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JP Morgan says it will move into Lehman Brothers' old London headquarters, and will continue work on a new skyscraper.
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GermanyHeavy snow and freezing cold temperatures are causing travel problems from Britain, through France, Holland, Belgium and Germany
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A meeting between ministers and bank bosses over bonuses is postponed because of the weather - with Chancellor George Osborne delayed in New York.
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AfghanistanA year in the lives of four British soldiers serving in Afghanistan
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England coach Andy Flower says his team will stick with their four-man bowling attack for the fourth Ashes Test, but hints that Steve Finn may be left out.
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The CBI cuts its forecast for UK first quarter economic growth and says it expects interest rates to start rising in the spring.
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IsraelA British woman who survived a knife attack in Israel, in which another woman died, has told police she pretended to be dead in order to live.
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Heathrow Airport is all but shut as snow disrupts flights across the UK, creating a backlog of hundreds of thousands of passengers just days before Christmas.
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England captain Andrew Strauss has not ruled out making changes to the team for the vital fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.
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AustraliaAustralia wrap up a 267-run win in the third Ashes Test as England's last five wickets tumble in 50 minutes on the fourth day.
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AustraliaAustralia take just 50 minutes on the fourth morning to wrap up a 267-run victory over England in the Perth Ashes Test, to tie the series at 1-1.
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England face a monumental task to avoid defeat in the third Ashes Test in Perth after slumping to 81-5 in their pursuit of 391 to win.
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Travellers face chaotic journeys as heavy snow falls across the UK, although some outgoing Heathrow flights are expected to resume from 0600 GMT.
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Amanda Knox has been granted a review of the forensic evidence used to convict her of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
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Kilmarnock beat Hibernian as Hearts draw with Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the only SPL matches to take place in Scotland over the weekend.
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Tax avoidance protesters stage demonstrations at stores across the UK on what is traditionally the busiest shopping weekend of the year.
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Police begin a murder inquiry after a four-year-old girl is found dead in east London.
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Job centres around Britain are to give food vouchers to people experiencing severe financial hardship.
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AustraliaEngland look set for a heavy defeat to Australia in the third Test, reaching a woeful 81-5 at stumps on day three, needing 391 to win.
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Ontario's top court raises the sentence of a man convicted of participating in an al-Qaeda-inspired plot to bomb British targets in 2004.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says his country will nationalise all US and UK companies operating in the country unless Western sanctions are removed.
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Blizzards and widespread ice in many parts of the UK are causing considerable disruption, with more wintry weather forecast for the weekend.
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Sir Paul McCartney performs an intimate lunchtime gig at the 100 Club on London's Oxford Street, a historic music venue threatened with closure.
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A temporary cap on the number of skilled workers from outside the EU allowed into the UK was introduced "unlawfully", the High Court rules.
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United States, ZimbabweZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says his country will nationalise US and UK companies in the country unless Western sanctions are removed.
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England batsman Ian Bell says the tourists need early wickets on Saturday to get back into the third Ashes Test.
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United StatesUS comedian Jerry Seinfeld is to play a one-off show in the UK next year, his first on these shores since 1998.
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Czech RepublicRangers face Sporting Lisbon in the last 32 of the Europa League, while Manchester City play Aris Salonika and Liverpool play Sparta Prague.
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The government has announced it is scrapping a target for ambulances in England to get to less urgent 999 calls within 19 minutes.
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BelgiumThe UK joins forces with France and Germany to demand an EU spending freeze - but critics say the PM should have pushed for a budget cut and reforms.
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United StatesShares in UK pharmaceutical AstraZeneca drop 5% after US regulators further delay approval of its heart drug Brilinta.
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AustraliaAustralia lead England by exactly 200 after reaching 119-3 in their second innings after day two of the third Test in Perth, after Mitchell Johnson takes 6-38.
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The continuing financial problems in the eurozone pose a threat to UK banks, the Bank of England warns.
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About 9% of boys in England - up to 15% in some areas - starts secondary school with, at best, the reading skills of a typical seven-year-old, data shows.
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Temperatures are plummeting across the UK with widespread ice forecast to cause dangerous driving conditions.
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A 30-year-old man is charged with attempting to murder two police officers at a bus stop in Ealing, west London.
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The Northern Ireland Executive agrees to hold an inquiry into historic and institutional child abuse in Northern Ireland.
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An asylum-seeker who left a girl dying under his car when he fled the scene can stay in the UK, an immigration court rules.
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IrelandThe European Court of Human Rights rules that Irish abortion laws violated the rights of one of three women who sought terminations in Britain.
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Pakistan, United StatesTwo white British al-Qaeda members have died in a suspected US drone raid in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Pakistan, United StatesTwo white British al-Qaeda members have been killed in a suspected US drone attack in north-west Pakistan, local officials say.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)A 1954 painting by Stanley Spencer sets a new auction record for the British artist after being sold in London for £1.43m.
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Irishwoman Rhonda Donaghey tells 5 live Breakfast about having to travel to the UK to have a termination.
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Illegal downloading in the UK is growing with around 7.7 million people choosing not to legitimately buy music online, according to new figures.
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AustraliaEngland take a firm grip on the third Ashes Test in Perth after bowling Australia out for 268 on the opening day.
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AustraliaEngland take a firm grip on the third Ashes Test in Perth after bowling Australia out for 268 on the opening day.
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UK retail sales rose 0.3% in November, broadly in line with analysts' expectations, official figures show.
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Nader el Masri talks about his hopes of running for Gaza at the London Olympics.
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Henry McLeish backs Scottish Premier League proposals for a two-tier top flight with 10 teams in each division in the second part of his review.
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Students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland who go to Scottish universities could face annual tuition fees of up to £6,000, the BBC learns.
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New guidance for prosecutors in England and Wales advises "very careful" treatment of cases where people retract rape allegations.
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Two police officers are stabbed while making checks on bus tickets in west London, the Metropolitan Police confirm.
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The Association of British Bookmakers investigates claims of irregular betting activity over the red card shown to Motherwell's Steve Jennings on Tuesday.
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Public sector job losses caused unemployment to rise by 35,000 in the three months to October, the first increase in six months.
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The deficit in the Local Government Pension Scheme in England may have more than doubled in the past three years to £100bn, research suggests.
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The government has confirmed it is to go through with big structural changes to the NHS in England.
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A rich archive of film footage of British life in the 1930s and 1940s has been released online for the first time.
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Australia may field a four-man pace attack and bowl first if captain Ricky Ponting wins the toss in the third Ashes Test against England in Perth.
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SwedenWikileaks founder Julian Assange is granted bail by a London court as he fights sexual assault claims, but he will remain in custody until an appeal is heard.
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Peers back government plans to raise student tuition fees in England to as much as £9,000 a year.
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Sir Paul McCartney is to play his smallest gig for more than 10 years at the 100 Club in London.
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The government announces the final list of the 93 magistrates' courts and 49 county courts it plans to close in England and Wales.
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British movie The King's Speech leads the nominations for next year's Golden Globe Awards, with seven nods in key categories, including best film drama.
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The state-owned Forensic Science Service, which employs 1,600 people and provides services to police in England and Wales, is to be wound up.
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UK inflation rose to 3.3% in November, its highest level for six months, prompting a call for interest rates to rise.
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The Football Association of Wales unveils Sheffield United boss Gary Speed as the new Wales manager.
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British Airways says it will increase its fuel surcharge on long-haul flights by £10 to between £63 and £108.
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Wikileaks' Julian Assange says being held on remand in the UK has only increased his resolve to carry on publishing secret documents.
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Almost 1,000 primary schools in England which staged Sats tests this year do not meet new targets.
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United StatesAmerican fears that the UK was struggling to cope with home-grown extremism are revealed in new Wikileaks cables.
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Councils in England are to face cuts of almost 10% next year in their core central funding, the government announces.
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NigeriaDubai's highest court rules that a former state governor from Nigeria can be extradited to the UK to face corruption charges.
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SwedenPolice search a house in Luton as part of the inquiry into Saturday's suspected suicide bombing in Stockholm.
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Foreign sportsmen and women, and other foreign staff taking part in the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, are exempted from income tax.
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England coach Andy Flower refuses to confirm that Chris Tremlett will replace the injured Stuart Broad in the third Test.
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United StatesUS giant General Electric agrees an £800m takeover of UK oil and gas services company Wellstream at the third attempt.
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IranIranian politicians call for Britain's ambassador to Tehran to be expelled after he criticised the country's human rights record.
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Protests are expected in about 100 colleges across England over government plans to axe the education maintenance allowance next year.
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United StatesHome Secretary Theresa May says she will be "actively looking at" whether a controversial US pastor should be banned from entering the UK.
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The Black Eyed Peas beat 10-year-old Willow Smith to the top of the chart, securing the fifth UK number one single of their career.
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ChileThe men who were rescued from a mine in Chile have arrived in the UK to see Arsenal play Manchester United on Monday.
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Scotland's skills minister Keith Brown is named as the new transport minister following the resignation of Stewart Stevenson.
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United StatesCampaigners call for a US pastor who threatened to burn the Koran to be banned from entering the UK to attend an English Defence League rally.
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Scotland Yard releases pictures of 14 people officers want to question over violence during Thursday's tuition fees protest in London.
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SeychellesMatt Prior hits an unbeaten century as England survive an early collapse to draw the tour fixture with Victoria after a rain-affected final day.
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Spain, SwedenStreet protests in Spain call for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who faces extradition from Britain to Sweden.
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The poorest children in schools in England will get an extra £430 spent on them next year under the pupil premium scheme, it has been revealed.
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Scotland's beleaguered Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson resigns after the country was brought to a standstill by severe weather.
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ItalyAmanda Knox tells an Italian appeal court that her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher was an "enormous mistake".
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The Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, is giving more details about new laws which will give people in England more control in their communities.
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Malaysia62 years ago this weekend British forces killed 24 men suspected of helping communist rebels during the Malaya Emergency.
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Rangers draw at Inverness in the early kick-off, as Hearts take on Aberdeen and St Mirren host St Johnstone.
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Scotland Yard rejects reports that a breakdown in communications led to the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall being caught up in student protests.
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MalaysiaThe Malaysian men shot by UK troops more than 60 years ago
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SeychellesEngland end day two of the tour fixture against Victoria with their seamers having taken only one wicket between them in the match.
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United StatesBritain's ambassador to the Vatican feared a backlash over the Pope's invitation to Anglicans to switch churches, according to leaked US cables.
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FranceTwo British championship-winning pilots are killed in a helicopter crash in southern France.
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The Metropolitan Police launches a "major criminal investigation" into disorder in London in recent weeks during protests over tuition fees.
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Craig Brown is confirmed as the new manager of Aberdeen alongside assistant Archie Knox, taking over from Mark McGhee who was sacked last week.
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David Cameron says lessons need to be learned from a security lapse which allowed student protesters to attack the Prince of Wales' car.
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