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Vince Cable has raised the prospect of the Coalition breaking up before the general election – despite colleagues insisting the alliance will “go to the wire”. The Business Secretary said the endgame for the Government had yet to be decided. The comments came during a fringe event organised by The Independent at the Lib Dem autumn conference in Glasgow. MORE
Garment workers faint from hunger
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Officer fights back tears at hearing
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Iran plans to put Persian cat in orbit
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Connolly reveals he has Parkinson’s
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Zoo wins the rights to bear’s image
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McDonald’s objects to romantic diners
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First gay mayor ‘will clean up drugs town’
Mexico’s first openly gay mayor has been sworn in at a ceremony in the town of Fresnillo, which is notorious for drug trafficking. Singer and gay bar owner Benjamin Medrano, 47, won the election after he pledged he would tackle organised crime.
Brad Pitt’s ‘cameo role’ at reception
Brad Pitt stunned wedding guests in Buckinghamshire by making an appearance at the reception. The Hollywood actor, 49, was drinking at the bar of the hotel in Stoke Poges where the party was being held and posed in a picture with bride Abi Lingwood, 28, and her husband.
Family in legal battle over $300m will
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Bumblebee species brought back to UK
A bumblebee that vanished from the UK in the 1980s has nested in Kent following a reintroduction project. Two short-haired bumblebee queens, the populations of which declined after its wildflower-rich natural habitat was lost, were released having been taken from a colony in Sweden.
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