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Breaking News – UK

• News of the World phone-hacking claims: police will speak to Andy Coulson
  Andy Coulson, one of David Cameron's most senior aides, will be questioned by police over alleged phone-hacking while he was editor of News of the World, a senior officer said. […]
• HMRC tax errors: first letters drop through doors
  Some of the nearly six million people who paid too much or too little tax find out whether they are due a rebate or must pay more. […]
• Heathrow 'all day' take off plan scrapped
  Residents welcome confirmation there will be no change to way runways at the west London airport are used. […]
• Australia election: Labour's Julia Gillard retains power after securing support of independents
  Labour PM retains power after securing the backing of two independents to form a minority administration. […]
• Tube strike: millions hit by travel chaos with nine lines affected
  Commuters face chaos as a fresh wave of Tube strikes leaves 10 Underground lines fully or partly suspended. […]
• American Bob Diamond to take over as new chief executive of Barclays
  American described as the "unacceptable face of banking" by Lord Mandelson is to take over from John Varley in a dramatic shake-up. […]
• Rail chiefs 'cash in as accidents go unrecorded'
  Network Rail directors, who shared £2.36m in bonuses last year, alleged to have pocketed bigger awards than they should have. […]
• MI6 spy Gareth Williams murder: police probe poisoning theory
  Mediterranean couple hunted by police over the suspected murder of Gareth Williams while inquiries focus on a poisoning theory. […]
• New powers to block Britons from extradition
  An independent review of agreements with the US and European nations is to be announced by the Home Secretary. […]
• Killers of WPc Yvonne Fletcher should be put on trial in Britain not Libya, MP to say
  The Metropolitan Police is close to concluding its investigation into the shooting of WPc Yvonne Fletcher, it is claimed. […]