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Call for MP expenses 'principles'

Tough expenses rules for MPs should be abandoned in favour of a set of "principles" and scrutiny by voters, the watchdog in charge of...

2010 'coldest December on record'

Last month was the chilliest December in records stretching back 100 years and one of the coldest months ever recorded in the UK, the...

Big freeze hits high street stores

Fashion chain Next has said it lost £22 million in sales as retailers revealed the impact of December's big freeze on festive trading.The disruption...

Dozens killed in India cold snap

Near-freezing temperatures and icy Himalayan winds have killed dozens of people in northern India.In the worst-hit Uttar Pradesh state, five people died from the...

Koreas war played down by envoys

President Barack Obama's envoy for North Korea has sought to calm fears of war on the Korean peninsula, saying that the US and South...

Dead birds riddle probed in Sweden

Investigators in Sweden are trying to find out what caused the death of around 50 birds found in a street in the city of...

Lebanon in UN plea over gas fields

Lebanon has asked the United Nations (UN) to protect the country's natural gas reserves along the maritime border with Israel.Government officials have accused Israel...

Retail fears see end of FTSE rally

Concerns over high street Christmas trading and lower commodity prices have called a halt to the new year rally as the FTSE 100 Index...

Drop in housebuilding recorded

The construction sector contracted in December after housebuilders recorded their lowest level of activity for 20 months, according to new figures.The latest Markit/CIPS Purchasing...

Boney M singer had heart disease

Bobby Farrell, the Boney M singer, died of heart disease, Russian investigators say.Farrell, 61, was found dead on December 30 in his hotel room...

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