Mental health charities say they have seen a surge in calls to their helplines since the start of the recession.
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Environmentalists fear the UK government's draft energy bill to be published on Tuesday will end in a new "dash for gas".
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Nine out of the ten poorest areas in England are in the north-west, a church charity survey shows.
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A growing number of people are failing to save anything for their retirement - leaving them in a "precarious" position, a pensions provider says.
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IAEA head Yukiya Amano arrives in Tehran voicing optimism about reaching agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
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The Mexican army says a local leader of the Zetas drug cartel is arrested for the killing of 49 people whose bodies were dumped on a roadside a week ago.
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Shoppers deserted Scotland's high streets last month as footfall fell by nearly a fifth, according to a survey by retailers.
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Prime Minister David Cameron warns EU leaders that uncertainty over the eurozone cannot be allowed to go on beyond upcoming elections in Greece.
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Thousands of people left homeless by a powerful earthquake in northern Italy spend the night in shelters as aftershocks continue in the region.
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With 100 days to go until the start of London 2012, tickets go back on sale for what organisers say is the 'biggest ever' Paralympics.
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A look back at the life of Bee Gee Robin Gibb, founder member of one of the most commercially successful bands of all time.
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Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family say.
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A second man is charged with the murder of a 40-year-old widower who was found stabbed to death in his Brighton flat.
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Thousands of people turned out to see rock band Muse carry the Olympic flame in their Devon hometown on the second day of the torch relay.
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A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, according to a report by a campaign group and business leaders.
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Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago in a summit dominated by the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Tom Daley marks his return to the scene of his first European title with a personal best score to seal his second continental crown in Eindhoven.
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An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, is set to take place across east Asia and the western US on Monday.
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Tens of thousands of fans have taken to the streets of west London to welcome home Chelsea's Champions League-winning squad.
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A cheap drug, which is already prescribed for arthritis, could fight amoebic dysentery, according to researchers in the US.
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People in the Dominican Republic vote for a new president, in a tight contest between two old political rivals and a campaign dominated by inflation concerns.
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Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell is narrowly beaten by Nicolas Colsaerts in the final of the World Match Play in Andalucia.
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West Indies mount a stirring fightback to raise their hopes of pulling off an unlikely victory over England in the first Test at Lord's.
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Millions of football fans around the world watched Chelsea's dramatic Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich on Saturday night, including world leaders gathered for the G8 Summit at Camp David.
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Scientists identify thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane stored for many millennia is bubbling into the atmosphere, potentially accelerating global warming.
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Pakistani authorities block access to the social media website Twitter because of tweets they say are blasphemous and inflammatory.
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What are you your rights to take Jubilee Day off?
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David Cameron urges people to remember the victims of the Lockerbie bombing, following the death of the only person convicted of the atrocity - and says Abdelbaset al-Megrahi should never have been released from jail.
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Jessica Ennis registers a personal best in the women's 110m hurdles at the Great CityGames in Manchester.
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A bomb that killed a girl outside a school in southern Italy was probably planted by a single person rather than the mafia, a prosecutor says.
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Families at service for new Falklands War Memorial
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Pakistan's government has imposed a countrywide ban on the social media website Twitter.
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Hundreds of Chelsea fans are gathering ahead of a parade to celebrate their team's Champions League trophy win.
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Watch News Channel coverage of Chelsea's victory parade to celebrate winning the Champions League and FA Cup (UK only).
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The ex-wife of a man who murdered his ex-partner and toddler daughter in Essex tells the BBC he had put a gun to her head.
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Scottish authorities are waiting for confirmation of the details of the death of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.
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A senior cabinet colleague defends David Cameron's work ethic after a book outlined weekend relaxations including tennis, karaoke and drinking wine.
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The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
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Former chancellor Ken Clarke says Europe's banking system is "in tatters" and warns the UK is "heavily exposed" to potential problems.
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