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HBOS headquarters in Halifax
Banks face pressure on rate cut
MPs pressure banks to pass on 1% cut in interest rates to customers as HBOS offers only 0.25%.
Which lenders are cutting rates
What the cuts mean for you
Rates cut to 57-year low

Celecoxib pills Warning over internet painkillers
Prescription-only painkillers available to purchase over the internet could be 'deadly' say experts.

Takeo Fukui FROM BBC SPORT >>
Global crisis ends Honda F1 dream
Japanese car giant Honda is quitting Formula One blaming the world economic crisis and at a cost of 800 jobs to the UK.


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ENGLAND
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SCOTLAND
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Funeral of fisherman takes place

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