Looks like the government's going ahead with plans to strip cigarette packets of all of their branding..

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says the coalition's public consultation on plain packaging will launch on Monday.

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Two teenage boys are being questioned following claims that Scotland Yard's anti-terror hotline was hacked.

A group calling itself "Team Poison" claimed it was able to listen in on Met police officers discussing operations.


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A huge bang - heard and felt across large parts of central England last night - has been confirmed by the Ministry of Defence as two RAF jets breaking the sound barrier.

The Typhoons were scrambled after a small aircraft accidentally began transmitting on an emergency frequency.

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A Bournemouth businessman's getting ready to run seven marathons in seven countries ... in seven straight days.

Adam Murry starts his challenge on Sunday in Paris, then will do 26 miles a day throughout Europe before finishing with the London Marathon.