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UK News: Baby's body discovered in garden
The body of a newborn baby has been discovered in a garden, police have said.
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UK News: Gillard to remain as Australian PM
Australian PM Julia Gillard's Labour Party will rule the country for a second three-year term after two independent politicians joined her coalition.
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UK News: Tube strike misery for travellers
Millions of commuters and other passengers face travel misery as a strike by rail workers causes major disruption to London Underground services.
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UK News: Taxpayers learn of payment errors
Some of the nearly six million people who paid too much or too little income tax are to find out whether they are due a rebate or have to make more payments.
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UK News: Diamond named new head of Barclays
Multi-millionaire banker Bob Diamond has been named as the next chief executive of banking group Barclays.
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West Midlands News: Birmingham City Council bosses battle each other to save their jobs
Three of Birmingham City Council’s highest-paid bosses are fighting against each other to save their jobs in a major staffing shake-up.
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JLR news: Jaguar Land Rover bucks trend by reporting rising sales
Jaguar and Land Rover bucked a declining trend in UK car sales last month – and posted substantial rises.
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Politics News: West Bromwich MP Tom Watson persuades police to hold fresh phone hacking probe
Scotland Yard is to consider fresh claims that a top Tory aide was involved in a phone hacking scandal, following criticism from a West Midlands MP.
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Health News: Diabetic woman died after Stafford Hospital nurses failed to give her insulin, inquest told
A diabetic woman admitted to a Midlands hospital after a fall slipped into a coma and died after nurses failed to giver her vital insulin injections an inquest heard.
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West Midlands News: Cuts 'will not hit' 999 calls, insist West Midlands fire chiefs
Senior fire officers have pledged that looming budget cuts next year will not lead to delays in answering 999 calls.
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UK News: Gillard to form minority government
Prime minister Julia Gillard's Labour Party will form a minority government to rule Australia after two independent politicians backed her coalition.
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West Midlands News: Pete Waterman launches £1m appeal to repair Midland heritage railway line
A £1 million appeal to repair an embankment collapse on a heritage rail line was launched today by rail enthusiast and record producer Pete Waterman.
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UK News: Sixth have secret bank accounts
One in six Britons have a bank account they keep secret from their partner, with the average person having more than £2,000 stashed away, a survey has indicated.
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UK News: Millions hit by Tube staff strike
Millions of commuters are facing travel chaos on Tuesday after London Underground workers began a fresh wave of 24-hour strikes - a move that will cost the economy almost £50 million.
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UK News: Osborne to back EU banking controls
Chancellor George Osborne is to endorse sweeping European supervisory powers over banks and financial institutions in response to the economic crisis.
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UK News: MPs to grill officer over phone row
A top Scotland Yard officer faces a grilling from MPs on Tuesday over the newspaper phone-hacking row threatening to engulf David Cameron's communications chief.
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UK News: Diamond to be new head of Barclays
Multi-millionaire banker Bob Diamond will be named as the next chief executive of banking group Barclays.
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UK News: Vote referendum plan clears hurdle
Controversial plans for a referendum on changing the Westminster voting system comfortably cleared their first Commons hurdle.
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UK News: Call for health and safety 'tsar'
Union leaders have pressed the Government to appoint a health and safety "tsar" after a new study showed that more than 20,000 people were killed prematurely by their work every year.
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UK News: Women 'would spend £50,000' on IVF
Women would spend an average of £15,000 on IVF to get pregnant, with one in 10 willing to spend more than £50,000, research showed.
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