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Page last updated at 07:17 GMT, Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Job Centre scene
Jobless figures expected to rise
The number of people out of work in the UK is expected to have risen when official figures are released later.
Jobless offered skills training
UK inflation rate falls to 4.1%
Banker's job loss shock

Burning Jeep at Glasgow Airport Bomb plot doctor faces life term
An NHS doctor from Iraq convicted of plotting to commit mass murder in London and Glasgow is to be sentenced later.

Baby P Child care standards 'slipping'
The number of children's services in England considered "inadequate" by inspectors is expected to rise significantly.


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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Sean Mercer, killer of Rhys Jones Gang fear
Guns and violence on the streets where Rhys died
Bilal Abdulla 'Unlikely' bomber
Car bomb plotter was 'self-motivated' and 'on a mission'
Obese men The new taboo?
Is obesity now the word that we dare not speak?

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UK NEWSPAPERS
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ENGLAND
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Pupil profiling system cancelled
City has most complaints on noise

SCOTLAND
BAA told to sell three airports
No Christmas cheer for retailers

WALES
Jazz festival calls in receivers
Wales' police launch crime maps
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UK overtime culture faces challenge from Euro MPs
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