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| The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site. |
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| Older people needing social care are let down by fragmented services - and the Health and Social Care Bill will not simplify the system - says a group of MPs. |
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| Gulf Arab states expel Syria's ambassadors, accusing Damascus of shunning Arab efforts to end months of bloodshed, as Russian officials visit President Assad. |
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| Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. |
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| George Osborne promises to fight an "anti-business culture", warning that the row over bonuses and pay threatens to undermine jobs and prosperity. |
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| MPs say spending cuts raise concerns over the UK's ability to launch another mission on the same scale as the operation in Libya. |
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| The government is set for a difficult time when the House of Lords debates concessions to its plans to overhaul the NHS. |
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| The Department for Work and Pensions admits to a large backlog of new sickness benefit claims, as tens of thousands await a decision beyond the 13-week assessment period. |
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| The UK is braced for its coldest night yet this winter as temperatures in some parts of England could reach as low as -15C. |
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| Police should have warned people whose phones were hacked by the News of the World, a judicial review - pushed for by Lord Prescott - rules. |
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| It is "not acceptable" that the UK cannot deport Abu Qatada to Jordan, Home Secretary Theresa May tells MPs, after the radical cleric was granted bail. |
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| The editor of the Times publicly apologises at the Leveson Inquiry for a reporter who hacked into an email account to write a story. |
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| Northern Ireland's first and deputy first minister urge people to pray for Ian Paisley, who is being treated in hospital for a heart condition. |
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| A grey and white cat which ran on to the Anfield turf during Liverpool's match with Tottenham attracts 30,000 followers on Twitter. |
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| Two men abandon their third attempt at crossing the Atlantic while naked on a pedalo after two previous failed bids. |
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| Anglo-Australian firm BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, reports lower profits due to falling prices of iron ore and coal. |
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| Pressure is rising as Greece's government once more postponed a crucial meeting to agree tough reforms, and Europe's leaders openly discuss Greece leaving the euro. |
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| Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support", despite a Downing Street source reportedly saying the health secretary "should be taken out and shot". |
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| Estimates showing £10.9bn in unpaid tax was written off and medical negligence could cost £15.7bn are examined by the Commons spending watchdog. |
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| Almost 1,000 private patients with PIP breast implants have contacted the NHS. The figure was given by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, in evidence to the Commons Health Select Committee. |
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| Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe. |
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| The dispute over appointing the next university access watchdog is going to be resolved - as a committee of MPs prepares to announce its verdict. |
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| A teacher is reprimanded after comments about drinking and parties appeared on her Facebook site and were viewed by pupils. |
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| Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including live video from children's rooms. |
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| Hackers demanded money in return for keeping stolen source code a secret, security firm Symantec says. |
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| Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show. |
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| It is not yet clear whether Russian scientists have succeeded in their quest to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, reports suggest. |
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| British actor Mackenzie Crook, best known for playing Gareth in The Office, is shortlisted for this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize. |
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| Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney are among the artists who will play at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in London in June. |
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| Money-off coupons are making a big comeback in cash-strapped America - we went to a couponing class to find out how to save big money at the grocery store. |
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| Princess Elizabeth was enjoying a brief break from her royal duties in Kenya when she learnt that her father, George VI, had suddenly died, and she was now Queen Elizabeth II. |
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| Blackpool seal an FA Cup fifth-round tie at Everton after a convincing 3-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday. |
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| Liam Feeney's stunning late winner helps Millwall fight back to win 3-2 and dump Southampton out of the FA Cup at St Mary's. |
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| Scotland stand-off Dan Parks announces his retirement from international rugby with immediate effect. |
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| Lotus racer Kimi Raikkonen sets the fastest time on the first day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Jerez, Spain. |
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| BBC F1 presenter Jake Humphrey is joined by chief analyst Eddie Jordan and co-commentator David Coulthard to look ahead to the 2012 F1 season, which starts in Melbourne on 16 March. |
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| Former bouncer Levi Bellfield is due to seek permission to appeal against his conviction for the kidnap and murder of teenager Milly Dowler. |
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| Lloyds Banking Group announces it is to shed nearly 1,000 jobs and close three of its administration sites. |
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| Finance Secretary John Swinney looks set to offer last minute changes to his budget in an effort to secure opposition support. |
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| More than 50 firefighters have tackled a major blaze in a Strathclyde University building in Glasgow. |
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| An organisation that campaigns for ethnic minorities has said Northern Ireland has "the fastest growing sex industry in any part of the UK". |
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| Two more men are arrested by police investigating the murder of a man in Lurgan at the weekend. |
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| The Welsh government was warned to stop new public funding for an under-fire race equality body in 2004, BBC Wales can reveal. |
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| A Plaid Cymru MP leads calls for a new law making stalking a specific offence in England and Wales to stop harassment resulting in violence. |
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| The Anti-Homosexuality Bill is reintroduced to Uganda's parliament - without the death penalty but still calling for life in prison for some offences. |
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| A man in military uniform blows himself up outside a Nigerian army barracks in the city of Kaduna, which is also rocked by other blasts, officials say. |
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| New Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan vows to uphold the rule of law following the dramatic resignation of his predecessor Mohamed Nasheed. |
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| A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan last month has been freed and flown to Kenya, officials from both countries say. |
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| A Syrian and a German-Lebanese man are arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying on opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's government. |
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| As freezing weather grips much of Europe, Italy takes steps to conserve gas while emergency situations have been declared in other countries. |
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| Jamaica throws about 2,000 illegal firearms into a furnace as part of a programme to reduce gun trafficking and violent crime on the island. |
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| Brazilian authorities say they are hopeful of a negotiated end to a police strike that has led to a stand-off between officers and troops in Salvador. |
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| Iran's parliament summons the country's president for questioning - the first time this has happened since the 1979 revolution. |
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| The authorities in Bahrain free two imprisoned human rights activists ahead of the first anniversary of the start of mass pro-democracy protests. |
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| Mitt Romney is way behind Rick Santorum in Minnesota and Missouri's Republican presidential nominating contests, according to early results. |
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| A California court rules that a bar on same-sex unions is unconstitutional, in the latest stage of a long-running battle over the issue in the US state. |
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| 24 hours of news photos: 7 February 2012 |
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| Protests lead to the resignation of President |
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| Much of UK with several inches of snow |
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| New York Giants beat New England Patriots |
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| 24 hours of news photos: 6 February 2012 |
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| Making make use of old rubber trees in Liberia |
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| News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February |
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| Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne |
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| Conservative MPs have called on the home secretary to "become a national hero" by ignoring a judgement from the European Court of Human Rights and deporting a terror suspect to Jordan immediately. |
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| The wife of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad has spoken out to defend her husband in a letter to a British newspaper. |
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| Katie Price has told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman she thinks breast implants should have an age limit of 21, following the health scare over implants manufactured by French firm PIP. |
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| An Austrian adventurer planning the highest skydive in history has announced he will make the attempt later this year. |
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| As Syrian government forces continue their fierce assault on the restive city of Homs, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen says it risks sliding into civil war. |
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| Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney are among the artists who will play at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in London in June. |
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| Rescue workers in Pakistan have found a 65-year-old woman alive in the rubble of a Lahore factory, 31 hours after the building collapsed. |
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| Professor Iain Smith shows how researchers have captured the process by which plants alert each other to potential threat. |
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| Events are taking place in the UK and across the world to mark the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens. |
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| The rise and fall of the lap dancing club |
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| How drones and satellites are catching farming cheats |
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| Harry Potter star is spooked in new film Woman in Black |
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| The primate who solves a memory test faster than a blink |
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| Did Dickens save poor children and clean up the slums? |
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| How the Maldives' President Nasheed fell from grace |
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| When did the middle finger become offensive? |
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