Marriage Tax Breaks: Cameron Faces Revolt

Tax breaks for married couples will not be part of next month's Budget, a senior Government source has said. The news is likely to upset many Conservative backbenchers who have suggested the change should be included in Chancellor George Osborne's next...

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Car Park Dug Up Around Marooned Mercedes

Workers were forced to resurface a car park around a stranded vehicle after its owner decided to move barriers to park there. The area was blocked off by diggers at Edinburgh Waverley railway station, but when they turned up the next day, they found...

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Halal Prison Food Found To Contain Pork DNA

A company which supplies Halal meat to prisons has had its contract suspended after traces of pork DNA were found in pies and pasties. The Ministry of Justice said it had withdrawn the products immediately, while justice minister Jeremy Wright said...

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Twitter Hacked: Up To 250,000 Passwords Taken

Around 250,000 Twitter users may have had their accounts compromised by computer hackers. The social networking site said usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords may have been taken during an "extremely sophisticated" attack on its systems....

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India Gang Rape Accused Plead Not Guilty

Five men accused of the brutal murder and gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student on a Delhi bus have denied the allegations. They pleaded not guilty after being indicted on 13 charges in a special fast-track court in the capital. The defendants...

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Alabama Hostage-Taker Bragged About Bunker

A neighbour of a man who has taken a child hostage in an underground bunker said he had been building it for months. Police said Jimmy Lee Dykes killed school bus driver Charles Albert Poland, 66, on Tuesday before abducting a five-year-old boy and...

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RBS Told To Pay Libor Fine From Bonus Pot

Chancellor George Osborne wants any fine paid by the Royal Bank of Scotland over the Libor scandal to come out of its bankers' bonuses. RBS, which is majority-owned by the taxpayer, is expected to agree a fine of £400-500m next week with US and British...

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Blackpool Burning Body: Teen Stabbed To Death

A 16-year-old girl whose body was found burning in an alley was stabbed to death, a post-mortem examination has found. Sasha Marsden's body was set on fire after she had died from stab wounds to the head and face, police said. Police cordoned off the...

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Iran Space Monkey Photos Prompt Questions

Iran's claim that it successfully sent a monkey into orbit has been called into question after the release of contrasting before-and-after pictures of the primate space traveller. The images, obtained from the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), appear...

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George Osborne Backs Bank Break-Up Powers

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Misbehaving banks could be forcibly broken up, George Osborne is expected to warn the industry, in a move that will pave the way for a further fundamental shake-up of Britain's banking sector. I understand that the...

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