Population rise highest in London
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London and the South East have had the fastest growing population in the past 10 years, the Halifax bank says.
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Dancers dolled up in feathers, flamboyant performers and elaborate floats filed through west London Monday as the Notting Hill Carnival -- Europe&#39;s biggest street party -- pumped up the volume on its Caribbean rhythms.
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London has increased its lead over Paris as the best city in which to locate a business in Europe, a survey by an international property firm has shown.
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Retail sales in Britain surged in September, with the annual growth rate hitting the highest level for three years, official data showed on Thursday.
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The number of newcomers to the Internet in Britain has surged this year to its highest level since the dotcom heyday of 2001, according to a study released on Saturday.
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Retail sales in Britain jumped higher in November, driven by online and mail order shopping, official data showed Friday.
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More people want to be students in the UK this year - with a 78.8% increase among the new EU states.
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The number of surplus school places in England has risen to 758,000 - the highest level since 1998.
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The number of people in the UK dying from alcohol-related problems is continuing to rise, latest figures show.
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The number of failed asylum seekers removed from the UK rose by 16%, official figures say.
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Experts predict the UK population will rise 10m by 2031 if current trends continue.
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Oil prices rose to record highs on  Monday, pushing crude in London above $50 for the first time  and extending a relentless rise that has added around 65  percent to the cost of crude this year.
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Britain&#039;s economy has grown by more than previously thought in the first three months of the year, while annual numbers for 2001-2005 were also adjusted upwards, official data showed.
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The number of mortgages approved in the UK rises for the first time since May last year, says the Bank of England.
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London Stock Exchange  posted a  25 percent rise in first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, driven  by record volumes across its electronic trading screens and  growth in the number of terminals taking its data.
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The homeless figure for England has topped 100,000 families for the first time, the government is to confirm.
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Ireland's population climbed to its highest level in over 130 years in April as emigration slowed to a trickle -- reversing more than a century of departures spurred by famine, poverty and unemployment.