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Feared closure averted as GM announces that next Astra car model will be built at Merseyside and Polish plantsThe Vauxhall car plant at Ellesmere Port has been saved from closure, preserving 2,100 jobs and creating 700 more, after workers accepted a de…

Forces set out next stages of £1.5bn private partnership scheme which they say is necessary in face of reduced fundingTwo chief constables have warned that the next round of police spending cuts could be deeper than the 20% reductions currently faced …

Nicholas Crace becomes oldest living kidney donor in UK and one of 100 people who have donated to a stranger while aliveHe has given blood 57 times, he is a volunteer driver for a local hospice, and now Nicholas Crace has scored a double first at the a…

Never the one to shy away from the public, the reality t.v. star, entrepreneur, chef and author, Bethenny Frankel launched her newest line of shapewear, Skinnygirl Solutions, that’s meant to be seen:
“It’s shapewear that you actually want people to …

Success in raising £45m for improvements allows 2013 project to rehang collection and display works from 1550 to present dayTate Britain has promised visitors a chronological circuit of the full 500-year range of its art treasures from next year as it…

During spring in Philadelphia, there’s never a bad reason to go outside. But when the reason is memorable music, food and culture all in one place, you pretty much lose all power to refuse. That’s exactly the trifecta of fun that visitors can expect at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Israel Independence Day celebration [...]

Romney Marshes mooted as site for Britain’s first store of high-level radioactive material by Shepway council in KentA furious row has broken out among local politicians over a proposal to build a nuclear waste dump in Kent.Romney Marshes is being moot…

Young man jailed over 2004 killing then released by court blames Met police for taking away eight years of his lifeSam Hallam has criticised the Metropolitan police for taking away eight years of his life after the court of appeal quashed his convictio…

More than a third failed to support the re-appointment of John McCann after resignations and a difficult few monthsTalkSport owner UTV Media has become the latest company to bear the brunt of shareholder discontent, with more than a third of investors …

In his new project “Grand Old Party,” NYU graduate student Matthew Epler found a sexier way to visualize the Republican presidential candidates. Using Gallup’s website for data, he determined the width of each toy by approval rating w…