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21 March 2012 Last updated at 22:26 ET

Row over Budget 'granny tax' move

The government defend plans in the Budget to change tax allowances for the elderly, amid claims they amount to a raid on pensioners' incomes.

Deaths from liver disease in England have reached record levels, rising by 25% in less than a decade, according to new NHS figures.

A soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan while working alongside an Afghan security force patrol, the Ministry of Defence says.

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