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Only about 140,000 red squirrels survive in Britain, with 75 per cent in Scotland

Red squirrel 'becoming immune' to killer virus

Scientists hope Britain's endangered native rodent may stage a comeback

Britain's health care improves but London's is getting worse

Patients can't access services easily in the capital and breast screening is slow

The NAO report said the Department for International Development was failing to 'achieve all or most of its objectives' in Afghanistan

Afghan aid blunders 'waste millions'

National Audit Office criticises corruption and incompetence

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Treasury mulls U-turn on Lloyds TSB dividends

The Government is considering a controversial U-turn that would allow Lloyds TSB to pay dividends to shareholders while still taking advantage of its £37bn bank bailout scheme.

Adiga, 33, was the second-youngest writer in the 40 years of the competition to claim the �50,000 first prize

Debut author wins Booker with searing portrait

Judges praise The White Tiger for presenting "the dark side of India"

Film tells tale of comedian's bid for power

A native of southern Europe, Argiope bruennichi has been living happily in southern England for decades

Alien invasion: Non-indigenous spiders thriving across Britain

Poisonous spiders are often brought into Britain with exotic plants. But where they once died off when winter came, rising temperatures have seen colonies become established. And they're spreading.

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Britain's health care improves but London's is getting worse

Patients can't access services easily in the capital and breast screening is slow

New Apple laptops get glass trackpad

Apple touched up its line of laptop computers today with a minimal nod to the economic turmoil that might push consumers to be more frugal this holiday shopping season.

The company was spending, on average, nearly �60,000 on bubbly every year

BBC bans champers

Director-general Mark Thompson is clamping down on bubbly and lavish Christmas parties in a bid to vanquish the culture of excess.

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The Schools Secretary Ed Balls came under pressure to abolish Sats exams

Tests at 14 are scrapped

But 11-year-old children at schools in England still face Sats next summer.

Model behaviour: Kelly Brook with Neil LaBute at the stage door

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Kelly Brook is best known for her looks, but Neil LaBute has made her a serious actress. Esther Walker meets the pin-up and the playwright

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