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'Drunk Tanks' Could Solve Drinking Problem

'Drunk Tanks' Could Solve Drinking Problem

Drunk tanks could be introduced into Britain as the Government seeks "innovative" solutions to tackle the "scandal" of public drunkeness.

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Whitney's Funeral On Saturday In New Jersey

Whitney's Funeral On Saturday In New Jersey

Pop star Whitney Houston's funeral service will take place on Saturday at the church in Newark, New Jersey, where she sang as a child.

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Greece: Cash Lifeline Meeting Cancelled

Greece: Cash Lifeline Meeting Cancelled

Finance ministers from across Europe have cancelled a meeting to discuss a cash lifeline for Greece because they say the country has still not done enough to spring the money.

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Gloom As Unemployment Set To Rise Again

Gloom As Unemployment Set To Rise Again

New figures due out from the Office for National Statistics are expected to show an increase in unemployment for the eighth month in a row. The Institute for Public Policy Research...

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Fears Iran Is Helping Al Qaeda Plot Atrocity

Fears Iran Is Helping Al Qaeda Plot Atrocity

Iran and al Qaeda's core leadership under Ayman al Zawahiri have established an "operational relationship" amid fears the terror group is planning a spectacular attack against...

Police Probe 'Suspicious' Vicarage Death

Police Probe 'Suspicious' Vicarage Death

Police are investigating the "suspicious" death of a man found inside a locked vicarage in a small market town in South Gloucestershire.

Jolie: Bosnian War Film Is Wake-Up Call To World

Jolie: Bosnian War Film Is Wake-Up Call To World

Angelina Jolie has said her film about the Bosnian war should be a "wake-up call" for the world to act in time to prevent atrocities like those now happening in Syria.

Italy: Prosecutors Appeal Knox Acquittal

Italy: Prosecutors Appeal Knox Acquittal

Italian prosecutors have launched an appeal against the acquittal of Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

Tributes To 'Shining Star' RAF Airman, 21

Tributes To 'Shining Star' RAF Airman, 21

A Royal Air Force airman killed while on patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand Province has been named as Senior Aircraftman Ryan Tomlin.

Wills And Kate In A Barbie World Of Their Own

Wills And Kate In A Barbie World Of Their Own

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to be immortalised as a pair of Barbie dolls.

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