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Labour leader Ed Miliband has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to meet British troops stationed in Helmand province.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to meet British troops stationed in Helmand province.

Up to 100 anti-cuts protesters gather outside Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s home in south-west London.

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness offers to hold talks with dissident republicans, saying their violence is “a pathetic and futile attempt to turn back the clock”.

A senior Protestant clergyman says talks with Sinn Fein about reconciliation have been “open and frank”.

Twelve English High Streets – from Cornwall to Northumberland – will share a £1.2m pot of government cash to rejuvenate shopping areas.

The Home Office draws up contingency plans to cope with a possible large increase in immigration from Greece if the euro collapses.

The Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says republicans have been talking privately to what he calls a “very significant group of Protestants and unionists”.

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed News Corp lobbyist Fred Michel as “daddy” and “mon ami” in text messages released by the Leveson Inquiry.

Farm labourers could be at greater risk of exploitation under government plans to reduce regulation of gangmasters, unions warn.