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7:27pm today Labour is braced for another ballot box bashing as deputy leader Harriet Harman publicly criticised its campaign in a crucial by-election. 7:27pm today A police chief has called for fairer selection procedures to increase the number of top-ranking black and Asian officers. 7:27pm today A 24-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death of a six-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run collision. 7:27pm today A British rescue team who travelled to earthquake-hit China returned home "frustrated and disappointed" after failing to secure visas to stay and help with the emergency operation. 7:27pm today Thousands of young children in Burma will die from hunger within weeks unless food reaches them soon, a British charity has warned. 7:27pm today Chancellor Alistair Darling will this week open the door for tax concessions in a bid to prevent a business exodus from the UK, it has been reported. 7:27pm today Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed has said he would move to Scotland permanently if the country became independent. 7:27pm today Tens of thousands of football fans descended on Portsmouth city centre to salute their FA Cup winning team. 7:27pm today British scientists are working on a new drug which they believe could herald a breakthrough in efforts to cure MRSA. 7:27pm today Gordon Brown exhorted MPs to back controversial human-animal embryo research as the Commons geared up for a dramatic showdown. © Copyright Press Association Ltd 2008, All Rights Reserved.
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