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Sport Fifa fines home nations over poppies

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Fifa fines all four home nations for displaying poppies during World Cup qualifiers around Armistice Day.

  • 19 December 2016
  • From the section Football

Post Office workers lead week of strikes

Post Office and rail workers are striking in a week that could also see disruption to air passengers.

  • 19 December 2016
  • From the section Business

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Gig-goers must get resold ticket warning

Gig-goers may be turned away at the doors if they buy tickets from the secondary market, a regulator warns.

  • 19 December 2016
  • From the section Business

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'Send heavy drinkers for liver scan'

  • 19 December 2016
  • From the section Health
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First Minister faces no-confidence vote

Rabbi Lionel Blue dies aged 86

  • 19 December 2016
  • From the section UK

The Papers

Mail misery and Murray magic

The threat of industrial action by Royal Mail staff and Andy Murray's unprecedented third Sport Personality win are on the front pages.

  • 19 December 2016

Features & Analysis

Lionel Blue

Trailblazing rabbi who became a familiar voice on the airwaves

  • 19 December 2016
  • From the section UK

Cash-for-ash scandal

The botched heating scheme that's sparked a political crisis

Happy eating

How to dodge food poisoning this Christmas

  • 19 December 2016
  • From the section Health

Newsbeat 'You're skiving'

Should you take time off work while you're grieving?

  • 19 December 2016
  • From the section Home

Dying for a cause

The 74 lost journalists of 2016

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A watery grave

Things to know about sea burials

  • 19 December 2016
  • From the section England

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