Flood death toll reaches four Britain has been battered by more storms as the death toll from two days of relentless rain rose to four.A 17-year-old girl on holiday in Wales, a motorcyclist travelling through North Yorkshire and a young couple from Plymouth all died in treacherous conditions on the roads. (06/09/2008) 
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Teenager stabbed to death Police said they want to trace a man wearing a grey top and black trousers in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy.The youth died following an altercation on a petrol station forecourt in Salford, Greater Manchester. (06/09/2008)
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Greens leader slams 'robber barons' Bosses of energy companies have been branded "robber barons" by the new leader of the Greens as she addressed the party's annual conference a day after her election.Caroline Lucas was chosen as the first ever leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in a vote of party members, after a referendum last year scrapped their previous system of two principal speakers - one male and one female. (06/09/2008)
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UK pledge to new Pakistan president Britain has offered to work closely with Pakistan's new President, Asif Ali Zardari, to combat violent extremism and strengthen democracy in his country.The widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has comfortably won a vote of Pakistan's two-chamber parliament and four provincial assemblies to find a replacement for Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month after nine years as president. (06/09/2008)
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Mother's grief after family deaths The mother of millionaire businessman Christopher Foster has spoken of her grief and shock at the loss of her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter.In a short statement issued by West Mercia Police, Enid Foster twice said she could not condone the actions of her son, who killed his wife and daughter before taking his own life at their mansion in Maesbrook, Shropshire. (06/09/2008)
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Call for 'black schools' A controversial race relations campaigner has called for the creation of "black schools" to "stem the avalanche of educational failure and the descent into violent gang culture".Lee Jasper, who advised former London Mayor Ken Livingstone on equalities, said it was time the black community ran its own schools, with black teachers and black governors. (06/09/2008)
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Body found in search for teenager A body found during the search for a missing British teenager in Tenerife will be formally identified.The teenager, named by the Daily Express as 17-year-old Max Sumner, was reported missing on Thursday after failing to return to his hotel in the resort of Playa de las Americas in the south of the island. (06/09/2008)
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Elderly 'facing financial abuse' Hundreds of thousands of elderly people are having their homes, benefits and savings stolen by members of their own family, charities warned.The scale of financial abuse could be increasing, with tens of millions of pounds thought to be taken each year, the charities said. (06/09/2008)
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£1m spent in hunt for Madeleine More than £1 million has been spent hunting for missing Madeleine McCann, her parents have revealed.Kate and Gerry McCann said that in less than a year the Find Madeleine fund had paid £1 million to Spain's Metodo 3 detective agency to search for her. (06/09/2008)
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Blair 'only alternative to Brown' Tony Blair is the only alternative leader who would dramatically improve Labour's electoral prospects if Gordon Brown was removed as Prime Minister, according to a new poll.None of the Cabinet ministers currently being touted as possible successors to Mr Brown would improve the party's standing, while some would even do worse, suggested the ComRes survey for the Independent. (06/09/2008)
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