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    By David Hodgson. Greg's peace of mind is destroyed when his house is broken into.

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      By Lucy Caldwell. A family tries to come to terms with the loss of a daughter and sister.

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      2/5. The new home secretary in the Labour-Lib Dem government is determined to stray off message

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      By Ian Kershaw. Alan and Jean Warburton are on vacation, but this is no ordinary holiday.

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      A writer finds himself speaking on a mobile phone to a stranger in 1959 New York.

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3/5. The Angolan Navy occupy the British territory of St Helena.

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