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Jade back in UK after cancer shock

Jade Goody is returning to the UK for cancer treatment

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Reality TV star Jade Goody broke down in tears as she arrived back in the UK after being diagnosed with cancer.

Talks bid to avert airport strikes

Talks are planned to avert bank holiday strikes at airports

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Talks aimed at averting a series of planned airport strikes that could wreck bank holiday travel plans for millions will take place on Wednesday.

Lords urge VAT reform

A Lords committee has urged reform the VAT system

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

VAT rates should be reformed to make sustainable consumer goods "more economically attractive" as part of a bid to end the UK's throwaway culture, a Lords committee has suggested.

'Two million without good GCSE'

Michael Gove

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Almost two million teenagers have left school without gaining a single good GCSE, it has been claimed.

'Postcode lottery' of GCSE results

ETS Europe paying for hotel rooms for its markers

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

England's poorest students' chances of GCSE success are a "postcode lottery", it has been claimed.

Paedophiles face tighter controls

Jacqui Smith announced measures to tighten the movements of paedophiles

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Measures to tighten controls on the movements of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

'Mortgage market to shrink 20%'

UK mortgage market forecast to shrink by nearly 20% this year

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

The UK mortgage market is expected to shrink by nearly 20% this year as the credit crunch continues to take its toll on lenders, according to a report.

Miliband holds Georgia crisis talks

David Miliband

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Foreign Secretary David Miliband visited Georgia as Nato stepped up pressure on Russia to withdraw its forces from the former Soviet state.

Glitter refuses to board UK flight

Gary Glitter

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Shamed rock star Gary Glitter has been left in limbo after refusing to board a flight to the UK following his release from a Vietnamese prison.

Brown praises Olympic heroes

Gordon Brown has won a key vote on terror detention

2:31am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Gordon Brown has lavished praise on the UK's Olympic athletes as Team GB celebrated another day of gold medal success.


UK Entertainment News

All-girl Big Brother eviction vote

BB Nicole initially refused to have her hair cut

Updated 9:40pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

The Big Brother eviction battle will be an all-girl affair this week with three of the female contestants facing the boot.


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