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Today's News

Interest rates set for the chop - Interest rates are expected to be cut again when the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee announces its monthly review on Thursday.

Conjoined twin dies in hospital - One of the week-old conjoined twins born to an 18-year-old mother has died after emergency surgery to separate them.

Text messages 'save boy's life' - A British doctor has saved the life of a boy in DR Congo by performing an amputation using mobile text message instructions from a colleague.

Brown unveils mortgage help plan - People hit by redundancy or a big loss of income will be able to defer mortgage interest payments for up to 2 years, the government has announced.

Speaker Michael Martin on MP's arrest - Speaker Michael Martin has said he was not told that police did not have a warrant to search the offices of Damian Green MP.

Staff 'too timid' on child abuse - Professionals must not be too reluctant to remove children from abusive parents, a group of experts has said.

US 'warned India' about Mumbai - A senior US official has said that India was given a specific warning that an attack would take place on the city of Mumbai.