Towns and villages across England are bracing themselves for 'bombshell' news on the location of hundreds of new and upgraded gipsy and traveller camps.
Alistair Darling is so exasperated by the 'moral failure' of banks to help small firms and families that he is poised to toughen the law.
A Cambridge undergraduate has caused uproar by becoming the first to pose topless in a student magazine.
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Baby buggies which face forwards may stunt children's development and turn them into anxious adults, according to a study. Infants suffer more stress in modern buggies with seats facing away from their parent.
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Doctors carrying out an operation to remove a woman's 'brain tumour' got a surprise - when they came across a live worm instead.
More than 10,000 people die needlessly each year because their cancers are not diagnosed in time, a study says.
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More than 130 families a day are losing their homes to banks and building societies, shocking figures will reveal today.
The European Union is costing Britain a staggering £106,000 a minute, a think-tank has revealed.
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