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- Murder probe into firework death
- A murder inquiry is started into a fatal house fire in Cornwall thought to have been caused when a firework was put through the letterbox.
- Brown urges new banks 'contract'
- UK PM Gordon Brown tells a G20 summit there should be a new social contract with world banks to make them more responsible.
- Britons share £90m lottery prize
- Two British ticketholders have each won a record £45.5m in the EuroMillions draw, lottery operator Camelot says.
- Doubts cast over expenses reforms
- The head of the body drafting new rules for MPs' expenses reportedly says he may not implement all the proposed reforms.
- Cohabitee rights plan criticised
- Plans to give millions of cohabiting couples better inheritance rights are coming in for criticism.
- Muggers attack two-year-old girl
- A woman and her two-year-old daughter are attacked during an attempted robbery in north-west London, the Metropolitan Police says.
- Glasgow 'axed' from train route
- Trains on the East Coast Main Line would no longer go to Glasgow and instead terminate at Edinburgh, under new plans.
- Queen due at remembrance festival
- The Queen is due to attend the Royal Festival of Remembrance to commemorate those who gave their lives for their country.
- Ashmolean Museum opens to public
- The UK's oldest public museum, the Ashmolean, reopens after a £61m redevelopment.
- Jailhouse lock - a strand of Elvis's hair goes up for auction
- A strand of hair saved by Elvis Presley's personal barber is expected to fetch about £250 at auction in Devizes.
- Blooming marvellous - Sir Bobby compost goes on sale
- Compost made from the thousands of floral tributes to Sir Bobby Robson goes on sale on North Tyneside.
- Live - Saturday football
- There are five Premier League games, a raft of FA Cup first round ties and a full Championship programme on a busy day of football.
- Live text - Scottish Premier League
- In the early kick-off, Hearts host Hibernian in the first Edinburgh derby of the season, followed by four other SPL matches at 1500 GMT.
- Haye and Valuev ready for battle
- David Haye will be giving away 7st to Nikolay Valuev when they meet for the Russian's WBA heavyweight crown in Nuremberg on Saturday.
- Ski accident
- How teenager Chas recovered from devastating injuries
- 'Justice denied'
- Violent attackers receiving cautions
- Risky business
- How do you work out if something is dangerous or not?
- Staying power
- Stamina could be the key if Haye is to topple Valuev
- Elgar returns
- New release for long-forgotten work
- Special treatment
- Mike Baker on the row over widening university access
- Call for tests after sudden death
- Doctors are calling for human tissue to be routinely kept for genetic testing whenever young people die without explanation.
- Legal aid cut 'threatens justice'
- Miscarriages of justice are likely to result from proposals to reduce legal aid fees to barristers, the Bar Council's chairman warns.
- Street star questioned over crash
- Police quiz Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas over a crash in Manchester city centre.
- G20 summit tries to tackle rifts
- G20 finance ministers begin their meeting in Scotland, but are faced with divisions over stimulus packages and climate change.
- Call to elect local police chiefs
- Towns should vote for police commissioners to hold local commanders and officers to account, a think tank says.
- Soldiers return from Afghan tour
- The final group of Black Watch soldiers posted on a seven month deployment to Afghanistan are due back in Scotland.
- Minister 'backs adviser autonomy'
- The government will produce guidelines on the independence of its scientific advisers, Science Minister Lord Drayson says.
- 7 days quiz
- Who's the most unlikely fan of 'Jedward'?
- The grouch
- Why did Britain fall out of love with Sesame Street?
- Sticks and stones
- When did autism start becoming a term of abuse?
- Expenses return to the headlines
- MPs' expenses are back in the news amid reports that not all of the reforms proposed by the parliamentary watchdog may be implemented.
- Police find £1m worth of cannabis
- Essex Police seize more than £1m of cannabis in a warehouse in one of the biggest finds in the county.
- Two in hospital after shootings
- West Yorkshire Police investigate after two men are shot in one night in Bradford.
- Road collapsing in city centre
- A road in Belfast city centre begins collapsing into what is believed to be a large hole up to 15 square metres wide.
- PM to hold talks on justice move
- The first and deputy first ministers are to hold talks with Gordon Brown over the devolution of policing and justice.
- Woman's death was 'preventable'
- A woman's death after breast surgery in Edinburgh's Western General Hospital is described as "entirely preventable".
- Student dies in 60ft cliff plunge
- A first-year student plunges 60ft to his death from a cliff close to St Andrews University in Fife.
- Power review sought by contender
- Welsh Labour leadership contender Carwyn Jones wants all his party to have a say on an assembly powers referendum.
- Road closures for football derby
- Motorists are warned of road closures around Swansea's Liberty Stadium because of a football match with Cardiff.
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