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31 December 2008

• Smith vows 'clear deal' on policing
• Exam board wins Sats contract
• Warning on private data 'hellhouse'
• Petrol prices at new low amid cuts
• Morley still believes in Smith
• Free parking at Scottish hospitals
• Big Ben adjusted for 'leap' second
• Gerrard trains after assault charge
• Fuller accuses team-mate
• Droylsden appeal fails
• Revellers set for chilly New Year
• Rain washes out opening ODI
• O'Neill relief as Villa survive scare
• Deco: Scolari will make us champions
• Kinnear: It's a given Shay will stay
• Van Barneveld wins thriller
• Dying man probe: Ambulancemen held
• Gerrard due back for training
• Newborn twin babies defy odds again
• Adams hails Belhadj capture
• Santa Cruz: My future is in England
• Union fights against rail job cuts
• Private firm may run 'spy' database
• Robertson arrested in crash probe
• Vaughan vows to earn England place back
• Mardle bows out
• Threat of axe affecting form - Robinho
• Scolari looks on the bright side
• Public sector 'non-jobs' revealed
• South Africa eye top spot
• £7m UK aid amid call for Gaza truce
• Reds vow to back Gerrard
• Late own goal lifts Villa into fourth
• Early Earth 'was covered in water'
• Cameron calls for 'year of change'
• Petrol price 'hits three-year low'
• Town in silent tribute to Marines
• Call for use of car speed-limiters
• House prices hit another record low
• McDermott lands Leeds role
• British missionaries jailed
• Alcoholic parents avoid jail term
• 3,900 knives seized by police in stop and search operation
• Money isn't everything, says art dealer who gave $3m sale profit to charity
• Celebrities whose worthy projects received a boost
• 2008 was great for me
• Designer of eco-friendly holdall is given MBE
• Finally six are recognised for bravery on 7/7
• Give Crippen a pardon, says descendant
• Teachers get warning over Facebook chat
• Sir Cameron tops theatre's influentials list for 2008
• Ex-DPP chief attacks plan for email database
• Sats fiasco could be repeated next year, warns exam chief
• Girl killed after BMX bike ride throws her into Jeep
• Barney gets out of trouble at Ally Pally
• The year the best of British took on the world and came up smiling
• Now Roman feels the chill in Siberia
• Record Footsie fall despite late flourish
• Fed in £346bn move to kick-start housing
• Graeme Smith: Aussie win is our best
• Mike Shanahan is bucked by stumbling Broncos
• Star Cipriani's £200,000-a-year contract talks alert Sarries
• I can tighten road law, says 'Mr Loophole' offers to make road laws
• The Funeral, written, cast and directed by Harold Pinter
• Birthday Party started my love affair with the stage
• Brickbats and brilliance - what our critics made of his plays
• Why I'm now willing to give God a chance
• Investors should show resolution
• This man flu is no laughing matter
• Ring in the new? I'm off to bed
• After a dramatic 2008 one thing is for sure: next year won't be dull
• Rio to cut debt with China smelter sale
• Folio Hotels is saved by Home House deal
• RBS 'ready to dump its Bank of China stake'
• Dr Doom of Wall St is big loser with Madoff
• The unheeded warnings of 2008
• Housebuilders fall 85% to be worst sector of year
• Blue Oar tells shareholders to ignore bid
• New Star blow as Aberdeen opts for Credit Suisse deal
• Andy Murray is ready to muscle in at the top
• We turn a blind eye to many brothels, admits Yard chief
• Racing set to be decimated by freezing conditions
• Queen Hayley is simply ton-derful in Sport of Kings
• City's big spenders dictate capital gains
• Collins urges Hammers to keep Bellamy
• Chelsea set to bounce back after crisis talks
• London workers to get Friday off as bosses save money
• 'Race card' accusation over Obama successor
• Pakistan tries to regain control of Khyber Pass
• No lifeguards at this pool ... Madoff loses $10,000 statue
• Israel rejects calls for ceasefire as 'unrealistic'
• Palestinians stage third day of London demos
• 'The first bomb was like being punched by a ghost ...'
• Spurs must wait for Jermain Defoe
• Martin O'Neill salutes 'brave' Bennett over penalty
• Share prices fall by third in Footsie's worst year
• 2009 will provide rich pickings for investors who keep their nerve
• Boris: 2009 can be year of hope
• Forget the freeze ... bring in the New Year with a bang
• Emergency services expect 999 calls surge tonight
• Thousands of small businesses face bankruptcy
• £65bn wiped off value of company pension schemes
• Win tickets for The London Boat Show and a bottle of Tanqueray gin
• Let's get this party started
• Win tickets to a star-studded screening of The Wrestler!
• Le Pont de la Tour is a treat by the Thames
• I foresee Lena times ahead