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Credit Suisse to axe 650 UK jobs
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Investment bank Credit Suisse has announced plans to shed around 650 jobs in the UK.
Ruling due on radical preacher
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
An immigration tribunal is due to rule on the fate of radical preacher Abu Qatada.
Menezes coroner to sum up
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A coroner leading the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes is due to begin summing up evidence for the jury.
Tory anger over arrest talks
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Ministers have been accused of trying to shut the Tories out of top level talks about Commons Speaker Michael Martin's response to the controversy over the arrest of Opposition frontbencher Damian Green.
Brits still stranded in Thai chaos
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
UK tourists stranded in Thailand are hoping extra flights can get them home as the political strife in the country intensifies.
Tories lead over Labour slashed
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
The Tories' lead over Labour has been slashed to just one point in the latest poll.
Tesco reports drop in sales growth
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Supermarket giant Tesco has reported a halving in UK sales growth in the third quarter after it said like-for-like sales rose by 2%.
Child services face tougher reviews
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Tougher inspection regimes for child protection services across the country have been introduced to avoid a repeat of failings exposed by the Baby P tragedy.
Call for end to 'benefits culture'
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has called for an end to a "benefits culture" on council estates as he unveiled proposals to give tenants who pay rent and make a positive contribution help in buying a stake in their homes.
Jobless face losing benefits
9:35am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
The unemployed could get their benefits stopped for up to four weeks if they repeatedly refuse to co-operate with attempts to find them work.
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I'll just slip into a pair of tights
DOYOYNNG! I can almost hear the arrow thwacking into that tree in the greenwood… yes, the Swan Christmas panto gets going soon, so let’s start ironing those tights.
Winner of Parent Zone’s Snugdowner evening of pampering at Chessgrove Spa, Worcestershire.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S!! to the lucky winner of the latest Parent Zone online competition for two Snugdowner treatments at Chessgrove Spa, Worcestershire.
Winter Wonderland at Telford
SANTA Claus, his wife, elves and even reindeer are all to be found now that Telford’s Wonderland attraction has been transformed into Winter Wonderland in the run-up to Christmas.
Postcards from the river that spawned the tourist industry
FOLLOWING their nostalgic meander down Worcestershire’s River Severn though their extensive vintage postcard collection, Jan Dobrzynski and Keith Turner have now urned their attention to Herefordshire’s pretty river Wye.
Beatles' tribute was a treat for all
THE Backbeat Beatles were formed in 1994 by Chris O’Neill (Paul McCartney) and have been hailed as being the closest we can get to witnessing the original Fab Four.
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