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Tories register record poll lead
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
The Conservatives have raced into a record 24-point opinion poll lead among those certain to vote as Labour hit a 30-year-plus voter rating low.
Row over 'cancelled' NHS operations
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
A dispute has broken out over the issue of cancelled operations after figures from the Conservatives suggested thousands of NHS patients had their surgery cancelled more than once.
Sale of three BAA airports proposed
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
Competition chiefs have heavily criticised BAA and signalled a potential break up of the company's UK airport empire.
Labour will win election says Brown
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
A defiant Gordon Brown claims Labour will win the next general election, despite the political and economic turbulence of recent months.
Call to scrap national census
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
The national census is a £500 million waste of money and should be scrapped, a think tank has declared.
Labour MP Ann Cryer to step down
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
Campaigning Labour MP Ann Cryer has announced she would step down from parliament at the next general election.
BAE wins £3bn ammunition contract
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
Arms giant BAE Systems has signed a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply ammunition to British troops.
Queen 'shocked' by air disaster
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
The Queen said she was "saddened to learn of the dreadful loss of life" after 153 people died in an air crash in Spain.
Glitter running out of options
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter is facing a return to Thailand only hours after he fled the country for Hong Kong.
Teenagers get GCSE results
4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
Thousands of teenagers across the UK will receive their GCSE grades in what is expected to be another record year for results.
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Tories register record poll lead
Updated 4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
The Conservatives have raced into a record 24-point opinion poll lead among those certain to vote as Labour hit a 30-year-plus voter rating low.
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