Pensions: Flat Rate Set For 2017 Introduction

Details of a radical shake-up of the state pension are due to be unveiled by the Government on Monday. A single flat rate, equivalent to around £144 in today's money, is expected to be introduced for new pensioners from 2017, to try to simplify the...

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Belfast Protests: 29 Police Officers Injured

Twenty-nine police officers have been injured during disorder in east Belfast. Police used water cannon during sectarian clashes overnight between loyalists and republicans in the Castlereagh Street area. Trouble flared after a city centre demonstration...

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Boyfriend Remanded Over Murder Charge

The boyfriend of a 23-year-old Russian woman found dead in her south London flat has appeared in court charged with her murder. Felipe Lopes, 27, was remanded in custody at Bromley Magistrates' Court and will appear next at the Old Bailey on Tuesday,...

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Insurers To Claw Back Cost Of UK Floods

By Isabel Webster, West Of England Correspondent The clean-up from the 2012 floods is expected to cost insurers over £1bn and push premiums up for a fourth consecutive year. Eight thousand properties were flooded last year, according to the Environment...

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Mali: British Military Plane 'Leaving Today'

The first British military plane destined to assist the French operation in Mali will leave this afternoon, Sky sources say. The RAF C17 will stop off in Paris to load before a 10-hour flight to the West African country and will not arrive before tomorrow,...

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British Girl, 8, Killed In Jamaica Gun Attack

A family is in shock after a "happy, playful" British girl was killed by a gunman who opened fire in a cafe in Jamaica. Imani Green, eight, was visiting relatives on the island with her mother when she was shot in the northwestern village of Duncans,...

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Big Issue Sellers Stabbed To Death Named

Two Big Issue sellers, stabbed to death in a city centre, have been named by police. Wayne Lee Busst, 32, and Ian Watson Gladwish, 31, both from Birmingham, were killed on Friday just before 6pm. One of the men was found outside a Sainsbury's store...

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David Cameron Faces Party Battle Over Europe

David Cameron is facing a challenge to hold his party together as battle lines are drawn over Europe. With just over a week until the Prime Minister's key speech on Britain's relationship with the EU, Tory Europhiles have launched a fight-back against...

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'Bucket List' Cancer Teenager Alice Dies

A teenager who gained nationwide fame after writing a "bucket list" of things to do before she died has lost her battle with cancer at the age of 17. Alice Pyne, from Ulverston in Cumbria, managed to complete most of her list, including meeting Take...

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Weather Warning: 'Severe' Ice And Snow Ahead

Forecasters have issued a new severe weather warning, with a high chance of disruptive ice and snow in England for much of next week. The Met Office has raised its alert level to three - one step below a national emergency - and said icy conditions...

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