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01/06/2009 07:40 PM
New attack on stabbing statistics
Statistics chiefs mount a new attack on knife crime figures - including a claimed reduction at Halloween.


01/06/2009 07:34 PM
Brown voices Gaza ceasefire hopes
UK PM Gordon Brown says he is hopeful a basis for a ceasefire in Gaza will be found.


01/06/2009 07:23 PM
UK 'must ratify' disability pact
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is urging the British government to ratify the UN Disability Convention


01/06/2009 07:10 PM
Princes stride out with own household
The BBC's Peter Hunt considers the significance of news that Prince William and Prince Harry are to get a joint household.


01/06/2009 07:02 PM
Final Woolworths stores shut down
The remaining 200 Woolworths stores across the UK close their doors after the High Street chain's final day of trading.