The Lord Chancellor has defended government plans to introduce control orders to keep foreign and British terrorist suspects under house…
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Angels ‘favourite funeral song’
Angels by Robbie Williams is the song Britons would most like played at their funeral, a survey has suggested. While…
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Bank holds interest rate at 4.75%
The Bank of England has left interest rates on hold again at 4.75%, in a widely-predicted move. Rates went up…
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Murray returns to Scotland fold
Euan Murray has been named in the Scotland training squad after an eight-week ban, ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations match…
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Blair Labour’s longest-serving PM
Tony Blair has become the Labour Party’s longest-serving prime minister. The 51-year-old premier has marked his 2,838th day in the…
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Dame Julie pops in to see Poppins
Mary Poppins star Dame Julie Andrews watched the hit stage version of her classic film at a charity performance in…
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Business confidence dips in Japan
Business confidence among Japanese manufacturers has weakened for the first time since March 2003, the quarterly Tankan survey has found.…
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Munster Cup tie switched to Spain
Munster’s Heineken Cup quarter-final tie against Biarritz on 3 April has been switched to Real Sociedad’s Paseo de Anoeta stadium…
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Parties’ plans for council tax
Anger at council tax rises spilled over into mass protests in 2003, when the average English bill rose 12.9%. Pensioners’…
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Patti Smith to host arts festival
Rock star Patti Smith has been made artistic director of this year’s Meltdown festival, to be held at London’s South…
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