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MPs' expenses 27min ago

MPs under fire over expenses again

11 Sep 2014: Concern as figures emerge showing that MPs claimed more last year than at the peak of the expenses scandal in 2008/9
Energy industry 28min ago

Power plant construction programme 'may prove expensive and unnecessary'

11 Sep 2014: Public might have underwrite £359m annual cost if ministers do not put more emphasis on reducing electricity demand, MPs say
Global development 47min ago

Ebola outbreak an avoidable tragedy, say UK ministers

11 Sep 2014: Commons committee report says hesitancy and lack of coordination over crisis suggests that emergency plans failed
Glasgow 1hr 25min ago

Glasgow pulls no punches in welcome to 'Save the Union Express'

11 Sep 2014: Labour MPs, councillors and advisers from London disembark in Scottish city to cheers of 'rubbish, lies, excrement!'

• Live updates from the Scotland independence battle
Scottish independence 2hr 38min ago

Retailers under pressure to back no vote in Scottish referendum

11 Sep 2014: Campaign warning of higher prices following independence backed by No 10, but leading supermarkets refuse to join
Manchester 3hr 3min ago

Suspected arson at dogs' home leaves 43 animals dead

11 Sep 2014: Male youth arrested after fire breaks out at Manchester dogs' home, from which around 150 animals were rescued
Clacton byelection 2014 3hr 43min ago

Conservatives select former 1980s television star to fight Ukip in Clacton

11 Sep 2014:
Giles Watling playing catch-up against Douglas Carswell, who was the town's MP before defecting from Tory ranks to Ukip
Animals 4hr 13min ago

Tesco abandons plan to shoot rogue wagtail

11 Sep 2014: Bosses of Great Yarmouth supermarket backtrack on scheme to get rid of unwanted customer after outcry from public
Scottish independence 4hr 32min ago

Independent Scotland 'faces doubling of BBC licence fee'

11 Sep 2014: The BBC says it must maintain its impartiality and will not comment on any issue which might sway the vote
King Edward VII hospital hoax call 4hr 36min ago

Jacintha Saldanha 'took blame' for Duchess of Cambridge prank call

11 Sep 2014: Inquest hears nurse found hanged had sent distressed emails to colleagues over Australian DJs' hoax call about pregnant Kate
UK news 4hr 47min ago

Three died in fire after smoke alarms were disabled

11 Sep 2014: Inquest in Devon hears that devices were switched off because they were starting to go off at night and keep the family awake
Scottish independence 5hr 4min ago

Scotland's NHS is not better off with independence, says IFS

11 Sep 2014: Thinktank rebuts Salmond's claim that union threatens health service as Gordon Brown hints he might challenge first minister
Disability sport 5hr 5min ago

British soldiers strike gold at Invictus Games

11 Sep 2014: Servicemen and women overcome injuries to win clutch of medals on first day of international tournament in London
UK news 5hr 29min ago

Alice Gross's phone could hold key to her disappearance

11 Sep 2014: Police appeal for return of distinctive white iPhone as text shows missing girl, 14, was returning home

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Business news

Scottish independence: Party leaders take high road to Scotland to avert yes vote

Salmond derides 'panic' in no campaign as Cameron, Miliband and Clegg appeal to Scots and Carney warns on currency union
OECD report: are larger school class sizes a good thing?

Report says UK's pupil-teacher ratio is well above average, but this is a trade-off for education systems with finite resources
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Crime news

Girl shot in Sussex by man believed to be father

Body of man found at scene in Northiam where young girl was thought to have been shot in head and seriously wounded
Police seek extension to question man over death of woman in New Forest

Hampshire police want more time to question 36-year-old man in connection with stabbing of Penelope Davis
- Murder inquiry launched as woman's body is found in New Forest
- Three arrested over New Forest murder

Health news

Jacintha Saldanha 'took blame' for Duchess of Cambridge prank call

Inquest hears nurse found hanged had sent distressed emails to colleagues over Australian DJs' hoax call about pregnant Kate
- Inquest hears nurse had no history of psychiatric illness
- Radio station made four further calls
Scotland's NHS is not better off with independence, says IFS

Thinktank rebuts Salmond's claim that union threatens health service as Gordon Brown hints he might challenge first minister
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Politics news

David Cameron overrules Philip Hammond on air strikes in Syria

Spokesman says Cameron hasn't ruled anything out after Hammond insisted that UK won't be taking part in strikes
Poll boost for Scottish no campaign as party leaders make plea to voters

Sterling rallies on currency markets after Survation opinion poll gives pro-union side six point lead
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Alex Salmond heckled by BBC reporter - video

Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond is heckled by BBC political editor Nick Robinson during an international media briefing