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Scottish independence 3hr 50min ago

Salmond and Darling in lively second TV debate on Scottish independence – video

26 Aug 2014: Video (6min 05sec)
The Scottish National party leader, Alex Salmond, has taken part in stern exchanges with Alistair Darling, leader of the Better Together campaign, in their second televised debate on Scottish independence
Scottish independence 5hr ago

Scottish independence: Salmond scores victory over Darling in fractious debate

26 Aug 2014:
71% in Guardian/ICM poll say first minister won debate in which he accused no campaign leader of siding with Tories
Party funding 5hr 11min ago

Harriet Harman accuses Tories of relying on 'shady money'

26 Aug 2014: Labour deputy leader publishes figures showing how much Tory party relies on funding from unincorporated associations
Sex education 5hr 51min ago

Sex education should begin at seven, claim Lib Dems

26 Aug 2014: Party also calls for academies and free schools to teach sex and relationship education to help children make informed decisions
Services sector 5hr 55min ago

Service sector growth cools, pointing to overall slowdown

26 Aug 2014: Consumer-focused firms such as hotels, bars and travel firms experienced their weakest expansion in a year, according to CBI
Comment is free 6hr 22min ago

Scotland debate: bruising exchange pits believer against establishment

26 Aug 2014: Alex Salmond has driven Scottish politics for a decade, but his trustworthiness was in Alistair Darling's sights in this debate
UK news 8hr 45min ago

Boy, 16, charged with murder of Watford teenager

26 Aug 2014: Aqeel Khan, 18, was found injured on Friday afternoon but died later that night
Ebola 9hr 5min ago

Infected nurse airlifted from Ebola zone speaks of joy at seeing patients recover

26 Aug 2014: Colleagues say Will Pooley understood the risks involved, while his family praise 'excellent care' at London hospital
Medical research 9hr 56min ago

Rare flu strains could be key to super-vaccine

26 Aug 2014: Research suggests that unfamiliar flu strains cause immune system to release broadly effective antibodies
United States 11hr 45min ago

British embassy sparks anger for tweet celebrating 1814 White House burning

26 Aug 2014: Tweet featured a photograph of a cake on which a model of the White House was flanked by US and UK flags
Scottish independence 12hr ago

Opposition to currency union with Scotland is a bluff, says top economist

26 Aug 2014: Nobel prizewinner Joseph Stiglitz also accuses Scotland's finance sector of using scare tactics over independence
Domestic violence 12hr 46min ago

Labour appoints shadow minister to tackle violence against women and girls

26 Aug 2014: Ed Miliband says appointment of Seema Malhotra shows importance Labour government would place on tackling problem
Labour 13hr 41min ago

Labour attempts to strengthen regulation of UK fracking industry

26 Aug 2014: Opposition party to table amendments to Lords infrastructure bill that would tighten rules for companies drilling for shale gas
Immigration and asylum 13hr 42min ago

Thirteen people discovered in back of lorry at Dartford Crossing

26 Aug 2014:
One person taken to hospital after Kent police called in to investigate report of immigrants entering country illegally

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Business news

Scotland's last commercial shipyard Ferguson Shipbuilders set to close

Ferguson enters administration after over a century in business, with the immediate redundancy of about 70 jobs
UK food watchdog admits chicken factory breached hygiene laws

Food Standards Agency says it was wrong to clear Scunthorpe plant of any failings, as more workers make dirty poultry claims
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Crime news

Rosdeep Adekoya jailed for 11 years for killing her son Mikaeel Kular

Adekoya, 34, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide and attempting to defeat ends of justice by pretending her son had gone missing
Student faces jail after taking explosive flares on to plane

Cypriot Andreas Pierides was stopped at Stansted airport after he was spotted reading car bomb instructions on train
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