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Weight-loss surgery 'saves money'

Not offering weight-loss surgery is costing the UK hundreds of millions of pounds every year, experts suggest

12:07am Wednesday 8th September 2010

The failure to offer obese patients weight-loss surgery is costing the wider economy hundreds of millions of pounds every year, leading surgeons have said.

Rogue landlords 'harassing tenants'

Many tenants continue to have their lives blighted by rogue landlords, a housing charity said

12:02am Wednesday 8th September 2010

Many tenants continue to have their lives blighted by rogue landlords despite laws designed to protect them, a housing charity has said.

Happy people 'give more to charity'

Happier people are more likely to give money to charity than those who are wealthy, a study found

12:02am Wednesday 8th September 2010

The UK and Ireland are among the top 10 most charitable countries in the world, a study has revealed.

Widdecombe takes to Strictly floor

Michelle Williams is one of the new contestants for this year's Strictly Come Dancing

12:07am Wednesday 8th September 2010

Former Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams will share the dancefloor with ex-MP Ann Widdecombe in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Electronic trio win Mercury prize

Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year winner The XX

10:54pm Tuesday 7th September 2010

Electronic trio The xx have landed the Mercury Prize for their debut album xx.

One dead in Legionnaires' outbreak

A woman has died of a suspected Legionnaires' disease infection, health chiefs said

6:59pm Tuesday 7th September 2010

A woman has died of a suspected Legionnaires' disease infection with 11 other cases already confirmed, public health chiefs have said.

Under-taxed 'will have to pay'

Thousands of people are finding out if they are due an income tax rebate or have to make more payments

6:52pm Tuesday 7th September 2010

The Government has warned hundreds of thousands of people facing demands for back-tax that they have little chance of escaping payment.

Cell attack woman 'feels let down'

Police Sergeant Mark Andrews was jailed for six months at Oxford Magistrates Court

6:07pm Tuesday 7th September 2010

A woman thrown head-first on to the concrete floor of a cell says she feels "let down" by the six-month jail term given to the police sergeant who attacked her.

'Motorbike thief' killed in crash

A suspected motorbike thief has been killed in a crash

5:44pm Tuesday 7th September 2010

A suspected motorbike thief who police refused to chase because he was not wearing a helmet has been killed in a crash - riding with no helmet on a stolen machine.

Body found at golf course named

Detectives said the severely-burnt body found at a golf course was that of Stefan Welch, from Brighton

5:39pm Tuesday 7th September 2010

Detectives have identified a young man whose severely-burnt body was found at a golf course.



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