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Coastguard to end two-day strike
A 48-hour strike involving local Coastguard staff is set to end on Monday evening.
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Welsh medallists join celebration
All five Welsh Beijing Olympic medal winners confirm they will be a public celebration of Team GB's success in Cardiff.
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GB Olympic heroes set for return
Team GB fly back to the UK on Monday following their best Olympic medal performance for 100 years.
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Papers hail Beijing and Team GB
The 2008 Beijing Olympics and Team GB's successes take up many column inches in Monday's papers.
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Strike by airport baggage staff
Workers who scan luggage at Stansted Airport begin a 24-hour strike in a dispute over pay.
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Financial slowdown 'to drag on'
The global downturn could "drag on for some considerable time", warns the Bank of England's deputy governor.
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Part of bird reserve left to sea
About a third of one of Britain's most important bird reserves is to be abandoned because of coastal erosion.
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Salmond rejects UK football team
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond says plans for a British Olympic football team are a "massive own goal".
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£4m boost for museums in England
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge announces £4m in grants to benefit displays at museums and galleries across England.
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Young people 'being criminalised'
The government is criminalising young people for petty offences that could be better punished informally, a report says.
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Black youths 'being left to die'
Politicians are "leaving black youths to die" by cutting funding to community groups, claims a Home Office adviser.
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New forest to follow £1.6m deal
Rare wood ants and black grouse are to benefit from the purchase of a Highlands estate, a charity says.
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Snaring of badgers 'increasing'
The number of badgers being found snared in Scotland is the highest it has been in six years, a charity says.
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Fatal police crash investigated
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate a police car crash which killed a 61-year-old woman.
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2012 Hindley image use condemned
Downing Street and Boris Johnson criticise the use of a portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012 event.
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Party time! Streets of Notting Hill alive with colour for Carnival
Europe's biggest street party, Notting Hill Carnival, takes over the streets of west London for the 44th year.
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In pictures: UK parties for 2012
As the curtain fell on the Beijing Olympics, London became the official Olympic city, sparking celebrations across the UK.
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Wales joins Olympic celebrations
Olympic celebrations are staged across Wales, including flag-raising ceremonies marking the games' handover to London.
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