Unions have doubled their estimate of the number of NHS jobs that could be cut because of government spending cuts.

They say over 50-thousand posts - including frontline doctors, nurses and midwives - are due to be axed.

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Couples who want to get divorced should go through a mediation process before resorting to the courts - according to Government plans.

The justice minister Jonathan Djanogly says people are often too willing to hand over their personal problems for the state to solve.