Retailers Geared Up For 'Busiest Day'

By Tadhg Enright, Business Correspondent As the last full shopping day before Christmas Eve, today is expected to be the busiest day of the year on high streets and in shopping centres. The British Retail Consortium expects between £4bn and £5bn...

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School Shooting: Tributes To British Victim

The family of a six-year-old British boy killed in the Sandy Hook shootings have paid tribute to their "joyous" son at his funeral. Dylan Hockley was one of 20 children shot dead by gunman Adam Lanza at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut,...

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Women Drivers Face Insurance Premium Rise

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky Reporter Women drivers could see insurance premiums increase by around 25% as new laws come into force that ban setting prices according to gender. Researchers believe it could force nearly a quarter of women drivers to...

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Banks Face Break-Up Over Risky Trading

By Poppy Trowbridge, Business and Economics Correspondent UK banks face break-up if they fail to follow new rules protecting high street operations from riskier trading. The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards today published a report...

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Man Charged With NI Prison Officer Murder

A 36-year-old man has been charged in connection with the murder of prison officer David Black. Mr Black, 52, was shot as he drove to work on a motorway in Co Armagh on November 1. Dissident republicans claimed responsibility. A spokeswoman for...

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Energy Bill Breakdown Demanded By MPs

Energy firms should be forced to inform every customer what proportion of their bills will contribute to the supplier's profits, MPs are demanding. The cross-party Energy and Climate Change Committee called for householders to be given a breakdown of...

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Nissan To Build Luxury Car Model At UK Plant

Car giant Nissan is to build a new luxury model in the UK, creating 1,000 jobs with a £250m investment. The new global model will be manufactured at the Japanese firm's plant in Sunderland, which employs 6,000 workers. The car, built under Nissan's...

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Twitter Prosecutions 'May Fall' Amid New Advice

By Mark White, Home Affairs Correspondent There are likely to be fewer criminal prosecutions against those who abuse and offend others on social media, under new guidelines which come into effect today. The Director of Public Prosecutions Keir...

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East Coast Mainline Hit By Severe Delays

Thousands of passengers have been left stranded after damage to power lines causes serious disruption on the East Coast mainline between London and Peterborough. Services into and out of Kings Cross have been severely delayed or cancelled after the...

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Hospital Surgery At Weekends Under NHS Plans

By Becky Johnson, Sky Correspondent Routine operations, scans and consultations could be set to take place on weekends under new proposed changes to the NHS. The plans are part of a raft of measures being discussed by the new NHS Commissioning...

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Bradley Wiggins Is Sports Personality Of Year

Tour de France champion and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. The 32-year-old cyclist was presented with the trophy by the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, who was making her first public appearance...

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Kate In First Public Engagement Since Hospital

Wiggins Sports Personality Of Year Updated: 11:40pm UK, Sunday 16 December 2012 Tour de France champion and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. The 32-year-old cyclist was presented with the...

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Norovirus: Hospitals Shut Doors To Visitors

Hospitals across the country are closing their doors to visitors because of outbreaks of the winter vomiting bug norovirus. Birmingham City Hospital has asked visitors to stay away after closing four wards while at Maidstone Hospital in Kent three wards...

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Royal Prank Call Nurse's Family 'Shattered'

The children of the nurse found dead days after taking a prank call say they are "shattered" by their loss. Jacintha Saldanha was discovered in a nurses' accommodation block close to King Edward VII's Hospital, London, where the Duchess of Cambridge...

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