Record number of households unable to afford basic essentials such as food, toiletries and heating

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Police launch corporate manslaughter investigation after man fatally fell from London balcony
Detective Inspector Mark Paterson said the scene was examined at the time and a forensic engineer attended
UK humanitarian worker in London hospital after ‘potential exposure to Ebola’
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2 firefighters die in a building fire near France's Bordeaux airport, flights delayed
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