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Travel chaos as rail workers strike

Network Rail workers will walk out for 24 hours from noon

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

Thousands of rail passengers in Scotland are facing travel misery as signal workers stage the first of two strikes this week.

EU talks on global financial crisis

Alistair Darling to join EU finance ministers for talks on the global financial crisis

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

Chancellor Alistair Darling is to join fellow European Union finance ministers for talks on the global financial crisis as traders were braced for another turbulent day on the markets.

Appeal to cut UK greenhouse gases

Adair Turner backed greater greenhouse gas emission cuts

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

The UK should cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by mid-century, the Government's climate change committee recommended.

Human evolution coming to a halt

Human evolution is slowing down, Prof Steve Jones said

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

Human evolution is grinding to a halt, according to a leading genetics expert.

Police chief 'forgiven' by widow

Former Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Michael Todd

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

The widow of police chief Michael Todd said she has "forgiven" him after his inquest heard his tangled love life led to his death.

UK in recession, says business body

The BCC warned the UK is already in recession

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

The UK is already in a recession, with business confidence, profits and turnover now at record lows and unemployment set to rise by up to 350,000 in the next year, according to an "alarming" new report.

Review ordered amid police race row

Police minister Vernon Coaker will carry out an officers recruitment inquiry

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced a nationwide assessment of how ethnic minorities are treated by the police as the race row surrounding the Metropolitan force continued.

More extended families sharing home

Extended families could make up increasing numbers of households

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

The number of extended families living under the same roof looks set to increase as more Britons pool their financial resources, research showed.

Goth attackers appeal against terms

Sophie Lancaster was repeatedly kicked and stamped on

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

A gang of teenagers who savagely attacked a young couple for being Goths are appealing against their sentences.

New blood tests for Down's syndrome

Scientists have developed a non-invasive test for Down's syndrome

7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

A new non-invasive test for pregnant women worried that their unborn child has Down's syndrome has been developed by scientists.


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Human evolution coming to a halt

Human evolution is slowing down, Prof Steve Jones said

Updated 7:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008

Human evolution is grinding to a halt, according to a leading genetics expert.


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