found during a security alert on the outskirts of Newry, County Down.

Linfield blast IFA over Windsor

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 10:20am GMT

Linfield are considering legal action to prevent the IFA from terminating its Windsor Park contract with the club.

Three arrests under Terrorism Act

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 10:19am GMT

Three men are arrested in Manchester for alleged terrorism-related activity.

Review needed after boy's death

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 10:09am GMT

A former judge, who presided over the inquest into the death of a teenager in detention, calls for action.

Railway crash tanker driver dies

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 9:27am GMT

The driver of a propane tanker dies after the vehicle crashes over a bridge and plunges onto a railway line.

Cannabis laws set to be reviewed

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 9:13am GMT

Laws making possession of cannabis a largely non-arrestable offence could be reversed, says Gordon Brown.

A royal by any other name

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 9:04am GMT

Nine decades ago the Royal Family switched to an English-sounding name because of anti-German feeling, as did some of their subjects. Is there an echo of this predicament today?

School retains charitable status

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 8:22am GMT

Regulators say a fee-paying school should continue to enjoy charitable status and remain eligible for tax relief.

Hoggard injury worry for England

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 7:56am GMT

England's Matthew Hoggard is "extremely doubtful" for the first Test against India after suffering a back spasm in practice.

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Boy gets £44,000 in eBay parcel

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 7:31am GMT

Police are trying to find the owner of more than 60,000 euros sent to a boy in Norfolk by mistake.

Football: Robben off to Madrid

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 7:30am GMT

Real Madrid are closing in on a move for Arjen Robben, reports BBC Radio Five Live.

NHS trust 'to cut 600 jobs'

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 7:08am GMT

A North Yorkshire NHS trust is to axe 600 jobs - a third of its workforce - under plans to save £10m.

'ID theft left me in Slovenian prison'

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 6:52am GMT

Arrested on holiday for a crime he didn't commit - but his name was on the warrant.

British girls in court over drugs

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 5:54am GMT

Two British teenagers appear in court in Ghana accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into the UK.

Focus on MPs' Afghanistan report

Posted: July 18th, 2007, 2:48am GMT

The papers focus on a report by MPs calling on Nato to commit more troops to Afghanistan.

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