Retailers Geared Up For 'Busiest Day'

By Tadhg Enright, Business Correspondent As the last full shopping day before Christmas Eve, today is expected to be the busiest day of the year on high streets and in shopping centres. The British Retail Consortium expects between £4bn and £5bn...

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Domestic Abuse Charities May Not Cope At Xmas

By Isabel Webster, West of England Correspondent Cuts to domestic abuse charities are "putting victims at risk" as organisations warn they are expecting more cases than ever during the festive period. The Association of Chief Police Officers reports...

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Weather: Heavy Rain Sparks Christmas Misery

Families preparing for Christmas have been hit by floods and travel chaos as heavy rain batters Britain. The south west of England has been particularly badly affected by the downpours and four severe flood warnings for Devon and Cornwall are now in...

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A Middleton Christmas For Kate And William

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to spend Christmas Day privately with the Middleton family, St James' Palace has announced. Kate and William will break with tradition by not celebrating with the Queen and the rest of the royal family in Sandringham....

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Weather: Flooding Ahead Of Xmas Getaway

Britain has been warned it faces further flooding in some areas as more rain is set to sweep in over the next few days. So far, southern and south western England have been the worst affected, with deluges in Devon, Cornwall and Hampshire leading to...

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Stunt Rider Eddie Kidd: Wife's Assault Charge

The estranged wife of paralysed motorbike stunt rider Eddie Kidd has been charged with assaulting him. Samantha Kidd is due to appear in court next month accused of assaulting the 53-year-old six times in four months. The 44-year-old, of High Street,...

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'Miracle Baby' Jessica Home For Christmas

By Gerard Tubb, Sky News Correspondent A baby born with a rare combination of potentially fatal heart problems has defied the odds to be allowed home for Christmas. Jessica Muse had open heart surgery within minutes of being born at Newcastle's...

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Derek Keilloh Struck Off Over Iraqi's Death

Former Army doctor Derek Keilloh is struck off the medical register for misconduct over the death of Iraqi detainee Baha Mousa. ...

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Flood Fears Rise Ahead Of A Soggy Christmas

Flooding is set to hit Britain as successive bands of heavy rain move across the country ahead of a damp Christmas. Most of England, Wales and Scotland is expected to be wet today with heavy rain in some places. Snow is also likely over the Scottish...

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Ryanair: Airline Bottom Of Which? Survey

Ryanair is the least popular short-haul airline, according to a survey that gave the carrier its lowest approval rating ever. The Irish firm received an overall satisfaction score of just 34% in a table put together by consumer magazine Which? from...

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Cancer Boy's Mum Continues Radiotherapy Fight

A mother who has refused to let her seven-year-old son have radiotherapy treatment following surgery for a brain tumour has returned to the High Court. Sally Roberts, 37, says she fears that radiotherapy will cause her son, Neon, long-term harm. Doctors...

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Plebgate: Second Arrest Over Mitchell Row

Scotland Yard have arrested a second man in connection with their inquiry into the Andrew Mitchell "plebgate" row. The 23-year-old was held on suspicion of intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an indictable offence on or around December...

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Newsnight Savile Report: Inquiry Findings Due

The findings of an inquiry into Newsnight's shelving of a report into sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile are due to be published. Top BBC executives and journalists on the flagship current affairs show have given evidence, some under questioning from a QC,...

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Sandy Hook: British Boy's Parents Speak Of Grief

The British parents of a six-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook shootings have said they will never regret moving to Connecticut. Dylan Hockley was one of 20 children and six adults shot dead by gunman Adam Lanza in America's worst school shooting....

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Traveller Family Jailed Over Forced Labour

Five members of a traveller family have been jailed for a total of 18 years after being found guilty of forcing vulnerable men to work for them. The Connors family enjoyed top-of-the-range cars and expensive holidays. But to live the high life, they...

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Savile Abuse Inquiry: Man In His 70s Arrested

Detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal have arrested a man from London in his 70s. The suspect was arrested at around 6.30am on suspicion of sexual offences and has been taken into custody at a south London police station. He was...

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East Coast Mainline Hit By Severe Delays

Trains have resumed some service on the East Coast Main Line after overhead wire problems caused chaos for travellers. East Coast said a half-hourly service was now operating from London King's Cross and other services would "progressively resume throughout...

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Hospital Surgery At Weekends Under NHS Plans

By Becky Johnson, Sky Correspondent Routine operations, scans and consultations could be set to take place on weekends under new proposed changes to the NHS. The plans are part of a series of measures being discussed by the new NHS Commissioning...

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Olympic Sports Await Rio Funding Decisions

Britain's Olympic and Paralympic sports are waiting to hear how much money they will get to help them prepare for the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. UK Sport will reveal the critical four-year programme this afternoon with those sports which disappointed...

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Jamie And Nigella Roasted In Nutrition Study

Recipes by TV chefs including Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson are often "less healthy" than ready meals and their programmes should be subjected to a 9pm watershed, a study says. It found that meals randomly selected from their books contained "significantly...

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Jacintha Saldanha: Nurse's Funeral In India

Family and friends of the nurse who was found dead after taking a hoax call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge have gathered for her funeral in a small town in India. Mother-of-two Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found hanged in her living...

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Clegg: 'Rich Pensioners May Lose Benefits'

Nick Clegg has called for wealthy pensioners to lose free bus passes and the winter fuel allowance as he tries to revive his party's fortunes. The Deputy Prime Minister, in a major speech on the welfare state, insisted the Government has an "absolute...

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Hampshire Kidnap: Two Arrests Over Abduction

Two men have been arrested in connection with a "terrifying" robbery in which a woman was kidnapped at gunpoint and driven around in her own car. A pensioner couple were approached by a man last Friday morning outside their home in Rookes Lane, Lymington,...

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Queen To Attend Cabinet Meeting At Number 10

The Queen is to become the first monarch since Queen Victoria to attend a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street. Number 10 has revealed that Queen Elizabeth II will observe the ministers' meeting on Tuesday morning. Queen Victoria was the last monarch...

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Royal Prank Call Nurse's Family 'Shattered'

The children of the nurse found dead days after taking a prank call say they are "shattered" by their loss. Jacintha Saldanha was discovered in a nurses' accommodation block close to King Edward VII's Hospital, London, where the Duchess of Cambridge...

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Paralympian Aims To Turn Convention On Its Head

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent A British Paralympic judo player aims to be the first in his sport to switch to able-bodied competition. Sam Ingram will claim a world first in judo if he can follow the trail, blazed by Oscar Pistorius...

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Hampshire Robbery And Kidnap: Police Appeal

Police have appealed for a suspected armed robber to give himself up after a woman was kidnapped and driven around in her own car. The man approached a house in Rookes Lane, Lymington, Hampshire, on Saturday morning, and pointed a gun to threaten the...

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UKIP 'Now The UK's Third Largest Party'

The UK Independence Party has surged to a record poll rating, knocking the Liberal Democrats into fourth place. The ComRes poll for The Independent on Sunday and the Sunday Mirror put UKIP on 14% - a six-point gain on last month and the party's highest...

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