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Lotto winners pitch in to celebrate

John and Jackie Livesley celebrate winning £2.6 million in Saturday's Lotto draw

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

A football-loving couple are cheering from the terraces after winning £2,630,225 of National Lottery prize money.

New law 'would not have saved baby'

Ed Balls will unveil new plans to boost child protection

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

Children's Secretary Ed Balls has announced new laws to protect vulnerable children - but he admitted they would not have saved Baby P's life.

Mandelson in minimum wage campaign

Lord Mandelson 'would love to be asked' on Strictly

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

The Government has launched a new campaign to ensure workers are paid the minimum wage, with a warning to rogue employers that they face tougher penalties.

Shannon 'was crying' when found

The jury has been played a montage of tearful TV appeals made by Karen Matthews

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

One of the police officers who found Shannon Matthews has told her mother's trial that the little girl was frightened and crying when she emerged from the bed where she was hidden.

Ross-Brand calls 'a serious lapse'

Sir Michael Lyons said the BBC had 'crossed a boundary' by broadcasting the messages

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

Lewd phone messages from Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand were a "very serious editorial lapse", the BBC's director-general said.

2,000 jobs set to go at supply firm

Plumb Center owner Wolseley is set to axe 2,000 jobs

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

Plumbing and building supplies firm Wolseley has announced plans to cut 2,000 jobs and close more than 200 branches in the UK and Ireland.

Inflation: Fastest fall in 16 years

Figures are set to show a fall in inflation for October

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

Inflation is now dropping at its fastest rate for 16 years thanks to falling fuel prices.

'Brits safe' as pirates open talks

The Saudi-owned Sirius Star was hijacked off the coast of Mombasa

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

Negotiations are under way to free two Britons and 23 other crew members on a huge oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates.

Labour spending 'unsustainable'

David Cameron said the Government’s investment plans were based on 'heroic assumptions'

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

David Cameron has ditched the Tories' promise to match Labour's planned spending up to 2011, insisting it was now unsustainable.

Three held in human traffick swoops

More than 60 officers from Soca were involved in the operation

2:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

Authorities have cracked down on a human trafficking gang in what is thought to be the largest operation of its kind ever in the UK.


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