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<TEXT>The Defence Secretary's hit out at a committee of MPs, which have described
defence cuts as "unneccessary and grotesquely unfair".

Philip Hammond says the defence select committee's figures and understanding
about military redundancies is simply wrong.

Sky's Defence and Security Editor Sam Kiley says the MoD's given a fierce
defence of how its reducing our armed forces.

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<TEXT>A group of MP's including North Somerset's Liam Fox are heading to Westminister later - to talk about the lack of affordable housing in the south-west.

They want to raise awareness of shared ownership schemes - where people buy a share in a house then pay a discounted rent.

More than 6 thousand people in the region are currently on a waiting list for them.
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<TEXT>There's calls for young offenders to be educated - rather than put behind bars..

The Prison Reform Trust say many 18 to 24 year olds sleep their way through their sentences and reckon locking them up is the surest way to create the hardened criminals of tomorrow.
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<Slug>economy 7</Slug>
<TEXT>New figures released in three hours' time will reveal if Britain is on the brink of ANOTHER recession.

Most economists are expecting GDP figures to show that the UK economy shrank at the end of 2011.
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<TEXT>A Weston school's had their website hacked by a prankster...

The how to find us page on the Hans price academy site was changed to include directions by donkey and boat.

It's all been put back to normal now though and their principal says the hack was 'light-hearted'.
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<TEXT>Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden has spent a second night in hospital.

The heavily pregnant actress has been under the observation of doctors since admitting herself on Monday.
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