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Jade back in UK after cancer shock

Jade Goody is returning to the UK for cancer treatment

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Reality TV star Jade Goody broke down in tears as she arrived back in the UK after being diagnosed with cancer.

Lords urge VAT reform

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

VAT rates should be reformed to make sustainable consumer goods "more economically attractive" as part of a bid to end the UK's throwaway culture, a Lords committee has suggested.

Paedophiles face tighter controls

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Measures to tighten controls on the movements of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

Glitter refuses to board UK flight

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Shamed rock star Gary Glitter has been left in limbo after refusing to board a flight to the UK following his release from a Vietnamese prison.

'Postcode lottery' of GCSE results

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

England's poorest students' chances of GCSE success are a "postcode lottery", it has been claimed.

Miliband holds Georgia crisis talks

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Foreign Secretary David Miliband visited Georgia as Nato stepped up pressure on Russia to withdraw its forces from the former Soviet state.

Watchdog tells BAA to sell airports

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Competition chiefs have signalled the break-up of BAA's UK airport empire by proposing the company cease running two of its three London airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted.

'Two million without good GCSE'

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Almost two million teenagers have left school without gaining a single good GCSE, it has been claimed.

Brown praises Olympic heroes

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

Gordon Brown has lavished praise on the UK's Olympic athletes as Team GB celebrated further gold medal success.

'Mortgage market to shrink 20%'

8:13am Wednesday 20th August 2008

The UK mortgage market is expected to shrink by nearly 20% this year as the credit crunch continues to take its toll on lenders, according to a report.