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PM pressed to scrap welfare reforms
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Trade union leaders, anti-poverty campaigners and academics have joined forces to demand controversial welfare reforms be scrapped because of the recession.
Situation 'tense' for trapped Brits
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
The Government is doing a tremendous amount to help Britons trapped in Thailand by anti-government protests that have closed Bangkok's international airport, Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell said.
Smith defends police over MP arrest
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has defended the right of police to arrest a Tory MP over alleged Home Office leaks - suggesting the case was more serious than reported.
Road users 'needlessly killed'
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Road users are still being "needlessly killed" through the flouting of mobile phone rules five years after they were introduced, accident prevention chiefs have said.
'UK must reassess terror response'
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Britain must reassess its ability to respond to terrorists attacks in the wake of the massacre in Mumbai, the Home Secretary said.
Man fights for life after gas blast
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
A man is fighting for his life after a gas explosion "like an earthquake" destroyed three flats.
Close UK borders, says 'curry king'
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Britain should close its borders to all immigrants for up to 10 years to prevent potential racial unrest, says one of the country's highest-profile Indian-born businessmen.
Couple had been battered to death
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Two pensioners murdered in their home were battered to death, it has emerged.
Mumbai survivors talk of Taj terror
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
The bloody rampage carried out by suspected Muslim militants at 10 sites across Mumbai killed at least 174 people and wounded 239, officials have said.
Early op dilemma of conjoined twins
6:19pm Sunday 30th November 2008
Doctors are to hold talks over whether to operate this week to separate newly-born conjoined twins Faith and Hope Williams, it is reported.
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12-year-old girl hit by car
A 12-YEAR-old girl was taken to hospital with leg and arm injuries after being hit by a car in High Wycombe.
The girl, who is in a stable condition at Stoke Mandeville hospital, was hit by the vehicle at around 3.45pm on Friday in Chapel Lane.
Jumble sale for Lane End day centre
CHARITY volunteers will be holding a jumble sale to raise funds for the Lane End Day Centre.
The event, which will be held on February 7 from 2pm, is being organised by the Lane End Charity Group at the village hall in High Street.
Dani Behr has been voted off
The presenter, who was in the bottom two for the public vote alongside fitness trainer Carly Zucker, admitted to hosts Ant and Dec that she was surprised to have coped in the jungle for 13 days.
Taylor: I hope Eastwood draw Manchester United
WANDERERS boss Peter Taylor admitted his team were outfought and out-thought as he picked over the wreckage of their FA Cup exit at the hands of Eastwood Town.
Queen rock songs get classical touch
Wycombe guitar teacher David Young has produced an album of Queen songs, played by classical guitarist Carlos Bonell. PLUS hear tracks from the album
Wycombe photographer finds beauty is skins deep
Photographer Gavin Watson who grew up on the Micklefield Estate, has just published his second book, Skins and Punks, which documents life around Wycombe in the 80s. Francine Wolfisz spoke to him
Wycombe council's litigation problem
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