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ENVIRONMENT Mayor of London Boris Johnson has vowed to give up his family car for an electric version as soon as they come on the market.
CRIME An investigation has been launched after the gates of Liverpool footballer Jermaine Pennant's home were damaged, reportedly by ram-raider.
POLICE A three-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a suspected arson attack on her home in Liverpool.
CITY Leading Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has announced plans to cut about 650 jobs in the UK, about 10% of its workforce.
CHRISTMAS Thousands of staff have been recruited by the Royal Mail to deal with the hundreds of millions of poorly addressed cards and letters.
CONSUMER Credit crunch-hit Britons are looking forward to a less commercial Christmas, according to a survey.
ROYALS The Prince of Wales has visited Colchester to present campaign medals to Paratroopers who spent the summer fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
ENVIRONMENT The Government has been urged to help conserve the UK's seas via a network of protected areas.
POLICE Four people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man whose dismembered body was found in a canal in Wolverhampton on March 30.
MOTORING Supermarket chain Asda has slashed another 1p a litre off its fuel prices, reducing the cost of a litre of petrol to 88.9p and diesel to 102.9p.
ARTS Film professor Mark Leckey has won this year's £25,000 Turner Prize with an exhibition which includes cartoon characters such as Homer Simpson.
HEALTH A Leicestershire care home has been closed down amid fears of ill- treatment and neglect.
RETAIL A bid to lure the John Lewis Partnership into setting up a store in Lisburn city centre, rather than on a site outside, has been launched.
WEATHER Many parts of Britain are enduring an Arctic blast, with an inch of snow expected to fall in the north of England, forecasters said.
SHOWBIZ Jewellery once belonging to the late Hollywood actress Deborah Kerr is to be offered at auction in London.
POLICE A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a Bristol OAP who was run over by his own car as he tried to stop a thief.
SOCIAL A mother told how her daughter's 16th birthday party descended into an "absolute horror show" when around 300 people gatecrashed her Brighton home.
MONEY Fraud losses on UK credit cards are 14 times higher overseas than they are in this country, a report claims.
POLICE A woman has been treated for burn injuries after being struck with a petrol bomb during an attack on her home in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
CITY Pubs chain JD Wetherspoon said 200 jobs had been created after it invested £5m in opening five pubs at Minehead, Bodmin, Doncaster, Oldham and Sutton.
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