The top stories at 8-30.

Police in Wales are warning volunteers in the search for April Jones of the
"challenging conditions" facing rescue teams.

They have asked members of the public to leave today's search to "members of
their trained and skilled teams".

There is still no trace of the five year old as a 46-year-old man remains in
police custody after being arrested yesterday on suspicion of abduction. 

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Future Government rail plans have been thrown completely off track after
Firstgroup's bid for the West Coast Main Line has been cancelled.

The Transport Secretary says it's because of completely unacceptable mistakes
made in the way the Department for Transport managed the process.

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The Foreign Office has confirmed a British national is among the victims of
the Hong Kong ferry disaster.

Thirty-eight people were killed when a pleasure cruiser collided with a
passenger ferry on Monday night.

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Supermarket giant Tesco has reported its first fall in profits in nearly 20
years.

It made 1-point-7 billion pounds in pre-tax profits in the six months to
August.

That's a drop of around 12 percent on the same period last year.

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