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Post offices must close - minister

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

A government minister has maintained that post office closures were necessary because the network continued to lose half-a-million-pounds every day.

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Bakery murder boy 'refused fight'

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

Friends of a murdered teenager face a sombre return to school on what would have been his last day as a pupil.

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Tax burden 'up 50% under Labour'

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

Britain's tax bill has increased by more than 50% in the past ten years under Labour, it has been claimed.

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Loan ads on Facebook prompt warning

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

Some credit companies are breaking advertising rules when they use social networking sites to tout for business, a charity has warned.

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Public urged to help Burma victims

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

The public have been urged to donate to an appeal fund to help save the lives of those affected by the Burmese cyclone.

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House price fall 'welcomed by many'

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

More people are hoping for house prices to fall than to rise, according to the results of a new poll.

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Johnson calls for 'radical change'

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for "radical change" in social care amid claims the system in England is heading towards a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years.

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Cameron: UK paying price for Labour

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

Britain is paying the price for a decade of Labour rule which had put "bureaucratic neatness" ahead of social value, David Cameron is due to claim.

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Rail staff threaten national strike

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

The threat of the first national rail strike for 14 years was raised when the industry's biggest union announced that it was balloting 17,000 workers for industrial action.

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Debate on controversial embryo Bill

8:39am Monday 12th May 2008

Controversial legislation to widen the scope of embryo research is due to begin what is likely to be a stormy passage through the House of Commons.

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Sullivan keen for Blues exit

Updated 8:49am Monday 12th May 2008

Co-owner David Sullivan has vowed to quit Birmingham following the reaction from fans towards himself and the board as relegation from the Barclays Premier League was confirmed.

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Your Say Your Herefordshire

We want to price long-term parking out of the city centre, making it short-term/high turnover. Commuters should be encouraged to use long-term car parks on the fringes on the city − Brian Wilcoz

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Walking through Ross today I counted three drivers using mobile phones in the centre of town, obviously aware that no police or CSOs are on duty!! This was when school kids were going home about 4.00pm. − Pencraig

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