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Emergency plans to vaccinate half the population by Christmas are at risk after the manufacturer reported serious problems growing enough quantities of its vaccine.

The Church of England yesterday overthrew 2,000 years of history by giving its blessing to couples having children before they marry.

The teenager was taken into custody after the automatic machine gun - an M16-style rifle capable of firing up to 900 rounds-per-minute - was seized at a flat in Croydon, south London.

Michael Smales, 45, bludgeoned airport check-in agent Patricia to death. Following the attack Smales was found loitering half naked on a motorway embankment.

Despite ministers ruling out a cap, a Home Office poll of attitudes towards people coming to the UK found overwhelming support for a ‘strict limit’ on immigrant numbers.

The Prime Minister has confirmed that a succession of senior ministers - including Lord Mandelson and Harriet Harman - would step in for him.

The 37-year-old investment consultant is accused of taking off his clothes and stripping the unconscious woman.

The BBC's governing body has warned programming chiefs that broadcasting his show in the run-up to a general election could be seen as unfair.

Thousands of people paying for private health check-ups could be wasting their money and even damaging their health, say consumer campaigners.

The numbers failing to earn the £15,000 salary which triggers repayment have risen 160,000 in a year as graduates struggle to find lucrative work or are made redundant.

It offers protection against developing most diseases, with the exception of prostate cancer, according to scientists.

'Whoever has the possibility should topple Mugabe – the man has destroyed his country, many people have died unnecessarily because of him,' he told Germany’s Stern Magazine.

Breaking his silence on Mr McKinnon's battle to avoid extradition on computer hacking charges, the Prime Minister said he was 'sympathetic' to his plight.

Police said a television which was at least 10 years old caught fire after being left plugged in on the ninth floor.

Sandra White spends three hours every morning patrolling the streets of Spalding, Lincolnshire, cleaning litter, and even paid a local window cleaner to wash shelters in the town's bus station.

Getting people to join reading groups, toil on allotments and even embark on computer training in their twilight years could improve the nation's mental health.

The carcass of a six foot long shark was left lying in the middle of downtown Miami street after two men tried to sell it to several fish markets.

The interference intensified weaknesses in the testing system that led to delays in results for more than a million seven and 14-year-olds, according to a cross-party Commons committee.

When Eleanor Boucher found a postcard from Weymouth on the doormat, the happy beach scene made her feel she was there.