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: Rain Sparks Christmas Travel Misery

Britons leaving for the Christmas holiday are battling travel problems as rail failures and floods stall journeys for millions. Heavy rain has sparked flood warnings that are hampering the road network and train services have been crippled. Further...

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CRB Check Rules To Be Relaxed By Home Office

Millions of employees and volunteers will no longer have to apply for a new criminal records check every time they apply for a job, the Home Office announced today. Individuals will only need to apply once to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)...

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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's Wife Charged With Assault

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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Cancer Charity: Elderly Being Refused Treatment

Cancer patients are being refused treatment because they are too old, a leading charity has warned. The poll by Macmillan Cancer Support found that ageism in the NHS is stopping some older cancer patients getting the best treatments. And 45% of 155...

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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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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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Lostprophets Singer Facing Child Sex Charges

Lostprophets vocalist Ian Watkins is due to to appear in court charged with child sex offences. Police said the Welsh rock star - whose hits include Last Train Home - had been arrested as part of a continuing investigation. A spokesman said: "A Pontypridd...

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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 shot dead by gunman Adam Lanza in America's worst school shooting. He was born...

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HMIP Care Report: 'Distressing' Findings

Up to 3,000 vulnerable children are being failed by a care system that has seen abuse victims placed with sex attackers and a third of children moved 100 miles from home, inspectors say. A report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) has...

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East Coast Mainline Hit By Severe Delays

Thousands of passengers are facing delays and cancellations on the East Coast Main Line. East Coast said overhead wire problems were causing problems for a third day between Stevenage and Hitchin. It had been thought that the problem would be sorted...

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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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Bradley Wiggins Is Sports Personality Of Year

Tour de France champion and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. The 32-year-old cyclist was presented with the trophy by the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, who was making her first public appearance...

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Kate In First Public Engagement Since Hospital

Wiggins Sports Personality Of Year Updated: 11:40pm UK, Sunday 16 December 2012 Tour de France champion and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. The 32-year-old cyclist was presented with the...

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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 nurses'...

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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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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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