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Lord Mandelson says the government is considering help for car finance firms but rules out help for vehicle manufacturers.

Four more EU countries lift restrictions on access to their job markets for Bulgarian and Romanian workers.

News organisations say a rule change hampers their publication of secondary school league tables for England.

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Devon and Cornwall police install a new speech facility on its website to enable more people to access its online information.

A disability rights campaigner is told by a bus driver that her wheelchair's battery is a danger as it could blow up.

Aid agencies say the already fragile humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has deteriorated dramatically since Israel began its military offensive, reports the BBC's Heather Sharp.

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Cuba opens up electronic access to thousands of documents belonging to writer Ernest Hemingway.

The Home Office has signed up to an EU suggestion to remotely access computers for surveillance but say little will change.

The Home Office has signed up to an EU suggestion to remotely access computers for surveillance but say little will change.

A guide to how to access the BBC Sport website on a mobile phone, palmtop computer or other wireless handheld devices.

The E-library in Nepal proves a hit with children unfamiliar with computers.

New walk-in clinics are opened to give people faster access to sexual health advice and treatments.

A mansion's transformation into a hotel means the public get access to the local 'big house'.

A project helping black and ethnic minority communities in Bristol access NHS services is to be rolled out across the country.

Two newly designed, wider bridges which will make life easier for those in wheelchairs are installed in Cumbria.

Volunteers at a credit union in North Ayrshire fear that door-step lenders are targeting low income homes.

Making the contraceptive pill available without prescription will not cut the UK's high teen pregnancy rate, a GP says.

Thieves remove bricks from the side of a petrol station to gain access to a cigarette kiosk.

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