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Double shootings 'may be linked'
Police investigating a fatal shooting in Manchester a year ago say it may be connected to another shooting later that day.
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Cost concerns rile Formula One
Formula One teams are forced to cut costs as their automotive backers feel the pinch from falling car sales.
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Fake MI5 spy is jailed for fraud
A former policeman who pretended to be a secret agent is jailed for fraud and firearms offences.
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Reward over travel agent raiders
A £5,000 reward for information is offered after an armed raid at a travel agent in Haslemere.
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The new car mystery
As the global financial problems continue, the car industry is suffering badly, with new car sales down 36.8% in November. But how in the current climate could anybody be persuaded to buy a new car?
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Bolivia holds key to electric car future
High in the Andes, in a remote corner of Bolivia, lies more than half the world's reserves of lithium, a mineral that is used in batteries that power both mobile phones and electric cars.
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Weapon 'may not' have killed Rhys
An expert says there is not enough evidence to be sure if a gun recovered by police investigating Rhys Jones's murder was used to kill him.
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Car linked to bank robbery found
A car which is thought to have been used in a bank robbery in Lancashire has been found by police.
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Car industry squares up to economic storm
The global car industry prepares to party the night away at the Paris motor show in an effort to suppress the way most ordinary people are focusing more on their next mortgage payment than on their next car.
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MGs leave Longbridge for dealers
MGs leave Birmingham's Longbridge plant for UK dealers for the first time since 2005.
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Shop's anger over third ram-raid
Thieves crash a stolen Jaguar through a fashion shop front window in an early morning robbery.
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Swaziland king celebrates in style
One of the world's last remaining absolute monarchs, King Mswati III of Swaziland, has held lavish birthday celebrations, reports the BBC's Orla Guerin.
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Woman crashed stolen fire engine
A woman 'snapped' and stole and crashed a fire engine as its crew dealt with flooding at a neighbour's home, a court hears.
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Stolen cars worth £100K recovered
Three stolen cars worth more than £100,000 in total are recovered by police in Bristol.
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Sledgehammer used in armed raid
A gang of armed robbers use a sledgehammer and a knuckle-duster to smash their way into a clearance bargains warehouse.
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Production resumes at Longbridge
Car production restarts at the famous Longbridge plant in Birmingham.
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BMW to miss its targets for 2008
German carmaker BMW warns that deteriorating business conditions means it will miss its 2008 targets.
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Napoli engine to be blasted apart
Underwater explosives are to be used to blow up the engine in the wreck of the MSC Napoli of the Devon coast.
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Snared in a homemade 'NitroNet'
Humans are using too much nitrogen, and leaving so much of it that the natural world is struggling to cope.
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Seized BMW used as drug deterrent
A luxury car is being used by Sussex Police to publicise a "make dealers pay" message.
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