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VAT 'to be cut in rescue package'

Gordon Brown refuses to rule out a VAT cut as part of a "substantial" economic package to be unveiled on Monday.

Obama 'to unveil Treasury chief'

A senior aide to Barack Obama confirms that New York banking chief Timothy Geithner will be named treasury secretary.

Footage released of Afghan battle

Dramatic film of a fierce two-day battle in which the first Gurkha to die in Afghanistan lost his life, is shown by the MoD.

Four police officers die in crash

Four police officers are killed when their vehicle leaves the road in an early morning road accident in County Down.

Icy conditions after UK snowfalls

Snow has fallen across much of the country, with drivers warned to beware of black ice on the roads.