| | Britain hit by more snow and ice
| | Weather warnings for ice and snow are in place across Britain as the cold weather continues, with hazardous conditions reported due to freezing rain.
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| | New Homs shelling 'kills dozens'
| | Nearly 100 people are reported killed in new violence in Syria's city of Homs as government troops continue an onslaught aimed at crushing rebels.
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| | Clifford talks of media 'cancer'
| | Max Clifford tells the Leveson media probe phone hacking was a "cancer" in journalism, while Heather Mills spoke of having her messages accessed.
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| | 'Outstanding' schools face review
| | Radical improvements to England's education system are needed, says the head of Ofsted, as he announces that a quarter of all schools in England rated outstanding will be re-examined.
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| | PM's Abu Qatada talks with Jordan
| | UK Prime Minister David Cameron and King Abdullah of Jordan agreed to work on finding a "solution" to the Abu Qatada case, during a phone call on Thursday.
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| | Guilty pleas over hospital abuse
| | Three members of staff from a private hospital near Bristol, featured in a Panorama programme, plead guilty to the ill treatment of residents.
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| | PM 'won't rule out' board quotas
| | David Cameron has said he will not "rule out quotas" as a way of getting more women into top executive jobs, at a summit in Stockholm.
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| | Dementia plaque 'rapidly cleared'
| | Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.
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| | Couple in £45m EuroMillions win
| | A young Nottinghamshire woman who won the £45m Euromillions jackpot says she had only played the lottery about half a dozen times.
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| | Steve Jobs' FBI files made public
| | The FBI releases its files on Apple founder Steve Jobs, revealing a man who commanded respect but was questioned on his honesty and morality.
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| | Laser radar spots quake changes
| | An earthquake fault zone in Mexico is imaged with unprecedented precision, thanks to improvements in Light Detection and Ranging - laser radar.
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| | US banks in mortgage settlement
| | Five of the biggest US banks agree to provide $25bn in assistance to homeowners to settle claims over improper foreclosure practices.
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| | Voter 'opt-out' may yet go ahead
| | A controversial proposal to let people "opt out" of being on the electoral register may still go ahead, despite concerns it will lead to a big drop in registered voters.
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| | Parents warned over CRB proposals
| | Parents should teach their children about the risk of paedophiles, a minister has said as he defended plans to ease Criminal Records Bureau checks.
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| | Assisted suicide ruling reserved
| | Judgment is reserved in a case brought by a severely disabled man with "locked-in syndrome" who urged a judge not to halt his High Court action to let a doctor end his life.
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