Are our feet really getting bigger?
One high street shoe retailer has seen a marked increase in sales of larger sizes. But are our feet really getting bigger or is this more about a boom for the dreaded "sensible shoes"?
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Weather continues to hit travel
Snow and ice is continuing to cause widespread disruption across the UK, with air and rail travel badly hit.
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Snow causes travel disruption
Snow causes widespread travel disruption across large parts of England as airports suspend flights and roads become icy.
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A tale of small numbers
Politicians like to talk big, but perhaps we - and even they - might have a better idea what they were up to if they counted small, suggests Michael Blastland in his regular column.
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Thieves clean up after lorry raid
A lorry is broken into in Buckinghamshire and 200 vacuum cleaners, valued at £50,000, stolen.
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Liquid bomb plot: What happened
How the plot to make liquid bombs was smashed - and why it began in the first place.
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Profiles: Airline plot accused
BBC News looks at the men convicted of a massive plot to murder thousands by blowing up transatlantic airliners with home-made liquid bombs.
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Is this the worst day of the year to be born?
It's a date prospective parents try to avoid if told their baby is due on 31 August. Neil Hallows - whose own daughter's birthday falls on this day - asks why.
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When the bank's computer says no
BBC News website readers' stories show how we are affected when a bank's computer system fails
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Working from home to beat recession
A closer look at how people hit by the recession are earning vital extra cash from home thanks to the website PeoplePerHour.
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City Diaries: 23 March 2009
Our City Diaries are written by people who work in finance and have had a front row seat as their industry goes through the biggest changes in decades.
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Jackson tickets: Your e-mails
As tickets for the Michael Jackson concerts at the O2 Centre in London go on sale, BBC News website readers have been describing their online purchase experiences.
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'Airliners plot': The allegations
The trial of eight men accused of plotting to explode home-made bombs on transatlantic jets has begun amid high security at Woolwich Crown Court in south London.
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Men tried over 'plane bomb plot'
Eight men plotted to use "home-made bombs" disguised as drinks to blow up transatlantic planes, a court hears.
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Further 36 Adams stores to close
A further 36 Adams Childrenswear stores are to close across the UK and Republic of Ireland, with the loss of 267 jobs, says the firm's administrators.
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Zavvi announces 22 store closures
The administrators at music, games and DVD retail chain Zavvi say they are closing 22 stores with immediate effect.
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Woolworths stores finally close
Four Woolworths shops shut in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire as the second wave of the chain's closures takes place.
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Woolworths closing for last time
Three Woolworths shops are shutting down as the first wave of the chain's closures takes place.
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'I get my kicks from plastic bricks'
Work doesn't have to be a chore. For the second in our series on dream children's careers, Lucy Rodgers meets a man who never outgrew a childhood passion for building with Lego.
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Coughing up to curb climate change
The UK's Climate Change Bill could cost each family in the UK up to £10,000, warns Conservative MP Peter Lilley.
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