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 | 24/04/2009 2:50 pm

  • Flu surge a challenge for NHS 'unlike any' since pandemic, Streeting says - The health secretary also warns planned strikes by resident doctors next week could be the "Jenga piece that collapses" the NHS.
  • UK economy shrank unexpectedly in October - The economy contracted by 0.1% whereas analysts had expected to see slight growth.
  • 'It's ruined my life': Flat-owner says building work by freeholder has left her homeless - A botched roof extension caused the ceiling to collapse at Kate Morris’s top-floor flat.
  • The new breed of 'shoplifting entrepreneurs' fuelling the UK's petty crime problem - With "sharp rises" in shop theft in recent years, the nature of it is changing too - as retail workers in the area dubbed England's shoplifting capital have seen
  • Operations and treatments cut back as NHS orders hospitals to balance books - Documents seen by BBC show hospitals being ordered to slow down on activity to help balance the books.
  • Councils to get £3bn for thousands more school spaces for Send pupils - The government is promising 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs in schools in England.
  • King to share personal message on cancer in TV broadcast - King Charles has recorded a message about his experience of cancer for the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.
  • Venezuela says Trump wants its oil. But is that the real US goal? - The South American nation's output has plummeted and restoring its former glory would be a heavy lift.
  • Boys to be focus of UK's strategy on violence against women - Changing attitudes among boys and young men will be central to the government's plan, the BBC is told.
  • Flood misery for Gazans awaiting next stage of peace plan - Gazans in tents have been hit by heavy rain as failure to find last Israeli hostage risks derailing peace plan.
  • Chief of S Korea's high-stakes exam quits over 'insane' English test - Some critics say the questions were unnecessarily complex, while others argue that's their intended purpose.
  • Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest at Israel - The Swiss singer sees a "clear conflict" between Israel's participation in the event and Eurovision's values.
  • Tricked, abducted and abused: Inside China's schools for 'rebellious' teens - Young people tell the BBC that military-style schools deceive and abuse students they claim to help.
  • Four charts that show how flu outbreak is different this winter - NHS England says it's facing a "worst-case scenario" after flu hospital cases jump 55% in a week.
  • 'My dad was killed by a drug-driver. Now I want tougher laws' - Bereaved families demand roadside licence bans after drug driving deaths surge 78% in a decade.
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