Headlines Today
By Sam Datta-Paulin
February 24th 2010, 8:45am
More on all of todays headlines will be coming throughout the day. Click the video link on the right for an update from our morning editor, Helen Percival.
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There are fears Tube safety could be at risk as job cuts are on the cards at 70 tube stations.
The Rail, Maratime and Transport Union (RMT) say safety on the tube will be 'devastated' if the planned cuts go ahead.
Transport for London (TFL) insist no decisions have been made and passenger safety will not be put at risk.
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Gordon Brown is due to apologise today for the deportation of thousands of children from Britain to the colonies in the 1920s and 1960s.
Thousands of children from poor backgrounds were sent to Australia and New Zealand for a better life, but many suffered horrendous child abuse.
The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has already apologised for the way they were treated.
Click here for a video report of the apology.
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Cheryl and Ashley Cole have split up. Singer Cheryl reportedly informed Chelsea footballer Ashley of her decision by text message, following allegations of an affair.
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