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2013
Articles from 29th Jan 2013
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Mantel does double with Costa win
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Hilary Mantel has done the double - winning the Costa Book Award for her Man Booker Prize-winning Bring Up The Bodies. Read
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Hilary Mantel wins Costa award
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Hilary Mantel has won this year's Costa Book Award for her novel Bring Up The Bodies which the judges described as "head and shoulders" above the other books. Read
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G4S police outsource deal collapses
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Multimillion-pound plans by three police forces to outsource services to the firm at the centre of the Olympics security debacle have collapsed. Read
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Adams 'sorry' for detective death
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has apologised for the IRA killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe 17 years ago. Read
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Driver charged over tandem deaths
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
A motorist has been charged with killing a husband and wife who died when they were knocked off their tandem bicycle. Read
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UK troop abuse of Iraqis 'systemic'
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Nearly 200 Iraqi civilians are fighting a High Court battle for a fully independent public inquiry into allegations that British troops committed "terrifying acts of brutality" following the invasion of Iraq. Read
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Prime Minister set to visit Algeria
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
David Cameron is to visit Algeria in the wake of the hostage crisis that left six Britons dead. Read
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Clegg spearheads poll reform block
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Nick Clegg led his Liberal Democrat MPs through the "No" lobby to vote down a Government Bill which would have redrawn parliamentary constituencies for the 2015 general election to the likely benefit of the Conservatives. Read
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Barclays 'talks' over Jenkins bonus
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Scandal-hit Barclays is reportedly in talks with shareholders over plans to pay its new boss a seven-figure bonus. Read
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Fury as Clegg blocks poll reform
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Conservatives have turned their fire on Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg as he prepares to wreck a planned review of parliamentary boundaries which Tories hoped could be worth up to 20 extra seats for their party at the next general election. Read
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PPI complaints hit record 11,000
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
The financial ombudsman handled a record 11,000 complaints a week about payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling in the last three months of 2012. Read
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'Disaster' warning on nursery staff
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Childcare providers have raised concerns about moves to increase the number of pre-school children that nurseries and childminders can look after. Read
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Children living abroad get benefits
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Nearly 50,000 children who live abroad are receiving benefits claimed by immigrant families living in Britain, figures have revealed. Read
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Shooting of IRA man 'unjustified'
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Soldiers who shot dead an IRA man on the streets of Belfast 40 years ago were unjustified in opening fire, a new report has said. Read
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Hospital payout over man's op death
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
A High Court judge has awarded an undisclosed settlement to the family of a man who died during a botched knee operation. Read
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UK troops in 'acts of brutality'
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Allegations that British troops in Iraq were guilty of killing civilians and "terrifying acts of brutality" have been made at the High Court. Read
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Man's killing by Army 'unjustified'
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Paratroopers were unjustified in opening fire on an unarmed Official IRA man in Northern Ireland 40 years ago, according to a report. Read
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Campaigners welcome CRB verdict
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
The law which requires people to disclose all previous convictions to certain employers is a breach of human rights, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Read
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UK troops to train Mali forces
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Up to 200 British military personnel could be deployed to West Africa to help train a regional intervention force for Mali, Downing Street has said, in a further deepening of the UK's involvement in the conflict to drive out Islamist militants. Read
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Olympics architect Hopkins dies
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
John Hopkins, the visionary landscape architect and mastermind of London's Olympic parklands, has died aged 59. Read
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Four held in girl sex abuse probe
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a girl, police said. Read
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Britain to debate trainers for Mali
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Britain is due to discuss sending military trainers to support a West African intervention force in Mali in a potential further deepening of the UK's involvement in the French-led operation to oust Islamist militants. Read
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Briton jailed over Bali drugs case
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
A British man has received a six-year jail term for allegedly receiving cocaine in Indonesia from grandmother Lindsay Sandiford. Read
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Ministers to agree troops for Mali
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Ministers meeting in Brussels are expected to agree to deploy British troops to help train the Malian army. Read
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Morning news headlines for January 29, 2013
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
DAVID Cameron and Nick Clegg are expected to enter opposing division lobbies today as the Lib Dems seek to thwart Conservative plans to redraw parliamentary boundaries before the next general election. Read
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Boundaries vote to split Government
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
David Cameron and Nick Clegg are expected to enter opposing division lobbies as the Liberal Democrats seek to thwart Conservative plans to redraw parliamentary boundaries before the next general election. Read
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MPs threaten football law change
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
New laws could be put in place to drive sweeping changes to the way English football is run, following failures by the sport's authorities to change the governance of the game. Read
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New competition tribunal revealed
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Victims of price-fixing and other unscrupulous business practices will be able to claim compensation more easily under measures announced by the Government. Read
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Retail space figures add to gloom
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Fears over the high street have been fuelled after it emerged that demand for space was falling even before the collapse of three major players. Read
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Cancer deaths 'third higher in men'
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Cancer death rates in the UK are more than a third higher in men than in women, a new report says. Read
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Call to tackle youth unemployment
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Youth unemployment has increased in the UK at a faster rate than any country in the G8 since the start of the recession and cannot be blamed solely on the economic downturn, according to a new report. Read
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Tories: Quiz firms on ethnic mix
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Big companies would be urged to declare what proportion of their workforce is black and ethnic minority under a plan being considered by senior Conservative figures. Read
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Coalition bid to cut childcare bill
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Nurseries and childminders will be allowed to look after more children as part of coalition efforts to cut childcare costs. Read
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Report calls for sugary drinks tax
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Sugary drinks should be subject to a new tax, which could add 20p a litre to their price, with the proceeds going towards child health, a report says. Read
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Coalition tax hikes 'to total 299'
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Taxes will have been increased almost 300 times by the coalition Government before its term of office ends in 2015, according to new research. Read
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Osborne slammed over second Budget
Jan 29 2013 | UK & World News
Chancellor George Osborne has been strongly criticised by MPs for using his annual Autumn Statement on the economy as a second full-scale Budget. Read
