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Jobs boost as UK gets Astra deal

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port car plant will build a new Astra car in a deal that means huge investment and the creation and support of thousands of jobs.

Trial told of Srebrenica chaos

Prosecutors describe the chaos leading to the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, on the second day of Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial.

Schools 'fail to teach swimming'

A third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school, according to research from the Amateur Swimming Association.

PM: UK my priority in euro crisis

David Cameron has said it is his job to keep the UK safe whatever the fate of the eurozone.

Statins 'benefit healthy people'

Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.