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9 February 2012 Last updated at 13:46 ET

Couple in £45m EuroMillions win

A young Nottinghamshire woman who won the £45m Euromillions jackpot says she had only played the lottery about half a dozen times.

Freezing rain causes 97 crashes

Drivers are urged not to venture on to roads in Cumbria after police are called to almost 100 accidents caused by freezing rain.

'Floating lorry' killed pedestrian

A man was crushed to death by a lorry which "floated through the air like a hot-air balloon", an inquest is told.

Boy guilty in hammer murder case

A schoolboy is found guilty of murder after attacking a woman with a hammer and setting her body on fire in Nottingham.
Shocked TV chef mourns burnt barn

A shocked Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says it is impossible to imagine a fire destroying his "lovely Devon barn" at River Cottage.
Suspended sentence for 999 hoaxer

An 18-year-old woman is handed a suspended jail term for making 756 hoax 999 calls over the Christmas weekend.
Family pet 'did not kill owner'
Man, 80, in wrong way m-way drama
FA Cup derby fans vandalise train
Ex-champion boxer's jail warning
OAP activist wants records erased
Guilty pleas over hospital abuse
Footballers on car damage charges
Killer son 'set himself alight'
Peers back 'Jane's law' on bail
Accountant took cash for luxuries
Husband admits to lake drowning

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FA to draw up England shortlist

The Football Association will "move quickly" to begin the search for a successor to Fabio Capello as England manager.
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