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Leaders prepare for TV debates
How are Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg preparing for the three live television debates that are set to dominate the general election campaign? |
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NHS funding homeopathy: Your views
BBC News website readers give their views on whether public money should be used to fund homeopathy |
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Missing fisherman's body is found
A widow from Essex speaks of her "mental torture" following the discovery of her husband's body eight months after he went missing at sea. |
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Fire crews rescue RNLI hovercraft
A RNLI hovercraft which became stuck on a sea defence is rescued by Essex fire crews. |
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Government win or an embarrassing U-turn?
MPs have voted for expenses reforms but delayed a decision on second homes allowances. Is this enough? |
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Teenager charged over stab attack
A teenager is charged over a stabbing in Essex which left a man with lacerations to his back and chest. |
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Right name, wrong place
How can holiday plans go so hideously wrong that people end up in the wrong country, or even the wrong continent? |
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Life is sweet
Work doesn't have to be a chore. Launching a series looking at dream children's jobs, Lucy Rodgers speaks to a professional chocolate taster. |
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Student grant firm to be axed
The firm that delivers the delay-hit education maintenance allowance is about to lose its contract. |
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A-level disappointment: What next?
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What is a typical British summer?
With another wet weekend ahead, the familiar grumbles about British summers have surfaced. But are we deluding ourselves that the should be any different, asks meteorologist Philip Eden. |
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The rise of single issue campaigns
Brian Wheeler looks at the rise of single issue campaign groups, and their relationship with politicians and parties. |
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Latest in office jargon revealed
A recruitment firm compiles a list of the UK's most cringeworthy workplace jargon. |
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Wind turbines: Your views
Readers who live near wind farms comment on government plans for a large increase in the numbers of wind turbines around the UK coast. |
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Girl trapped under sand is saved
Fire and lifeboat crews save an 11-year-old girl trapped beneath sand on a beach as the tide came in. |
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Driver bailed after fatal crash
A man arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving is released on bail. |
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Great expectations?
A Charles Dickens theme park opens in Kent soon, promising an authentic taste of the novelist's Victorian world. But is it wrong to "Disney-fy" the nation's greatest author? |
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Pier-ing into the future
Many of them are falling or have fallen down, but a competition is on to find a new generation of piers to help save the British seaside. |
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New awards recognise best beaches
Beaches in the east are among 73 in England to receive the new Quality Coast Award. |
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Your 20 hidden tourist gems
Last week the Magazine compiled an alternative tourist map of the UK. We asked for your nominations - here are the best off-the-beaten track spots. |