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BAA scraps shops to cut queues
BAA is ripping out shops at Heathrow in an attempt to cut lengthy security queues
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Blair looks to Rome as Catholics outstrip Anglicans
· Cardinal welcomes conversion of ex-PM
· Church of England queries congregation figures
Former PM's road to Rome
Difficulties in changing faith
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Ministers accused over Respect taskforce
Ministers are being accused by the Tories of airbrushing out of existence Tony Blair's Respect agenda
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Two held after town's third racial murder
Detectives are questioning two white teenagers after third racially-related murder in five months in Bolton
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Her Majesty in cyberspace The Queen became the first monarch to start broadcasting films on YouTube More on the monarchy

Georgian oligarch claims he is assassination target
A Surrey-based billionaire claims he is being targeted in an assassination plot

Plan to open up hard shoulder on M25 shelved
The government has dropped one of Europe's busiest motorways from a radical traffic scheme
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Crackdown on web ticket touts
MPs urge action on auction sites such as eBay which collude with ticket touting gangs to obtain gig seats
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Top Gear crash dragster is up for sale on eBay
The jet powered car that almost took the life of the Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has been put up for sale on eBay, the online auction site

Wilder parks can tame climate change threat
Britain's National Parks must undergo a conservation revolution if they are to meet new challenges
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Scotland, home to free prescriptions and the wild beaver
Ecology SNP backs controversial reintroduction of keystone species at three small lochs

How makeshift ice skates cut journey times
Up and down the country ice rinks are brimming with the merrily uncoordinated, embracing the annual ritual of mulled wine, sore toes and chance collisions with strangers

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