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Mergers affect safety of savings
A series of mergers among financial institutions has put the safety net for savings under scrutiny. |
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Old organs left in body after op
A Barnsley man who was told he only had six months to live recovers after an operation leaves him with three kidneys and two pancreases. |
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Ed Balls joins Labour leader race
Ed Balls pledges to "listen first" as he announced his intention to stand for the leadership of the Labour Party |
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Labour MP charged over expenses
Labour MP Eric Illsley is charged with dishonestly claiming £20,000 in council tax and other bills over three years. |
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Eel numbers boosted by thousands
About 50,000 eels are to be released in the Dearne Valley to boost the population after numbers drop. |
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Fourth Tohill kidnapper arrested
A Belfast man on the run over the kidnapping of dissident republican Bobby Tohill is arrested and faces extradition from the Republic. |
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Slimming pills 'doctor' is jailed
A struck-off doctor who prescribed slimming pills at clinics in Hertfordshire, Essex and Yorkshire is imprisoned. |
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Sheffield votes in hung council
Labour makes gains at the expense of the Liberal Democrats on councils in Sheffield and Doncaster. |
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Clegg retains power in Sheffield
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg keeps his Sheffield Hallam seat, while Labour hold on to 12 other seats in South Yorkshire. |
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Baby graves memorial fund grows
A campaigner for a memorial for hundreds of babies buried in unmarked graves in Barnsley says she is half way to her £11,000 target. |
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Illegal bikers targeted by police
Illegal motorcycling on the Trans Pennine Trail is targeted in a police operation in South Yorkshire. |
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Power shift possible in Yorkshire
Labour's traditional grip on the councils of West and South Yorkshire could be loosened further on 6 May. |
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'I had Parkinson's disease at 19'
John Crossley-Stanbury started with the symptoms of Parkinson's at the age of just 19, but he says people will not believe he has it, because he is so young. |
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BNP chasing bigot 'opportunity'
The BNP says the incident in which Gordon Brown called a pensioner a "bigoted woman" has opened a "window of opportunity for the party". |
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'Cultural' taboo of breastfed older child
An expert from a parents' charity describes the "cultural opposition" facing a South Yorkshire mother who is still breastfeeding her five-year-old son. |
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The Full Election Story: 29 April - Part One
All the key points, analysis and reaction from the General Election campaign 2010. |
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Family's 'lucky' home fire escape
A warning is is made about smoke alarms after a parents and their four children escape a house fire in Barnsley. |
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Council appeals to postal voters
Barnsley council urges people planning to use a postal vote for the general and local elections to return them as soon as possible. |
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Driver, 68, dies at wheel of car
A 68-year-old man dies at the wheel of the car he was driving in Lincolnshire. |
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Three long-standing MPs retiring
Three veteran South Yorkshire MPs are standing down at the general election after amassing nearly 60 years' service between them. |