The tope stories at 5-30:

The mum of April Jones has made a desparate plea for help to find her
daughter.

The 5-year-old has been missing from her hometown of Machynlleth (pron:
MER-HUN-CLIFF) for almost two days. 

Detectives are continuing to question 46-year-old Mark Bridger on suspicion of
her abduction.

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Thousands of people have lined the streets of Manchester for the funeral of
one of two policewomen shot dead last month.

Nicola Hughes - who died alongside her colleague Fiona Bone - has been
described as brave and highly capable..

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Sir Richard Branson says he's delighted with the decision to cancel the new
West Coast mainline rail contract.

It was awarded to Firstgroup instead of Virgin - but now both companies will
have to rebid after the government got its sums wrong.

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More than 400 jobs are expected to be lost at AA from its insurance call
centre in Cardiff.

The company says more customers are now buying insurance online - resulting in
fewer purchases being made over the telephone.

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And Kevin Pieterson's row with English cricket's governing body has come to an
end.

The batsman has signed a new central contract with the ECB.

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