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Downturn hits manufacturers hard
The regions are being hit hard by the downturn, if the evidence in Derby is to be believed.
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Driver jailed for killing friend
A motorist is jailed for four years after killing his friend in a high-speed road crash in Aberdeenshire.
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Ferry service may start in 2010
A new high-speed passenger ferry linking Devon and Wales could be up and running by spring 2010, says an operator.
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Disappearing coast presents dilemma
National Trust officials in Dorset decide it is best to let nature take its course when it comes to coastal erosion.
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Scrubbing Up: Your comments
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Family death crash father guilty
A Lincolnshire father is convicted of causing the deaths of four of his children by dangerous driving.
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Men sought over drive-by killing
Police release CCTV images of several men wanted over the murder of student Ricardo Cox in south London.
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Squeeze panel: Andrew Smyth
Meet Andrew Smyth from our panel of families charting how the economic sqeeze is affecting them
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Financial front line
Your stories how the downturn is affecting workers in financial services across the UK
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Drink-driver killed six in crash
Six people were unlawfully killed when a drink-driver crashed while on the wrong side of the road, an inquest hears.
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Militants torch Afghan supplies
More than 90 lorries supplying US forces in Afghanistan are set on fire in a suspected militant attack in Pakistan, police say.
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Marking 50 years of UK motorways
It is half a century since the opening of Britain's first stretch of motorway, the Preston by-pass.
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Jenin: A model for the West bank?
A year ago, the West Bank town of Jenin was a militia stronghold, now US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice describes it as a "place of hope", reports the BBC's Heather Sharp.
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Bank expected to cut rates again
The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates later to their lowest level for more than half a century.
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New car sales fall by one-third
Sales of new cars in the UK fell at the fastest rate in 28 years in November, figures from the industry show.
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Baby decisions - adding to the world's woes?
As you decide whether or not to have children, should you take the world's increasing stack of environmental woes into account?
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Now crime gadget can annoy us all
A new noise device intended to infuriate criminals into leaving is launched amid criticism from campaigners.
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Festive shoppers Sunday bus rides
Special Sunday park and ride bus services are being laid on for shoppers in Reading in the run-up to Christmas and over the New Year period.
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Cash-strapped GM mulls asset sale
General Motors says it is looking to sell and lease back some of its properties around the world to raise cash.
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Pakistan's spreading Taleban war
Pakistan's battle against Taleban militants will be slow and hard, writes the BBC's Damian Grammaticas in Peshawar.
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