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<Slug>028 BUDGET CABLE</Slug>
<TEXT>The Chancellor will reveal what's in his famous Budget briefcase this
lunchtime.

Some of the details won't come as a big surprise - leaks suggest George
Osborne's planning to cut the 50p tax rate for high earners. 

He's also expected to raise the income tax threshold to 9-thousand pounds.

Business secretary Vince Cable says its too soon to say if that measure will
be implemented.

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<Slug>gunman 8</Slug>
<TEXT>A suspected gunman wanted for a series of shootings in France has been cornered by Police in a house in Toulouse.

It follows a raid in the early hours of the morning in which at least two officers were shot and injured.
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<Slug>HINKLEY 2</Slug>
<TEXT>Sedgemoor district council's gonna use it's own money - to look into plans for a new nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point.

They've agreed to fork out a quarter of a million pounds to examine the controversial application - after EDF energy only offered them 272 thousand to go towards it.

The council decided the investigation was needed because of the impact a plant will have on every local person.
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<Slug>LEGACY 2</Slug>
<TEXT>A cricket club in North Somerset's getting 42 thousand pounds to renovate it's uneven wicket..

It's the only sports facility in Blagdon - and the cash is coming from Sport England to ensure the 120 year old club can keep running.

Altogether nearly a quarter of a million pounds is being given to playing fields in the south west.
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<Slug>one 8</Slug>
<TEXT>One Direction have made history as the first UK pop group to debut at No 1 on America's Billboard album chart.

Up All Night has gone straight into the top spot on the 200-album chart.
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