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Pensioners see living costs soar
Pensioners have seen the cost of the goods and services they use soar by more than a third during the past 10 years, research has showed.

Johnson's deputy mayor resigns post
Deputy London Mayor Ray Lewis has resigned amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour and financial irregularities, he announced.

Prayer refusal pupils 'disciplined'
An education authority is investigating claims that two school pupils were punished for refusing to kneel down and pray to Allah during a religious education lesson.

Killed youth forced to drink petrol
A 17-year-old boy died after being tied to a tree, made to drink petrol and then set on fire, detectives have said.

PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'
David Cameron has accused Gordon Brown of "bottling" reforms to MPs' expenses amid bitter recriminations over the decision to keep the John Lewis List.

Stab victim pleaded for his mother
The latest teenage victim of London's knife crime crisis pleaded for his mother as he lay dying in the street.

Children's exam results delayed
Around 1.2 million children across England will be kept waiting for results to key school tests after administrative chaos delayed the marking of papers, it was announced.

Legal action threat on badger cull
Farmers have threatened legal action if the Government decides not to allow a cull of badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle.

Detention plans repulsive - Geldof
Bob Geldof has called the Government's plans for holding terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge as "constitutionally repulsive".

Theft link probed in murder case
The victims of a sadistic double murder might have died for the sake of two handheld games consoles, police have said.