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Page last updated at 09:14 GMT, Wednesday, 24 December 2008

The Queen
Queen's speech addresses downturn
The Queen is to use her Christmas speech to express her concern over the impact of the economic downturn.
PM's message to troops
Queen 'watches speech alone'
Queen's speech 'less posh'

Two women look at house adverts in an estate agent's window House prices 'will fall further'
House prices will probably fall by another 10% in the coming year, predicts the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Fire at Rawtenstall Festive hope for gas blast homes
Gas supplies to 18,000 Lancashire homes cut off following an explosion could be restored by Christmas Day, engineers say.


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Alan Cooper Homeless holiday
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SCOTLAND
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