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How will we remember Amy Winehouse?
She was the regular girl from Southgate who embraced the “romantic myths of self-destruction”. Acclaimed music writer Lucy O’Brien ponders the rise and fall of Amy Winehouse.
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Pink Floyd star’s son loses appeal
Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David, has lost a court of appeal challenge against his 16-month sentence for his behaviour at a student fees protest.
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Cameron promises ‘better days’ for Britain
Prime Minister David Cameron uses his keynote speech to the Conservative conference to pledge a return of right to buy, tax breaks for married couples, and the legalisation of gay marriage.
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‘Met police will be world’s best’ vows Hogan-Howe
As Scotland Yard’s new commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe pledges to make the country’s biggest police force the “best in the world,” his appointment still rankles with some officers across the country.
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Scottish budget includes supermarket levy
A public sector pay freeze, a new levy on large alcohol and cigarette retailers and a commitment not to raise council tax for five years, are the headlines from this year’s Scottish budget.
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Sporting stars’ deaths raise concussion fears
Channel 4 News investigates how head injuries in collision sports can lead to lifetimes of misery for former players – and what is being done to help them.
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Salmond sets out Scottish government’s programme
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond lays out the SNP government’s new programme at Holyrood.
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Woman jailed for driving wrong way along motorway
A woman is jailed after driving the wrong way along a motorway for 23 miles while twice over the drink-drive limit.
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Gin o’clock is good news for older women
Accusations of mother’s ruin usually accompany regular drinking by older women, but a daily dose of alcohol could actually improve women’s health in old age.
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Personal best for Channel 4 News ‘chariot of fire’
Reporter Keme Nzerem achieved a personal best when he ran in an 800 metres for members of the media at the World Athletics Championships. Just don’t ask him how long he took.
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High-velocity celebration: Tripoli after Gaddafi
For now it is the Eid holiday. A pause. A time to try and drink in what has happened across this city, where another simple grafitti slogan captures the mood, the practicality, the possibility of the new reality: “I love this year – 2011”
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FactCheck: Cutting through the rhetoric on abortion
Tory MP Nadine Dorries is leading a campaign to stop two charities from counselling women considering an abortion. Has she got her facts straight?
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Governments must act on ‘global obesity epidemic’
As new forecasts show obesity rates in the UK could surge to 40% by 2030, experts say governments need to take tougher action to fight the “global epidemic”.
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Patients not told of epilepsy sleep death risk
An inquiry into the deaths of two epileptic teenagers, who were found dead in their beds, has criticised doctors for failing to tell patients with epilepsy there is a risk they may die in their sleep.
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No illegal substances in Amy Winehouse’s body
The family of Amy Winehouse say toxicology tests have shown alcohol was present in the singer’s body, but no illegal drugs.