Halifax: House Prices Edge Up 0.2% In August

House prices edged up by 0.2% in August, new figures from Halifax show.

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Around 10,000 jobs are at risk at social housing firm Connaught, which will be put into administration today after failing to raise extra funding from lenders.

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BP is set to release a report on its investigation into the Deepwater Horizon disaster which led to the huge oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The first economic analysis of weight-loss surgery shows the controversial operation pays for itself in just one year.

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Anti-war campaigners say they will stage a protest outside a museum where former prime minister Tony Blair is expected to attend a party to mark the launch of his new book.

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Psychologists believe they have discovered the dance moves that make men attractive to women.

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The man who murdered former Beatle John Lennon three decades ago will remain behind bars for at least another two years after being denied parole for a sixth time.

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A father has been accused of repeatedly raping one of his daughters and keeping another locked in a small room for a year.

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A woman injured by a policeman as he threw her into a cell has slammed his six-month jail term, telling Sky News it "doesn't seem fair".

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The Border Agency is struggling to cope with its asylum caseload and is only removing around 3% of new applicants entering Britain.

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A 30-stone man has left his job after being told his weight makes him a health and safety risk.

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A British man suspected of burning his wife's body and burying the ashes in cement after accidentally killing her at their French countryside mansion has been arrested.

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An American teenager has had a lucky escape after being swept away in a river.

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An evangelical priest's plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks will put soldiers' lives at risk, the US has warned.

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Electronic band The xx have won the Mercury music prize for their debut album xx.

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The Prime Minister has taken a jovial swipe at Wayne Rooney and his own embattled communications chief as he picked up a gong at the GQ Men of the Year awards.

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Social housing firm Connaught, which employs 10,000 people, will be put into administration today after failing to raise extra funding from lenders.

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MPs will investigate allegations of unauthorised hacking of mobiles after police said they would question the Prime Minister's spokesman on the matter.

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Millions of commuters in London have faced disruption on the Tube network due to a 24-hour strike - but the level of impact was disputed between unions and bosses.

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Sky News has learned that our current economic plight is even worse than in the aftermath of the 1980s recession.

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Police are still searching for the mother of a newborn baby girl found dead in a garden, as a post mortem on her body proved inconclusive.

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HSBC chairman Stephen Green has been appointed as Trade Minister in David Cameron's Government.

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A British man has plunged to his death from a fifth-floor hotel balcony after apparently taking part in a game.

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A man has free-climbed a San Francisco skyscraper using nothing more than suction cups to help him cling to the glass structure.

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