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Daily national breaking news headlines and reports. en-gb http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/head-pays-tribute-to-murdered-teen-91466-20896609/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:30:26 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/head-pays-tribute-to-murdered-teen-91466-20896609/ The headteacher of the teenager murdered in an unprovoked attack when he refused to take part in a fight has paid tribute to a "very well-liked, gentle student who always tried his best". http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/dead-babies-found-in-box-91466-20896642/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:30:26 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/dead-babies-found-in-box-91466-20896642/ The bodies of two babies have been found in a box at a house, police have confirmed. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/brown-pledges-social-care-reform-91466-20896565/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:30:25 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/brown-pledges-social-care-reform-91466-20896565/ Gordon Brown has pledged fundamental reform to social care of the elderly and disabled in England as the Government warned that the system is facing a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/rail-staff-threaten-national-strike-91466-20895776/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:30:26 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/rail-staff-threaten-national-strike-91466-20895776/ The threat of the first national rail strike for 14 years was raised when the industry's biggest union announced that it was balloting 17,000 workers for industrial action. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/loan-ads-on-facebook-prompt-warning-91466-20895257/ Mon, 12 May 2008 07:30:23 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/loan-ads-on-facebook-prompt-warning-91466-20895257/ Some credit companies are breaking advertising rules when they use social networking sites to tout for business, a charity has warned. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/house-price-fall-welcomed-by-many-91466-20895222/ Mon, 12 May 2008 07:30:22 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/house-price-fall-welcomed-by-many-91466-20895222/ More people are hoping for house prices to fall than to rise, according to the results of a new poll. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/debate-on-controversial-embryo-bill-91466-20895041/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:30:22 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/debate-on-controversial-embryo-bill-91466-20895041/ Controversial legislation to widen the scope of embryo research is due to begin what is likely to be a stormy passage through the House of Commons. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/cameron-uk-paying-price-for-labour-91466-20895077/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:30:22 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/cameron-uk-paying-price-for-labour-91466-20895077/ Britain is paying the price for a decade of Labour rule which had put "bureaucratic neatness" ahead of social value, David Cameron is due to claim. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/bakery-murder-boy-refused-fight-91466-20895111/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:30:22 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/bakery-murder-boy-refused-fight-91466-20895111/ Friends of a murdered teenager face a sombre return to school on what would have been his last day as a pupil. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/cherie-my-lost-baby-and-iraq-panic-91466-20894952/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:30:27 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/cherie-my-lost-baby-and-iraq-panic-91466-20894952/ Cherie Blair has revealed how her husband made public the fact that she had lost the baby she was carrying in order not to cause a panic over Iraq. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/johnson-calls-for-radical-change-91466-20894705/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:00:22 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/johnson-calls-for-radical-change-91466-20894705/ Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for "radical change" in social care amid claims the system in England is heading towards a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/post-offices-must-close-minister-91466-20894739/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:00:22 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/post-offices-must-close-minister-91466-20894739/ A government minister has maintained that post office closures were necessary because the network continued to lose half-a-million-pounds every day. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/public-urged-to-help-burma-victims-91466-20894652/ Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:27 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/public-urged-to-help-burma-victims-91466-20894652/ The public have been urged to donate to an appeal fund to help save the lives of those affected by the Burmese cyclone. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/cherie-my-lost-baby-and-iraq-panic-91466-20894587/ Mon, 12 May 2008 00:30:24 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/cherie-my-lost-baby-and-iraq-panic-91466-20894587/ Cherie Blair has revealed how her husband made public the fact that she had lost the baby she was carrying in order not to cause a panic over Iraq. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/tax-burden-up-50-under-labour-91466-20894525/ Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:15 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/12/tax-burden-up-50-under-labour-91466-20894525/ Britain's tax bill has increased by more than 50% in the past ten years under Labour, it has been claimed. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/pressure-mounts-on-burma-government-91466-20893932/ Sun, 11 May 2008 18:00:17 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/pressure-mounts-on-burma-government-91466-20893932/ The Burmese government is under increasing international pressure as aid agencies warned that the death toll following the cyclone disaster could reach 1.5 million. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/hunt-for-gentle-giant-s-killer-91466-20893883/ Sun, 11 May 2008 17:30:22 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/hunt-for-gentle-giant-s-killer-91466-20893883/ A teenager murdered the day after his 16th birthday was killed in an unprovoked attack after he refused to take part in a fight, police said. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/brown-to-stage-fightback-91466-20893849/ Sun, 11 May 2008 17:30:17 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/brown-to-stage-fightback-91466-20893849/ Gordon Brown is expected to try to reclaim the political initiative this week, setting out his draft Queen's Speech programme for the autumn with promises of new measures on schools and health. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/boe-urged-to-act-to-avoid-downturn-91466-20893780/ Sun, 11 May 2008 17:00:16 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/boe-urged-to-act-to-avoid-downturn-91466-20893780/ Prospects for the UK economy have worsened and the Bank of England must act swiftly if the country is to avoid a marked downturn, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/wounded-police-rise-by-60-91466-20893814/ Sun, 11 May 2008 17:00:16 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/05/11/wounded-police-rise-by-60-91466-20893814/ The number of police officers wounded in shootings has increased by 60% in four years, according to figures released by the Conservatives.