Scots tobacco display ban in force

28 April 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET A ban on the display of cigarettes and other tobacco products in large shops in Scotland has come into force. Public Health Minister Michael Matheson said the move will help prevent young people from taking...

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Police urged to focus on prevention

29 April 2013 Last updated at 00:08 ET Police should focus more on preventing crime than catching criminals, the new chief inspector of constabulary for England and Wales is to say. Tom Winsor will also emphasise the importance of technology...

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Kate hoax DJ to appear at inquest

29 April 2013 Last updated at 03:16 ET One of the Australian DJs who made a hoax call about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has said she will appear at the inquest into the death of the nurse who answered the phone. Jacintha Saldanha, 46,...

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Three Britons jailed in Dubai

29 April 2013 Last updated at 03:34 ET Three British men have been found guilty of drug offences in Dubai and jailed for four years each. Londoners Suneet Jeerh, Grant Cameron and Karl Williams, who denied the charges, will be deported afterwards....

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Major benefits shake-up begins

29 April 2013 Last updated at 04:23 ET A massive shake-up in the UK benefits system has begun, with the first claims made for new universal credit payments. Universal credit will merge several benefits and tax credits into one monthly payout....

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Cameron fears Iraq effect over Syria

26 April 2013 Last updated at 18:00 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Cameron: "What I see does look very much like a war crime is being committed" UK PM David Cameron has expressed concern...

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PR guru Clifford vows to clear name

26 April 2013 Last updated at 23:00 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Max Clifford: "The allegations are completely false" PR guru Max Clifford has vowed to clear his name in court after being charged...

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Welby raps City 'entitlement' ethos

27 April 2013 Last updated at 03:26 ET The City of London has been affected by a "culture of entitlement" at variance with what others think reasonable, the new Archbishop of Canterbury has said. But the Most Reverend Justin Welby told the...

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School head stabbing suspect charged

27 April 2013 Last updated at 03:45 ET A man has been charged with attempted murder after a school head teacher was stabbed three times with a screwdriver. Gillian Kay, 39, had to be airlifted to hospital after being injured outside her home...

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Armed drones operating from Britain

27 April 2013 Last updated at 04:00 ET Armed drone aircraft have been operated remotely from Britain for the first time, the Ministry of Defence has said. It said Reaper drones had flown missions controlled from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire,...

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Official GDP figures for UK awaited

24 April 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Steph McGovern explains how GDP works, and what another dip means Official figures due to be released later will reveal whether...

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Two investigated over Kate images

24 April 2013 Last updated at 20:56 ET The head of the publisher of France's Closer magazine and a photographer are under formal investigation in France over the publication of pictures of a sunbathing Duchess of Cambridge. Topless pictures...

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Sale Sharks' Cipriani hit by bus

Sale Sharks fly-half Danny Cipriani has spent the night in hospital after being hit by a bus in Leeds. The 25-year-old is understood to have suffered concussion and was kept in hospital overnight where he has undergone X-rays. No further details are...

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Measles jab plan targets 1m children

25 April 2013 Last updated at 03:46 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News One million schoolchildren in England who missed MMR jabs are to be targeted by a vaccination plan aimed at curbing the growing threat of measles....

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Cameron policy role for Jo Johnson

25 April 2013 Last updated at 04:15 ET The prime minister has appointed Jo Johnson - the younger brother of Mayor of London Boris Johnson - as the head of his policy unit. Jo Johnson was elected as MP for Orpington, in London, in May 2010. Mr...

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'Cosmetic crisis' waiting to happen

23 April 2013 Last updated at 21:05 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Injections to plump up the skin are a "crisis waiting to happen" and should be available only on prescription, a UK review of cosmetic procedures...

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Small business lending plan extended

24 April 2013 Last updated at 01:25 ET The Bank of England has announced plans to expand a lending scheme designed to help businesses and households. The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS), due to end in January 2014, will be extended for another...

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Barclays first quarter profits fall 25%

24 April 2013 Last updated at 03:20 ET Barclays adjusted first quarter profits have fallen 25% to £1.8bn, largely due to the bank's restructuring programme. The bank is transforming itself into what it calls a "Go-To" bank. Barclays has come...

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UK 'becoming a more peaceful place'

24 April 2013 Last updated at 03:29 ET Rates of murder and violent crime have fallen more rapidly in the UK in the past decade than anywhere else in Western Europe, researchers say. The UK Peace Index, from the Institute for Economics and Peace,...

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Lloyds' Co-op deal falls through

24 April 2013 Last updated at 04:28 ET The planned sale of 632 UK bank branches by Lloyds Banking Group to the Co-op group has fallen through. The Co-op blamed the continued economic downturn and tougher regulatory environment imposed on banks....

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Primark boosts profits at AB Foods

23 April 2013 Last updated at 02:58 ET Clothing retailer Primark's "exceptionally strong" performance has helped owner Associated British Foods to report a big rise in profits. Total sales at Primark rose by 24% in the six months to 2 March,...

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Treasury queries Scots currency pact

23 April 2013 Last updated at 03:14 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. LIVE: Chancellor delivers speech on Scottish currency The case for an independent Scotland retaining the pound in a currency...

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Archbishop's warning over economy

23 April 2013 Last updated at 04:19 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Archbishop Welby: ''What we are in... is not a recession, but essentially some kind of depression'' It will take "something very,...

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Race row councillor remarks probed

23 April 2013 Last updated at 04:20 ET Comments by a former Tory councillor about children from ethnic minorities are being looked into by Sussex Police. The force said it had received two complaints about remarks by Chichester and West Sussex...

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