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TRIBUTES have been paid to the late "irreplaceable" John Burnie, a leading light at Bo'ness and Kinneil Steam Railway, whose funeral took place in Dunfermline yesterday .

PARENTAL fears are being blamed for figures showing just 4% of children cycle to school, even though half of all pupils would like to.

Police have charged two people with the murder and kidnap of a man found collapsed in the street in east London.

MECHANIC Chris Cureton could not believe his ears when he was pulled over by police as he drove home from work.

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A woman wears a surgical mask to prevent the transmission of H1N1, also known as Swine Flu, on July 30, 2009 in London, England.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to join in demonstrations calling for action on climate change ahead of crunch UN talks.

The truth - and the UFOs - may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore.

A 24-year-old man has become the first person in England and Wales to be given a drinking banning order.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Local Government and also in Communities Friday 4th December 2009 - 8:57am Government funds festive facelifts for 50 high streets Fifty high streets across England were today given Government grants totalling 2.6 million to spruce themselves up in time for Christmas.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Communities and also in Local Government Friday 4th December 2009 - 10:41am 1,700 jobs to go in North East as steel plant is mothballed A giant steel plant is set to be mothballed in the New Year, with the loss of 1,700 jobs, it was announced today.

A village in Somerset has been named as the place in England with the highest life expectancy.

Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch has urged people to join Scotland's biggest demonstration against climate change.

Published by Hannah Wooderson for 24dash.com in Communities Thursday 3rd December 2009 - 11:26am Two killed in Birmingham house fire Two people were found dead today and a third was being treated for minor burns after a severe house fire.

The uncle of John Paul Massey has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after his illegal pitbull dog savaged the four-year-old to death.

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Train services were being disrupted and around 250 homes evacuated following a blaze involving acetylene cylinders at an industrial unit in Worthing.

British sailor David Bloomer said "it is wonderful" to be free after he and four colleagues spent a week being held by the Iranian authorities.

Mind Candy, the UK-based developer of the children's free-to-play social online game Moshi Monsters , today announced they have hit 10 million registered players at www.moshimonsters.com , a significant milestone for one of the fastest growing children's sites in the world.

JURORS in the trial of a teenager accused of murdering his girlfriend in a blaze retired to consider their verdict today.