Supermarkets agree to prices code

30 November 2012 Last updated at 02:31 ET Eight supermarkets have agreed to ensure that special offers and price promotions are fair. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been investigating the way prices are displayed, advertised and promoted...

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Tributes to mark St Andrew's Day

30 November 2012 Last updated at 01:44 ET Special messages highlighting Scotland's culture and successes have been given by the first minister and prime minister to mark St Andrew's Day. First Minister Alex Salmond said Scotland's greatest...

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Labour in triple by-election win

30 November 2012 Last updated at 02:15 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Sarah Champion thanked the people of Rotherham for electing their first ever female MP Labour has won three by-elections,...

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Rise to challenge, press urged

30 November 2012 Last updated at 03:27 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Cameron: "I'm not convinced... that statute is necessary" The press has been urged to take action over Leveson Inquiry...

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Birth tests 'can predict obesity'

28 November 2012 Last updated at 18:16 ET By Melissa Hogenboom BBC News Researchers say a baby's chance of being obese in childhood can be predicted at birth using a simple formula. The formula combines several known factors to estimate the...

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UKBA 'failed to check' tip-offs

28 November 2012 Last updated at 21:46 ET Thousands of overseas students may have been allowed to stay in Britain illegally because UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff failed to check out tip-offs about them, a report has revealed. When non-EU students...

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Fresh health fears over Assange

29 November 2012 Last updated at 00:08 ET Julian Assange, who is living at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, has a chronic lung infection "which could get worse at any moment", the country's ambassador to the UK has warned. Ana Alban said the...

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Leveson media report findings due

29 November 2012 Last updated at 03:02 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Inquiry highlights: The parents of Milly Dowler were among those who gave evidence Lord Justice Leveson is set to publish...

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Small earthquake felt in Cumbria

29 November 2012 Last updated at 03:11 ET A small earthquake has hit Cumbria, scientists have confirmed. The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the 2.1-magnitude quake struck in Patterdale at 21:37 GMT on Wednesday. Beck Carter, a parish...

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Call to build homes on open land

27 November 2012 Last updated at 20:23 ET Increasing the amount of developed land by a third would address the housing shortage, according to Planning Minister Nick Boles. He told BBC Newsnight building on another 2-3% of the land in England...

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Contempt laws come under scrutiny

27 November 2012 Last updated at 20:14 ET By Clive Coleman BBC News legal correspondent A consultation on the effectiveness of the contempt laws in England and Wales in the age of blogs and Twitter has been launched by the Law Commission. ...

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Don't curb freedom, Leveson urged

28 November 2012 Last updated at 03:06 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Conor Burns MP: ''Statutory regulation should be an absolute last resort'' More than 80 MPs and peers have urged the man...

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Salon shooting police criticised

28 November 2012 Last updated at 03:11 ET A review into a gun attack on a woman by her estranged husband has called on Gwent Police to improve the way it responds to domestic abuse reports. Darren Williams, 45, was found dead after shooting...

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Alcohol minimum price details due

28 November 2012 Last updated at 03:26 ET By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News Ministers are to unveil plans later for a minimum price for alcohol in England and Wales as part of a drive to tackle problem drinking. The Home Office...

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First welfare-to-work figures due

26 November 2012 Last updated at 19:54 ET The government is to release first figures assessing the level of success of its welfare-to-work programme, which was launched last year. Private firms and charities are paid to help find jobs for the...

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Speed father on year of struggle

27 November 2012 Last updated at 02:07 ET The father of late Wales manager Gary Speed has told how an "overwhelming" outpouring of tributes from across the world have helped the family cope on the anniversary of his death. The former Leeds,...

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NI policeman murder hunt arrest

27 November 2012 Last updated at 02:45 ET Detectives investigating the murder of Northern Ireland police officer, Ronan Kerr, are continuing to question a 22-year-old man. The man, from Omagh in County Tyrone, was arrested in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire,...

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Floods continue to threaten homes

27 November 2012 Last updated at 03:07 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. In North Yorkshire, more than fifty houses in Pickering are under threat from rising water levels Residents in up to 500 properties...

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UK education sixth best in world

27 November 2012 Last updated at 03:31 ET By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent The UK's education system is ranked sixth best in the developed world, according to a global league table published by education firm Pearson. The...

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Firms help tax evasion flourish

25 November 2012 Last updated at 15:24 ET A flourishing industry which helps people evade UK tax has been uncovered following an investigation by the BBC's Panorama programme. One company formation firm said the odds of getting caught by the...

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Secret NHS death reports released

25 November 2012 Last updated at 19:04 ET Hundreds of previously secret NHS reports into serious incidents, including 105 deaths, have been published by BBC Scotland. More than 300 reports into the most serious incidents in Scotland's hospitals...

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Flood fears as storm heads north

26 November 2012 Last updated at 02:49 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Many parts of the UK are already under water North-east England and north Wales are braced for possible flooding as the weather...

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Stones kick off celebratory tour

26 November 2012 Last updated at 03:03 ET The Rolling Stones returned to the London stage on Sunday night in the first of five concerts to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood were joined...

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