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Yvonne Lambert removes debris from her home

Cumbria residents return to devastated homes  new

Residents of a flood-ravaged town were allowed back into their homes and businesses today to begin the long process of cleaning up the damage.

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Judges walk to Westminster Abbe

Now the expenses spotlight falls on Britain's judiciary

Monday, 23 November 2009

First-class train tickets, airfares and dining bills take annual claims by judges and magistrates to £32m.

Flood clean up

After the floods, the clean-up operation

Monday, 23 November 2009

Residents may have to wait months before they are allowed to return to their homes.

Leeds bin workers end 11-week strike  new

Monday, 23 November 2009

A long-running strike by hundreds of council refuse collectors ended today after a deal to resolve a row over pay.

Customers in line for bank charge windfall worth billions

Monday, 23 November 2009

Supreme Court to rule on test case that challenges fairness of overdraft fees

Police search river for missing woman

Monday, 23 November 2009

A search for a 21-year-old woman believed to have been swept away by a river swollen by recent storms will begin again today, police said.

Britain lashed in fresh storms  new

Monday, 23 November 2009

More heavy rain is forecast for flood-hit Cumbria and a driver was killed when a tree was blown on to his van.

Even as the Sanders brothers posed for these photos, each was already sentenced to a terrible death decades later. Why? They had hugged a family friend who worked at the local factory

Asbestos: A shameful legacy

Sunday, 22 November 2009

The authorities knew it was deadly more than 100 years ago, but it was only banned entirely in 1999. The annual death rate will peak at more than 5,000 in 2016 – now MPs have a chance to do the decent thing.

Water receded from Cockermouth's high street yesterday, but more rain is forecast

The land of mud and destruction

Sunday, 22 November 2009

There is debris everywhere, and homes have been ruined by floods so powerful every bridge in Cumbria is being checked

Cumbria flooding prompts bridge safety checks

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Urgent safety review of Cumbria's 1,800 bridges under way today as 50mph winds are forecast.

Iraq war report details 'appalling' failures

Sunday, 22 November 2009

A leaked government report on "lessons learnt" after the Iraq war reveals "appalling" failures that left the British Army ill-equipped for battle and the subsequent occupation, it was reported today.

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