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SAFETY Young women talking on mobile phones while out alone at night are at greater risk of being mugged, the Suzy Lamplugh Trust has claimed.
PLANTS Scientists tackling the problem of Japanese knotweed hope that the introduction of an insect as a "biocontrol" could halt its spread.
SOCIAL Fat-related jibes are "endemic" in the UK, with nine in 10 overweight people being teased, a study claims.
ENVIRONMENT Miles of coastline, monuments and listed buildings are at risk of flooding in the South West, the National Trust has warned.
SHOWBIZ David Tennant is set to go head-to-head with his Doctor Who sidekick Catherine Tate at this year's National Television Awards.
SOCIAL A nationwide search has found the ultimate Women's Institute (WI) members or W-Icons.
N IRELAND Teachers at a secondary school in Newtonards, Co Down, have gone on strike as a dispute over a pupil who assaulted a teacher deepened.
DATA A leading rail union has called for an urgent inquiry after a laptop containing personal details of 150,000 workers in the industry was stolen.
TRAVEL More than 1,000 workers at Arriva Trains Wales are to be balloted for industrial action in a pay row.
TRAVEL The pilots of a British Airways plane had to request a priority landing at Heathrow after fumes were detected in the passenger cabin.
FIRE Oneman died and four other people suffered smoke inhalation in a house fire in Malvern.
AIR The number of flights handled by UK air traffic controllers fell for a third successive month in September, according to new figures.
ART Rows of bunk beds symbolising an apocalyptic vision of London in the future are on show at Tate Modern.
ECONOMY Small firms face a "double whammy" of rising costs and lost customers as the economic crisis bites, a survey of 3,000 companies has found.
CHARITY More than £30,000 a day is being donated to Sir Ian Botham's latest fundraising venture despite the credit crunch, Leukaemia Research said.
MUSIC US singer Katy Perry is to host this year's MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool, organisers have announced.
MEDIA Nearly one third of the UK's 60 million TV sets have still not been converted to digital despite the looming switchover, figures show.
SPORT The world's most famous golf course in St Andrews could sink into the sea by 2050, climate change expert Prof Jan Bebbington has warned.
HEALTH A new genetic link to baldness has been discovered which may explain why many men inherit hair loss from their fathers, experts said.
TERRORISM Glasgow Airport car bomb hero John Smeaton remains in intensive care but his father said that he is showing signs of recovery.
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