Moat kills himself in police stand-off

Raoul Moat, who evaded a massive week-long manhunt before shooting himself at the climax of a six-hour stand-off with armed police, died today.

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Protesters outside the Tesco exhibition of the planned site in Sheringham, Norfolk

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A bitter fight about a proposed Tesco superstore in Norfolk has turned uglier still. Martin Hickman reports.

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Charlotte Philby: Today's communes are a far cry from the free-loving hippy havens of the Sixties.

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How did the cooking skills of intrepid interviewer Deborah Ross stand up to the MasterChef test?

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People pick their way through the damaged streets of Port-au-Prince after the earthquake

Haitians wait for a recovery that has barely begun

Billions were promised after the January earthquake. Six months on, little has changed. By Guy Adams.

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Ministers and monarchy pass buck on 'non-doms'

Ministers at loggerheads with Palace over who has the responsibility to strip 'non-dom' peers of titles.

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Cold War spying drama reimagined as farce

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