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Separate faults behind rail delays

Overhead power failures on a key rail route that has been hit by nearly a week of delays were each caused by different faults, Network Rail said. Read

Car giant Nissan to axe 1,200 jobs

Car giant Nissan sent shockwaves through British industry by axing 1,200 jobs at the country's biggest and most productive motor plant, worsening the economic gloom and heightening fears that the looming recession will cut deep into employment. Read

Campaigners step up Gaza protests

British campaigners stepped up protests against the Gaza conflict amid growing concerns about the impact of the fighting on civilians. Read

Brown pledge to get banks lending

Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling pledged fresh measures to bolster the economy as the grim toll of job losses continued to mount. Read

Interest rate cut to historic 1.5%

Interest rates were slashed to their lowest level ever as the Bank of England threw another lifeline to the UK's ailing economy. Read

£53m robbery trial jury discharged

A jury trying a cage fighter alleged to have been "at the heart" of Britain's biggest cash robbery was discharged after failing to reach a verdict. Read

Man Utd's Ronaldo crashes Ferrari

Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo walked away uninjured after writing off his Ferrari sports car in a crash. Read

'Strange lights' as turbine damaged

An investigation is under way into how a blade was mysteriously torn off a wind turbine amid reports of "strange lights" in the sky. Read

Israel hit by Lebanon rocket fire

Lebanese militants have fired at least three rockets into northern Israel, striking a crowded nursing home. Read

Fog and ice warning to drivers

Shivering Britons are facing the prospect of freezing fog as the icy start to the year continued. Read

Sainsbury's best-ever Christmas

Supermarket Sainsbury's has boasted its best-ever Christmas as it threw down the gauntlet to rivals. Read

Motor industry 'expecting losses'

Senior executives in the motor industry are expecting more companies to go out of business in the coming years as revenues and profits continued to fall, according to a new report. Read

Workers lose £27bn in free overtime

More than five million workers put in a record £26.9 billion-worth of unpaid overtime last year, highlighting the long hours culture in UK industry, a report has said. Read

Crews search hotel explosion rubble

Firefighters are searching through the wreckage of a suspected gas blast at a hotel which left three people seriously injured. Read

Charities wait on supplies go-ahead

British aid workers in Gaza are waiting to hear whether Israel will suspend bombing in another three-hour ceasefire. Read

Fraudsters target British taxpayers

Fraudsters are targeting thousands of British taxpayers in the run up to the annual self-assessment deadline. Read

Darling 'mulls money printing plan'

Speculation is mounting that the Government is preparing to print billions of pounds of money to help boost the economy. Read

Rates cut sees Premium Bonds suffer

Millions of Premium Bond investors have seen their chance of winning fall dramatically with cuts in interest rates having halved the total amount of available prize money over the past year. Read

Smashing PC 'only way to cut fraud'

The safest way to avoid ID fraud when you sell or throw away your computer is to "destroy it with a hammer", a consumer magazine has said. Read

Anger over 'no job' Whitehall staff

Nearly 3,000 civil servants at HM Revenue and Customs are being paid full salaries despite having no official role, the Tories have said. Read

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