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<Slug>005 UNEMPLOYMENT SLACK</Slug>
<TEXT>Figures out this morning (0930) are expected to show the youth jobless total
has gone over a million.

Unions and youth campaign groups will warn that 16- to 24-year-olds are
bearing the brunt of the UK's jobs "crisis".

Business Secretary Vince Cable is announcing measures to help firms take on
apprentices.

Georgina Slack is on one such scheme at Ferrari.

She tells us what it's done for her.

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<Slug>smoking 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Doctors are calling for a ban on smoking in cars.

The British Medical Association wants ministers to bring in new rules on health grounds - claiming toxin levels can be 23 times higher than in a typical smoky bar.
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<Slug>kidnap 7</Slug>
<TEXT>A man's been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 10 year-old boy in the West Midlands.

He was found in a flat in Oldbury - after going missing during a shopping trip on Sunday morning.

The 49 year old man will appear in court later
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<Slug>MISSING 1</Slug>
<TEXT>Police say they're worried about a Weston woman who's been missing for nearly a week.

Jennifer Alder who's 28, was last seen at her home last Thursday afternoon...

Officers say it's completely out of character for her to just disappear...
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<Slug>fuel 7</Slug>
<TEXT>MPs have backed a motion asking the government to bring in measures to keep the cost of petrol down.

They want January's 3p rise in duty scrapped and a new scheme introduced to help stabalise prices.
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<Slug>freddie 7</Slug>
<TEXT>And Freddie Starr's had to leave the celebrity jungle on medical advice.

He's thought to have had an allergic reaction after a bushtucker trial.
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