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• Four due in court over expenses
  Three Labour MPs and a Tory peer are due in court later to face charges in relation to their expenses claims.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Man guilty of 'role model' murder
  A man is given two life sentences and must serve a minimum of 20 years for murdering his "role model" girlfriend before injuring his friend in Slough.
  
  
• Flood defences improved in town
  An area of Sussex hit by floods a decade ago has finally had new flood defences installed by the Environment Agency.
  
  
• Arrests after human remains found
  A further two arrests are made after human remains are found in a garden in south-west London.
  
  
• Tribute paid to stab death woman
  The family of a woman found stabbed to death in Huddersfield by a man understood to be her daughter's ex-partner pay tribute to her.
  
  
• Credit card rates option 'risky'
  Finance Minister Sammy Wilson should scrap the option to pay rates bills by credit card, the Consumer Council says.
  
  
• Banks face harsher stress tests
  Further stress-testing of UK banks will take place to ensure they can survive a 'double-dip' recession, regulators say.
  
  
• Truck vibrations 'damage houses'
  Villagers claim vibrations from trucks travelling to a wind farm construction site are causing cracks to appear in their homes.
  
  
• Rare medals worth £45,000 stolen
  Engraved medals worth £45,000, including a St George Cross, that were awarded to an Essex woman's grandfather are stolen from her home.
  
  
• Man charged over bungalow arson
  A 74-year-old man is charged with arson following a fire in a Nottinghamshire town.
  
  
• Chester City gone in 30 seconds
  Football clubs are fighting for survival, not on the pitch but in the court.
  
  
• 'Berserk' son stabbed his father
  A man who stabbed his 84-year-old father in London after going "berserk" is given an indefinite sentence.
  
  
• Owner fined for 23 barking dogs
  A 62-year-old man who kept 23 dogs at his home in Witney, Oxfordshire, is prosecuted for failing to stop them barking.
  
  
• Work to start on council housing
  The first council homes are to be built in a Nottinghamshire town for more than 30 years as part of a £5m project.
  
  
• Night-time tests on flood barrier
  A flood barrier which has been modified to increase defences for 80 properties in Shrewsbury is to be tested late at night.