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  • John Terry loses England captaincy

    Chelsea defender John Terry has been stripped of the England football captaincy as he awaits racial abuse charges
    The Football Association has said John Terry will not captain the England team until the allegations against him are resolved.
  • Dale Farm clearance costing £7m

    It will cost seven million pounds to clear the illegal travellers' site at Dale Farm
    The cost of clearing the UK's largest illegal travellers' site has been confirmed as £7 million - but the council in charge has warned a fresh enforcement action remains likely.
  • Bankers' big pay needs 'correction'

    Sir Philip Hampton, the chairman of the taxpayer-funded Royal Bank of Scotland, has said bankers' pay is too high and needs to be corrected
    Bankers' pay is too high and needs to be "corrected", the chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland Sir Philip Hampton has said.