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Stocks slide despite reassurances
The UK's top share index has its biggest one-day points fall ever as Chancellor Alistair Darling tries to reassure financial markets.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:01:05 GMT
Business
New 'safer' test for Down's syndrome
Scientists develop a blood test that could tell pregnant women if their unborn baby has Down's syndrome.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:14:15 GMT
Health
Smoking 'costs the NHS billions'
Smoking is costing the NHS in England £2.7bn pounds a year, up from £1.7bn a decade earlier, a report claims.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:21:40 GMT
Health
Dementia patients 'suffer stigma'
The stigma surrounding dementia makes life much harder for many patients suffering the condition, research suggests.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:21:53 GMT
Health
Smith orders police race review
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announces a nationwide assessment of ethnic minorities in the police.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:55:46 GMT
Politics
Markets need morals, says Brown
Gordon Brown says markets must abide by a system of "morals", including responsible risk-taking and a work ethic.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:44:58 GMT
Politics
Aer Lingus axes up to 1,500 jobs
Unions are to ballot for all-out industrial action as Aer Lingus announces plans to cut up to 1,500 jobs.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:36:45 GMT
Northern Ireland
Rabbi gives first Synod address
In a first address of its kind, a Jewish cleric addresses the Synod of Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:49:47 GMT
Europe
Widow forgives dead police chief
The widow of a police chief found dead days after he revealed an extra-marital affair says she has forgiven him.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:43:34 GMT
Wales
Why this couple were delighted to have a rubbish honeymoon
A couple spent three months collecting litter around their home town to earn enough air miles to pay for part for their honeymoon.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:36:35 GMT
UK
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent to pay rent for royal home
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent are no longer allowed to live rent free in a Kensington Palace apartment.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:08:03 GMT
UK
Owen handed England future hope
England backroom coach Ray Clemence says Michael Owen still has an England future.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:58:17 GMT
Internationals
Fifa boss wants rules on club owners
Fifa president Sepp Blatter calls for tighter controls on wealthy foreign owners in football.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:01:44 GMT
Football
England confident over $20m match
ECB chairman Giles Clarke says the $20m (£11.5m) match between England a Stanford Superstars XI will go ahead.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:39:59 GMT
Cricket
Liverpool rocked by Skrtel injury
Martin Skrtel may face a lengthy spell on the sidelines after injuring knee ligaments in Liverpool's 3-2 win at Manchester City.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:40:44 GMT
Liverpool
Send your video, pictures and story ideas
Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.
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Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:27:28 GMT
Your News
In the beginning
The stories that were left out of the modern-day Bible
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:37:06 GMT
Magazine
Shifting grounds
New states come into play as polls swing to Obama
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:52:12 GMT
Americas
Exhibit A
Your photos of the sartorial sins of your childhood
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:15 GMT
In Pictures
'Robbed'
'We lost our home to a sale and rent-back scheme'
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:39:41 GMT
UK
The human cost
'My grandfather jumped off a roof in the 1929 crash'
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:32:13 GMT
Magazine
Accused 'cooked victim's flesh'
The first winner of Mr Gay UK stabbed a man to death before cutting flesh from his thigh and trying to eat it, a court hears.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:13:32 GMT
West Yorkshire
Rail strike on after talks fail
Talks aimed at averting strike action by Network Rail signalling workers break down without agreement.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:58:43 GMT
Scotland
Youth's racist attack on tourists
A youth who threw stones at holidaymakers because they were English is given a community sentence.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:22:00 GMT
North West Wales
Friends 'tried to save schoolboy'
Antrim Crown Court hears friends of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen tried to save him from being assaulted.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:29:19 GMT
Northern Ireland
EU opens 'job centre' in Africa
The EU opens a "job centre" in Mali, hoping fewer young Africans will risk their lives trying to get to Europe.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:54:58 GMT
Africa
Financial crisis pummels stocks
US Dow Jones index falls to lowest in years as world stock markets plunge amid fears of slower global economic growth.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:53:10 GMT
Business
Livni concerned for peace talks
Time is running out for a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, Israel's PM designate Tzipi Livni has warned.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:04:04 GMT
Middle East
Tibetan earthquakes kill dozens
At least 30 people die as two earthquakes strike the Himalayan region of Tibet, Chinese state media report.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:29:25 GMT
Asia-Pacific
Angola arms trial opens in Paris
Forty-two people, including members of the French elite, go on trial accused of involvement in trafficking arms to Angola.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:11:21 GMT
Europe
Suicide blast hits Sri Lanka town
A suicide blast in a Sri Lankan town kills a former general and at least 26 other people, the defence ministry says.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:32:33 GMT
South Asia
Iceland acts to avoid bank chaos
Iceland offers an unlimited guarantee for all savers and announces emergency legislation to shore up its banks.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:42:12 GMT
Business
Brown critic 'ends hostilities'
One of Gordon Brown's leading critics has said his campaign for a successor to the prime minister had ended.
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:43:13 GMT
UK
Nobel prize for viral discoveries
The discovery of HIV and work linking a virus to cervical cancer jointly win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:57:48 GMT
Health
More concerns at Diploma options
England's new Diplomas offer a commendable way forward but people still need to be convinced of their credibility, MPs say.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:21:12 GMT
Education
Mammals facing extinction threat
About 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a global assessment.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:03:17 GMT
Science & Environment
Double Q Award win for Coldplay
Coldplay scoop two gongs at the Q Awards ceremony in London, including best album.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:43:46 GMT
Entertainment
Oyster card hack details revealed
Dutch researchers reveal details of how they managed to copy the radio chips used on London's Oyster card.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:41:32 GMT
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