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 | 24/04/2009 2:50 pm

  • Russia hits back at Europe's plan to loan Ukraine €90bn of Moscow's frozen assets - Russia's central bank says it is suing Belgium's Euroclear in court following an EU bid to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine.
  • Robert Rhodes plotted and killed his wife - years later, his child's evidence convicted him - Robert Rhodes killed his wife Dawn in their Earlswood home, coercing his child into the plans.
  • Hundreds tell BBC of adopted children's struggles amid calls for lifelong support - A charity says the system is “under severe strain” as parents recount addiction and mental health battles.
  • Best-selling author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82 - The writer was famous for her stories about romance and intrigue in rural middle England.
  • 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
  • Taylor Swift shown in tears over meeting Southport attack families - Backstage footage shows the singer in tears after meeting survivors of the attack during her world tour.
  • Reform claims to now have more members than Labour - Nigel Farage's party says it has overtaken Labour to have more members than any other party in the UK.
  • Fans' group urges FA to lobby Fifa over 'scandalous' World Cup ticket prices - Fifa is coming under increasing pressure from supporters' groups to revisit its "scandalous" pricing structure for the World Cup.
  • 'Double whammy' of flu and strikes a risk to patients, Streeting says - Hospitals could struggle with rising numbers of flu patients and forthcoming strikes by resident doctors in England next week, says Health Secretary.
  • Funeral directors guilty of neglecting bodies - Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell kept 46 bodies in an uncooled mortuary in Gosport.
  • Disguises, freezing waves, and a special forces veteran: Inside mission to sneak Nobel winner out of Venezuela - The man who led the operation says María Corina Machado crossed “very rough seas” in “pitch-black darkness”.
  • Five 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.
  • Watch: Clair Obscur sweeps The Game Awards with nine wins - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been named game of the year at this year's Game Awards.
  • What's happening with the assisted dying bill? - It's more than a year since MPs first backed the proposed legislation but it still needs to be approved by peers.
  • Stanley Baxter: Scottish comedian with a gift for sketches, mimicry and song - The actor and impressionist, known for comic parodies and his love of dressing up, was one of the biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s.
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