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FTSE down as festive reports mixed

Game Group and Argos owner Home Retail Group were the major share price winners in a busy session for Christmas trading updates.In contrast, supermarket...

Floodwaters start to recede in city

Deadly floodwaters have finally begun to recede from the devastated streets of Brisbane, while officials warned it could be days before people can return...

Birds 'died of alcohol poisoning'

Authorities in Romania have said dozens of starlings died of alcohol poisoning, not avian flu as feared.Romeu Lazar, the executive director of the veterinary...

2,000 jobs under threat at council

Around 2,000 jobs are at risk at Manchester City Council, it has announced.The authority said it has been "badly hit" by Government cuts and...

Wintry weather hits Tesco trading

Supermarket giant Tesco has said severe winter weather hindered its Christmas trading performance as it posted modest 0.6% like-for-like sales growth.The UK's biggest supermarket...

Suu Kyi in bid to revive party

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seeking to revive her political party in military-run Burma by launching an appeal to the Supreme Court...

Child maintenance system overhaul

Urgent reforms in the child support system are needed to halt the "tragic" scale of family breakdown, Families Minister Maria Miller has said.Statistics show...

Default retirement age 'scrapped'

Employers will no longer be able to force staff to retire at 65 from October, the Government is set to announce.Fulfilling a pledge in...

Minister criticises publisher move

The decision by the publisher of the Daily Express to pull out of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) brings statutory regulation of newspapers and...

Boeing set to announce 787 delivery

The head of Boeing's commercial airplanes division said the company hopes to announce a delivery schedule for its 787 aircraft within two weeks, but...

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