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Two young women have been arrested on suspicion of causing a serious injury to a child in Rochdale, police have said.

Train operator CrossCountry will resume a full service today after a power outage at its control centre forced cancellations across the majority of its UK routes.

The consortium attempting to take control of Thames Water has named three proposed directors with water, infrastructure and Whitehall experience as it tries to win government approval for a deal to bail out the troubled utility.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman died and eight other people were injured in a house fire in west London.

Andy Burnham is set to hand mayors new powers to overrule councils and take control of local planning decisions.

The mother of a 23-year-old British woman who was shot and killed by her father in Texas is pushing for the investigation into her daughter's death to be reopened.

Two men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the death of a 22-year-old soldier, whose disappearance on a night out triggered a major search, have been released on bail.

Prisoners jailed for violent and sexual offences may be confined to zones of a few miles when they are released.