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Nations gather for climate talks

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has pledged to "throw everything" at securing a global climate change deal as leading nations gathered in London for talks.Read

Darling 'tax grab' on bank profits

British banks could be hit with a massive tax grab under plans by the Government to secure a return for the taxpayer-funded bailout of the sector, it has been reported.Read

Probe as children die in house fire

A house fire that killed two children is being investigated by police and fire experts.Read

80 arrests at power station protest

Nearly 80 people have been arrested during a climate change protest at a power station that left three police officers needing hospital treatment.Read

Worker at aquarium bitten by shark

A 23-year-old man has been treated by paramedics after he was bitten by a shark at an aquarium.Read

30,000 postal staff to be recruited

Royal Mail is to recruit up to 30,000 temporary staff to cope with strikes by postal workers and deal with the Christmas rush, it was announced.Read

Jail chiefs to probe prisoner moves

Prison chiefs are to investigate claims that inmates were moved between two jails ahead of inspections by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.Read

Watchdog to set out mortgage reform

Gordon Brown pledged to end "reckless" banking practices as the City watchdog prepared to set out its planned reforms for the mortgage market in the wake of the credit crunch.Read

Sex worker underwent gender surgery

A female sex worker whose strangled body was found following a fire in a flat had undergone gender surgery to become a woman while studying for a master's degree, police have said.Read

Police injured at climate protest

A police officer was airlifted from the scene of a climate change protest with head injuries as hundreds of demonstrators converged at one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations, police said.Read

Father charged with child murders

A 37-year-old father has been charged with the murders of his two children found strangled in his flat.Read

Two children die after house fire

A teenage girl has died after a house fire that also killed her eight-year-old brother, firefighters said.Read

Voters 'back BBC' on BNP invitation

Most voters think the BBC was right to invite the far-right British National Party leader Nick Griffin to appear on its Question Time programme, a poll shows.Read

Labour eats into Tory poll lead

Labour has eaten into the Conservative poll lead, a poll showed in fresh evidence that the governing party enjoyed a better public response to its party conference.Read

Policeman hurt at climate protest

A police officer was airlifted from the scene of a climate change protest with head injuries as hundreds of demonstrators converged at one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations, police said.Read

Speaker urges MPs to repay expenses

MPs came under renewed pressure to accept demands for the repayment of taxpayer-funded expenses as Commons Speaker John Bercow warned they had to show voters they had "got the message".Read

Video of strangled children found

A video of two children saying "goodbye mummy" days before they were strangled has been found by police, it was revealed.Read

Eight-year-old boy dies in fire

A boy has died and his teenage sister is critically ill after a house fire, firefighters have said.Read

Sex worker found dead after blaze

A woman whose body was found following a fire in a flat was a sex worker with a post-graduate degree who was strangled to death, police have said.Read

12-year-old dies playing football

A 12-year-old boy has collapsed and died while playing football at school, police said.Read

Mass disorder at power station demo

Officers were facing "concerted disorder" as hundreds of climate change protesters converged at one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations, police said.Read

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