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• UK News (UK)

• Life for sword death gang members
  Three teenage gang members get life terms for stabbing a 14-year-old boy through the heart with a sword.
  
• Widower loses fight to stay in UK
  A man whose wife died after an injection mix-up during childbirth loses his fight to stay in the UK.
  
• Youth died after girlfriend row
  A teenager walked into the sea and drowned after rowing with his mother over his girlfriend, an inquest hears.
  
• Teenage boy's killers jailed
  Two youths found guilty of murdering 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga are given life sentences.
  
• Shower attacker escapes custody
  A woman being held in a psychiatric unit after a slashing a former friend in a shower escapes on a dentist visit.
  

• Science/Nature News (UK)

• Great tits cope well with warming
  Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.
  
• New batch of walruses gets tagged
  Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.
  
• 'No bias' against UK astronauts
  UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.
  
• Platypus genetic code unravelled
  The genetic blueprint of one of the world's strangest mammals - the duck-billed platypus - is deciphered.
  
• EU's sat-nav pioneer calls home
  A demonstrator satellite for the European Galileo system begins transmitting navigation signals back to Earth.
  

• Business News (UK)

• Repossession orders climb by 17%
  The number of people under threat of losing their homes has risen sharply in England and Wales, figures show.
  
• French swoop for British Energy
  French utility EDF makes an offer for British Energy, although the price has not been disclosed.
  
• Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
  Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.
  
• Npower axes staff in sales probe
  Npower dismisses six staff from its sales team after claims of mis-selling energy contracts.
  
• Centrica wind farm cost warning
  Centrica warns that the prospect of making money from wind farms is looking "marginal" due to high costs.
  

• Sport Homepage News (UK)

• Rivals bullish over title decider
  Avram Grant believes Chelsea are playing the best football while Sir Alex Ferguson says Bolton will make it hard for the Blues in Sunday's Premier League finale.
  
• Magpies hold 'good' Keegan talks
  The Newcastle board say they have held "constructive" talks with manager Kevin Keegan at a meeting in London.
  
• O'Neill furious at Benitez claims
  Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neil launches an attack on Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez over the Gareth Barry transfer move.
  
• Adebayor dismisses exit rumours
  Emmanuel Adebayor vows to stay at Arsenal, while boss Gunners boss Arsene Wenger says he is mystified at reports that Alexander Hleb is leaving.
  
• England lands extra Uefa Cup slot
  England get an additional club in next season's Uefa Cup after topping Europe's fair play rankings.
  

• Technology News (UK)

• Burma's emergency telecoms delay
  Foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms are prevented from going into Burma.
  
• Facebook agrees child safety plan
  Facebook agrees a deal to protect children on the site from sexual predators and cyber bullies.
  
• Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
  Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.
  
• MySpace lets users share data
  MySpace says its "data availability" project will put users in the driving seat with web information sharing.
  
• Google keen on better Yahoo ties
  Google expresses interest in extending an advertising partnership with fellow search engine Yahoo.
  

• Health News (UK)

• Promises made over NHS overhaul
  Ministers have sought to allay fears over the forthcoming overhaul of the NHS in England.
  
• Early baby survival 'unchanged'
  Babies born at 23 weeks or earlier are no more likely to survive than they were a decade ago, a study finds.
  
• HIV funding priority shift call
  Funding for HIV prevention is being wasted on strategies which have little impact, say US researchers.
  
• Jab urged after diphtheria death
  Infectious disease experts have warned parents to check their children are vaccinated after suspected death from diphtheria.
  
• Half city's youth 'take cocaine'
  More than 50% of young people in Liverpool admit to having taken cocaine, a new report claims.
  

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