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• Japan raises nuclear crisis to highest level - the same as Chernobyl
• MPs who received money back from the taxpayer
• Banking costs will rise for customers, says John Vickers
• Somerset shootings: gunman 'killed businessman before committing suicide'
• MPs who repaid expenses got money back in secret deal
• Japan earthquake: Fukushima nuclear plant evacuated following aftershock
• ICB report: A classic British compromise

Japan raises nuclear crisis to highest level - the same as Chernobyl Posted: 11 Apr 2011 07:41 PM PDT Government raises severity of crisis at Fukushima nuclear plant to highest level on the international scale in the wake of damage from last month's earthquake and tsunami. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

MPs who received money back from the taxpayer Posted: 11 Apr 2011 07:19 AM PDT Here is a list of the 26 MPs who paid expenses back to the taxpayer only to receive a refund. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Banking costs will rise for customers, says John Vickers Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:33 AM PDT British bank customers will have to pay more for current accounts if the taxpayer is to be protected from any future financial crisis, the head of the Banking Commission said, as Lloyds hit out at the sale of more branches. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Somerset shootings: gunman 'killed businessman before committing suicide' Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:54 AM PDT Wealthy businessman shot dead at his home in sleepy Somerset village by a man who then turned the weapon on himself. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

MPs who repaid expenses got money back in secret deal Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:39 AM PDT Dozens of MPs who repaid money amid outrage at their expenses claims were quietly refunded under a secret deal. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Japan earthquake: Fukushima nuclear plant evacuated following aftershock Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:02 AM PDT Magnitude 7.1 aftershock rattles Japan a month after magnitude 9 earthquake that spawned deadly tsunami.

ICB report: A classic British compromise Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:08 AM PDT Here are the key recommendation of the Independent Commission on Banking in its interim report to make the banking system more competitive and less vulnerable to crises. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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