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Speeding player spared driving ban

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Road safety campaigners have condemned a judge after a Premier League footballer caught doing 106mph in his Porsche was spared a driving ban.

Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins was clocked breaking the 70mph speed limit while on the way to the city's airport.

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'Turbulent year' for homes market

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Britain's biggest building society has said house prices fell by a record 15.9% during 2008 as it warned the property market was in for another...

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Staff praised as Woolworths closes

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Tribute has been paid to Woolworths workers who face redundancy for "seeing the job through" to the company's very last day of trading. John...

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Baby dies in hospital bug outbreak

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

One baby has died and six others are being treated in an isolation ward after a bug hit a hospital's neo-natal unit. The baby, who was born...

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Knife crime claims 'misleading'

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

The statistics watchdog has reignited the row over Government knife crime figures with a detailed critique of a controversial Home Office press...

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Big freeze set to continue

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Britain's big freeze has intensified as forecasters warned temperatures would continue to plunge. Tens of thousands of motorists were left...

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Britain 'immune' from gas shortages

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Britain will be immune from any gas shortages caused by the row between Russia and Ukraine, the Government has said. UK dependence on Russia...

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British woman dies of rabies

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

A woman who contracted rabies while abroad has died in a Northern Ireland hospital. Lisa McMurray had been in a critical condition in the...

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Warning to M&S amid job cuts claims

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Union leaders are seeking urgent talks with high street giant Marks & Spencer as workers braced themselves for huge job losses in the wake...

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Middle East faces 'darkest moment'

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Gordon Brown has warned that the Middle East is facing its "darkest moment yet" amid more bloodshed in Gaza - but expressed hope that a deal...

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