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UK inflation falls to 3.4 per cent
Lower electricity and gas bills help drive down the overall rate of inflation to a 15-month low with the consumer prices index (CPI) rate dipping to 3.4 per cent.
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Soldier accused of Afghan massacre ‘could plead insanity’
A US soldier could plead insanity if he is charged with the murders of 16 Afghan villagers last weekend, his lawyer tells Channel 4 News.
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Food for thought – do studies affect what we eat?
A new study suggests that eating red meat can increase the risk of death by heart disease or cancer. But Channel 4 News asks: do these studies really change the way we eat?
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FactCheck Q&A: The truth about boozed-up Britain
With George Osborne rumoured to be unveiling plans for an “alcohol unit price control” in the 2012 Budget, FactCheck calls time on the row in the cabinet over boozed-up Britain. How bad are we as a nation? Will imposing a minimun price on booze make a difference to binge drinking?
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MP fined and given three-month pub ban
Labour MP Eric Joyce escapes a jail sentence, receiving a £3,000 fine and a three-month pub ban for assaulting four fellow politicians in the House of Commons bar.
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Squatting: criminal offence or housing solution?
Ahead of next week’s vote to criminalise squatting, Channel 4 News investigates why squatters take over empty homes – and why the government, and many homeowners, want it to be made illegal.
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Exclusive: Syrian doctors ‘torturing’ patients
A Syrian employee at the Military Hospital in Homs has provided video evidence that medics are torturing patients, writes Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller.
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Young people ditch car for train and coach discounts
As a record number of young people buy annual cards for cheap coach and train travel amid rising motoring costs and tuition fees, car insurers deny they are pricing students off the road.
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Gang ‘plied girls with drugs and drink for sex’
A group of men go on trial accused of plying five girls as young as 13 with drink and drugs and having sex with them.
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Eleven still in hospital after French coach crash
Eleven people remain in hospital as tributes continue to pour in for the teacher killed in coach crash during school ski trip to France.
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Popular teacher dies after coach crash
A popular schoolteacher who was about to retire died when a coach carrying children back from a skiiing trip crashed in northern France.
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Mourners remember Whitney Houston’s ‘powerful music’
Whitney Houston’s funeral is held with gospel choirs, a host of superstars from the world of black music and a golden hearse.
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‘The Irish voter doth protest too little’
Petrol bombs and burning down buildings has been the Greek public’s response to austerity measures. The Irish go for a more understated display of disgruntlement, as journalist Leo Enright explains.
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Whitney coroner says ‘no foul play’ in singer’s death
As a coroner in Los Angeles rules out foul play, US media reports that “family sources” blame an overdose of prescription drugs for Whitney Houston’s death.
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FactCheck: Is loneliness worse than smoking?
The claim “Work matters, particularly for older people, not just for money but absolutely for social contact…We know smoking is really bad for you. But much worse are things like social relationships.” David Halpern, 10 February 2012 The background Buried deep in the corridors of power is a slightly mysterious body called the Behavioural Insight…