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A council has launched a probe into social services after a murdered woman's child was 'ignored' for more than a month after telling her teachers 'My mum isn't at home'. The eight-year-old girl's teacher reported the child's fears to social workers 'several times', but her mum's body was not found until six weeks after her murder. ...read
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A 24-year-old man is being questioned by police on the suspicion of murdering a teenage girl and the attempted murder of a 22-year-old man.
With the economic crisis deepening, fewer people are treating shopping as a leisure activity, retailers have told the Bank of England.
Banks will be forced to increase their lending to small firms under plans due to be unveiled on Monday.
The Government is planning action to stop local councils using surveillance powers designed for terrorism and serious crime to deal with trivial offences like dog-fouling.
Motorists could be banned from the road after just two speeding tickets. Ministers are doubling the penalty for the worst offences, in a crackdown on Britain's most dangerous drivers.
Woolworths could sell its 800 High Street stores for just £1 to a US company that specialises in takeovers of distressed businesses.
Marks & Spencer is to launch a surprise 'guerilla' sale tomorrow, with 20 per cent off prices across the store triggering a bloody Christmas trade war.
House of Commons officials ordered Labour MP Paul Flynn to remove the waspish comments about fellow MPs from his online diary, but he refused.
The two British sailors kidnapped on board the hijacked supertanker Sirius Star have today been named.
A servant of the Queen has been 'outed' as an alleged member of the BNP. Buckingham Palace storeman Paul Murray's name was on a leaked copy of the far-right party's confidential membership list. He was one of two people with Royal links who faced accusations they were sympathisers of the extremist organisation, ...read
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