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Essex lorry deaths: Police continue to question lorry driver
Police carry out raids on two houses and target "organised crime groups" which may have played a part.
Brexit: No 10 denies government is split over pre-Christmas election
There are reports of splits over whether to call for an election or focus on getting a deal approved.
Long-term prisoners 'should be allowed student loans'
Allowing more inmates to borrow for degrees would cut reoffending rates, a report says.
Scientist gets £2m decades after he invented diabetes test
Prof Ian Shanks used his daughter's toy microscope to build a prototype for the device in the 1980s.
High Street woes mount as '85,000 jobs lost'
The British Retail Consortium calls for political action as it estimates the scale of job cuts.