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01/07/2009 09:14 AM
UK car sales fall 11.3% in 2008
UK car sales in 2008 are 11.3% lower than they had been in 2007, following a 21.2% drop in December.


01/07/2009 08:25 AM
Freezing temperatures hit new low
Temperatures plunge to -12C in Oxfordshire on the coldest night so far of Britain's big freeze.


01/07/2009 05:15 AM
Doubts raised over measles target
The UK is named as one of Europe's worst countries for measles, dashing global hopes of eradicating the disease by 2010.


01/07/2009 03:05 AM
Cases have 'cut UK terror threat'
The terrorist threat to the UK has been reduced by a series of successful criminal prosecutions, the head of MI5 says.


01/07/2009 12:31 AM
Radon gas action needed across UK
All new homes built in the UK should be fitted with measures to prevent the build-up of the potentially harmful gas radon, say researchers.