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• Cash to cut property flood risk
  Northumberland and Middlesbrough councils are awarded cash grants to protect homes from the risk of flooding.
  
  
• Police identify flat fire victim
  A woman who died in a fire in an Aberdeen flat, where smoke alarms were not working, is named by police.
  
  
• Three held over flat arson attack
  A fire which destroyed a north Belfast flat is believed to have been started deliberately, the police say.
  
  
• News Day: Up until 1300
  Thousands of schoolchildren across the UK are reporting the news for BBC School Report News Day.
  
  
• Married MPs broke expenses rules
  Married MPs Alan and Ann Keen broke expenses rules by claiming for a second home when their other house was boarded up, a committee of MPs has ruled.
  
  
• Mexican shakes up world rich list
  Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.
  
  
• Killer refuses to name victims
  A murderer who killed and dismembered a salesman refuses to tell police about other men he chopped up.
  
  
• Inquiry after woman's body found
  Lincolnshire Police start an investigation after a woman's body is found at a house in Boston.
  
  
• Man, 52, dies after house blaze
  A 52-year-old man dies following a fire at his home in the village of Douglas in South Lanarkshire.
  
  
• Large flames blamed for power cut
  A power cut in the west of Jersey is caused by fire in an electricity substation in Les Quennevais, firefighters say.
  
  
• Flat deaths 'murder and suicide'
  Police believe the deaths of a man and a woman found with gunshot wounds in Hertfordshire may have been murder followed by suicide.
  
  
• US bank sued for seizing parrot
  Bank of America has apologised to a woman in Pennsylvania after one of its contractors entered her house and confiscated her parrot.
  
  
• Profits halve for Scotsman owners
  Johnston Press, the owners of the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post, sees full year pre-tax profits fall by 56% to £43m.
  
  
• Pupils get election fever
  Whitley Abbey School and Community College in Coventry host a BBC Question Time style debate as part of BBC News School Report 2010.
  
  
• 'Spirit' guides for Tudor mansion
  The search is on for guides with a taste for the paranormal at a Tudor town mansion in Conwy, reputedly haunted by a host of spirits.
  
  
• Stolen puppy reunited with owner
  A 13-week-old puppy which was stolen by raiders who burst into a Oxford house is found safe and well.
  
  
• Winter insurance claims hit £650m
  Insurers paid out £650m from 335,000 claims made as a result of damage caused by the wintry weather in the UK.
  
  
• Intellectual property is not a luxury
  Intellectual property expert Julian Nolan looks at why the start of the economic recovery is a good time for firms to review their patents and other IP provisions.
  
  
• Labour MP facing expenses probe
  Labour MP Harry Cohen is being investigated by the police over his expenses claims, the BBC understands.
  
  
• Profile: Carlos Slim
  A profile of Carlos Slim, the Mexican tycoon who has been named the richest man in the world by Forbes magazine.