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Junior medics 'leaving training'

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:08
Nearly one in four junior doctors drop out of their NHS training after two years, figures show.
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Overseas demand 'boosts UK firms'

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:05
Rising overseas demand has created buoyant conditions for manufacturers in the UK, an industry report suggests, though threats remain.
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New Daybreak show debuts on ITV

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:00
The replacement for GMTV, hosted by former BBC presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley, debuts on television.
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Demand for Equitable Life payout

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 06:52
Pensioners hit by the Equitable Life scandal are making a final attempt to persuade the government to pay them full compensation.
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Can we expect to live to 77, 89 or 100?

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 06:52
Life expectancy figures tell us different stories, so how do we know which ones to believe?
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Met to probe phone-hack evidence

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 06:41
The Metropolitan Police will consider new evidence about allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World.
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Conductor Ozawa stages comeback

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 06:37
Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa opens a festival in his native country following a nine-month battle with throat cancer.
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Quarter of MPs in Wales could go

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 06:35
Wales could lose more than a quarter of its MPs under plans published by the Electoral Reform Society.
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Girls Aloud star launches label

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 06:29
Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle founds a new record label and will release her debut solo album, Insatiable, through Tesco supermarkets.
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First 16 'free schools' revealed

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 06:22
The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.
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Family on film

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 06:08
Director Sofia Coppola returns with her new movie Somewhere
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BA boss reveals takeover ambition

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 06:01
British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with.
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Five men stabbed near O2 Arena

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 05:59
Five men are found stabbed near a Tube station close to London's O2 Arena in east London.
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Kabul Bank is offered state aid

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 05:58
Afghanistan's central bank promises to back Kabul Bank as customers continue to take out their savings.
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Guatemala sees rescue hopes fade

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 05:48
Guatemalan officials say they have given up hope for dozens buried by mud as they tried to rescue other trapped people.
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Wales 'more vulnerable' to cuts

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 05:45
Industry leaders and council officials say Wales is more vulnerable to public cuts due to high public sector employment.
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US comedian Robert Schimmel dies

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 05:28
Stand-up comic Robert Schimmel, a regular guest on Conan O'Brian's show, has died following a car accident.
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Buzz lawsuit to cost Google $8.5m

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 05:19
Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year.
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Colombian confirmed as world's shortest man

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 05:11
A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world's shortest living man by Guinness World Records.
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Dominic Cooper on Tamara Drewe

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 05:10
The actor Dominc Cooper talks to BBC Breakfast about his role in Tamara Drewe and intrigue in the countryside.
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