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Levi Bellfield to have DNA test in connection with Lin and Megan Russell murders
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Levi Bellfield to have DNA test in connection with Lin and Megan Russell murders

Exclusive: CCRC will test serial killer as part of inquiry into whether Michael Stone was wrongly convicted of 1996 murdersThe serial killer Levi Bellfield will have his DNA taken in an attempt to establish if he murdered Lin and Megan Russell in 1996.Michael Stone has protested his innocence since...

Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
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NHS anaesthetist shortage prevents 1.5m operations a year, report finds
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NHS anaesthetist shortage prevents 1.5m operations a year, report finds

Exclusive: Alarming shortfall of specialists stops about 4,000 procedures a day, many for patients in urgent need of surgeryThe NHS is unable to perform 1.5m operations a year because of a drastic shortage of anaesthetists, a report reveals.More than 8 million patients are on waiting lists across En...

Andrew Gregory Health editor
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Mitch McConnell mystery deepens as health questions remain unanswered
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Mitch McConnell mystery deepens as health questions remain unanswered

Senator’s office has released only sparse details about hospital stay, leaving fevered speculation to fill vacuumMystery surrounding Senator Mitch McConnell’s health is deepening as the US Congress prepares to return from recess next week.McConnell, 84, has not been seen in public since he was admit...

David Smith in Washington
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Alfred Dreyfus statue to finally receive permanent home in central Paris
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Alfred Dreyfus statue to finally receive permanent home in central Paris

Sculpture of Jewish army officer wrongly accused of treason has been moved around the city for decadesFor 40 years, the statue of Capt Alfred Dreyfus has been moved around Paris, never finding a permanent home.The French army twice refused to allow it to stand at l’École Militaire, where Dreyfus, a...

Kim Willsher in Paris
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John Humphrys criticises successors on ‘irritating’ Today programme
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John Humphrys criticises successors on ‘irritating’ Today programme

Ex-presenter of BBC Radio 4 show complains in Guardian of ‘gratuitous gratitude’ and ‘gushing’ between host and guestFor more than three decades, John Humphrys delighted and infuriated listeners in equal measure as he confronted the nation’s politicians in his trademark, pointed style on the Today p...

Michael Savage Media editor
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World Cup quarter-final expected to generate £500m sales boost for UK economy
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World Cup quarter-final expected to generate £500m sales boost for UK economy

As England prepare to take on Norway on Saturday, sales of pints, takeaways and new TVs continue to surgeFrom a cosy Norwegian pub to outdoor fan zones packed with hopeful England football fans, Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final between the two nations is expected to generate a multimillion-pound w...

Rob Davies and Sarah Butler
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Labour MPs call for Andy Burnham to restore aid spending target set by Brown
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Labour MPs call for Andy Burnham to restore aid spending target set by Brown

Thinktank urges prospective prime minister to reclaim UK’s role as an international leader on developmentInfluential backbenchers are calling on Andy Burnham to reclaim Labour’s leadership on international development and chart a course back to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid.In a c...

Heather Stewart Economics editor
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