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• Britain stares into the abyss again as household confidence plummets
• Queen set to earn millions from windfarm expansion
• Nuclear sub 'was using old charts'
• Three confirmed dead in helicopter crash
• Government plans huge sell-off of Britain's forests
• Royal Mail managers to ballot on strikes
• Chancellor 'exaggerated sovereign risk' says Nobel laureate
• Tests due on body of shot teenager
• Four feared dead in helicopter crash
• Cuts could cost billions for voluntary sector

Britain stares into the abyss again as household confidence plummets Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT Britain faces a relapse into recession, official figures are expected to suggest this week, as the latest survey of household confidence also points to a property market poised to "lurch downwards".

Queen set to earn millions from windfarm expansion Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT There is more good financial news for the Queen and her eventual successor, among the few beneficiaries of last week's spending review by George Osborne which cut billions off public spending.

Nuclear sub 'was using old charts' Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT A nuclear-powered submarine may have run aground on a shingle bank because the charts used by its crew were out of date.

Three confirmed dead in helicopter crash Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT Police are investigating the cause of a helicopter crash in Northern Ireland on Saturday that killed three people, including a close friend of Prince Charles and his two sons.

Government plans huge sell-off of Britain's forests Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT The government is drawing up plans to sell off publicly owned forests in a move that could see private developers allowed to clear ancient trees to make way for holiday resorts, golf courses and adventure playgrounds.

Royal Mail managers to ballot on strikes Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT Thousands of Royal Mail managers are to be balloted for strikes in a row over job cuts in the first move of its kind since 1979, the year of the Winter of Discontent, it was announced today.

Chancellor 'exaggerated sovereign risk' says Nobel laureate Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:28 AM PDT George Osborne was today accused by Britain's new Nobel Prize winning economist of having "exaggerated" the risk of a Greek-style debt crisis.

Tests due on body of shot teenager Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:25 AM PDT A post mortem examination will be carried out today on a teenage boy who was shot dead after two balaclava-clad gunmen opened fire on a group of four young friends.

Four feared dead in helicopter crash Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:23 AM PDT Up to four people were feared dead today in a helicopter crash in Northern Ireland.

Cuts could cost billions for voluntary sector Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:20 AM PDT Government spending cuts could cost voluntary organisations billions of pounds, it was claimed today.