Nationwide profits slump on PPI and investment hit
Nationwide Building Society has revealed a 40% plunge in half-year profits, after taking a hit from payment protection insurance and ramping up investment despite tough market conditions.

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Grace Millane murder: Timeline of events that led to backpacker killer's conviction
Grace Millane was murdered by a 27-year-old man, whose name is protected by court order, while backpacking after graduating from the University of Lincoln.

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Shopping centre owner Landsec hires new chief to tackle retail woes
Shopping centre owner Landsec has announced plans to appoint a new chief executive, a week after challenges in the retail sector dragged it to a half-year loss.

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Preliminary public inquiry hearing to be held on Manchester Arena bomb attack
A preliminary hearing of a public inquiry into the deaths of the 22 people killed in the Manchester Arena terror attack will be held on Friday.

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Man (27) found guilty of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand
A 27-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane whose body was found buried in a suitcase in New Zealand, local media reported.

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Sometimes friendship comes from the most unexpected place.

When Jazz the giraffe, abandoned at birth, was brought to a South African rhino orphanage he was already a bit lost.

He had been rescued by a farmer who found him in the wild - weak, dehydrated and just two days old.

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The Rhino Orphanage in Limpopo

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