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Former weather presenter Fred Talbot has been taken to hospital after falling into a table in court during his trial for sex offences.
The jury had been sent out for a short break when the 65-year-old collapsed on the floor.
There were gasps from the public gallery as blood was seen coming from a cut on his forehead.
Mr Talbot looked dazed as he was helped to his feet by the court clerk.
Addressing the jury, the judge said: "After you left the room, and I did, Mr Talbot leaving the witness box missed his footing and banged his head.
"He was treated to see if he could be patched up with plaster but the paramedics came and they decided because it was a head injury he really ought to have it checked out."
The defendant is accused of 10 counts of indecent assault against five underage boys between 1969 and 1982. He denies all the alleged offences.
Snow has blanketed large parts of the UK, following a night that saw temperatures drop as low as -11C (12.2F).
Even parts of London are seeing light snow falls but higher ground such as the North York Moors and Lincolnshire Wolds have been told to expect up to 10cm (4in) of snow.
The Met Office has issued weather warnings for snow and ice in much of the UK and gritters have been out in force.
The Highlands village of Dalwhinnie felt the coldest temperature overnight, with the mercury plunging to -11C and Katesbridge Co Down reached -8C.
A train station in west London gets a dusting of snow. Pic: Sharon Marris
Sky News weather forecaster Isobel Lang said that while snow falls in the southern and eastern areas of the country would only be up to 4cm (1.5in), this would still cause difficult travel conditions.
Temperatures will reach a high of around 5C, with Wales, the West Midlands and northwest England seeing the best of the dry and fine weather.
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Lang added: "Today will see further wintry showers across eastern and southeastern areas of England, although they will become less frequent and turn more sleety.
"During this evening and overnight there will be another widespread frost with the risk of icy patches as further wintry showers spread in across eastern England.
"Showers are unlikely to spread as far inland as last night, ice is likely to be a risk too."
Temperatures will struggle to get above 6C in parts of England, including London, according to Met Office forecaster Kirk Waite.
The trains seemed to be handling the snow well in the morning, with most running a normal service.
Signal problems meant delays for some, however, including commuters in the Bletchley area, where London Midland said there would be disruption "until further notice" and told passengers to travel only if they had to.
Manuel Cortes, of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association, blamed cuts in maintenance budgets, adding: ""The left hand does not seem to know what the right hand is doing. The only people to suffer seem to be the poor old passengers."
On the roads, it was estimated that traffic jams meant around 700 hours of delay for drivers in the morning rush hour
At 08.50am there were 7,096 separate congestion hotspots causing 699 hours of delay, according to TomTom Traffic.
There were 5,135 miles of tailbacks across the country - over 2000 miles more than the average total jam length during a winter Tuesday morning peak of 3,076 miles.
Those are the two key questions raised by the intervention of Boots acting chief executive Stefano Pessina, who warned Ed Miliband would be a "catastrophe" for Britain.
The Labour leader gave a strongly worded and very personal response at the Sky News Stand Up Be Counted event on Monday in which he attacked the business leader as a tax avoider. It was both considered and deliberate.
Mr Pessina is acting chief executive of Boots
He had two days to perfect it. Labour clearly believes that in this case the best response is to fight fire with fire, in the hope that voters will see it as a robust attack against a vested interest.
When Lord Rose, the former chief executive of Marks and Spencer and Tory peer, added to the row, they were quick to dismiss him.
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But who wins in this ugly spat?
Clearly it is bad for Labour to be seen in anyway as anti-business. Tony Blair won a series of elections on the back of a New Labour mantra in which he reached out to the top of industry.
Labour now has a new message - to take on what Mr Miliband calls the "vested interests" through state intervention in, what he argues, are uncompetitive markets.
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I have no doubt that this argument makes a lot of business leaders nervous. I've met people on Mr Pessina's level who have privately expressed a similar level of distaste at the Labour message.
But senior insiders in the party would argue that it was always thus. For all Tony Blair's wooing, they would point out that none of the FTSE 100 chief executives came out in support of New Labour in 1997.
And they insist they have positive policies for business too. Certainly a conversation with a CBI spokesman is telling. He was careful not to be partisan in any way, but happy to put forward opinions on party policy.
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The truth is there are pros and cons with both Labour and the Tories.
The CBI has strongly welcomed corporation tax cuts, for example, but are openly critical of the Conservative policy of an immigration cap.
On the other hand, it is nervous about Labour's talk of state intervention, but "loves" Tuesday's announcement of a national infrastructure commission to make recommendations on the country's infrastructure needs.
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So it is more complex than a black-and-white picture. One thing is clear: Labour has made a political calculation that attacking Mr Pessina as a tax avoider will help them with voters.
The answer to that question will only come from polls that have yet to be carried out.
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Video:Animal Cruelty In Abbatoir
By Hind Hassan, Sky News Reporter
Campaigners and MPs are calling for CCTV cameras at every abattoir after footage revealed extreme animal cruelty at a halal slaughterhouse.
Secretly recorded video shows sheep being kicked, thrown and punched at Bowood Lamb abattoir in Thirsk, North Yorkshire.
The filming was carried out by animal rights group Animal Aid, who smuggled cameras into the site and filmed footage over three days in December.
In the video, one of the workers stands on the neck of one animal, while another worker hacks a sheep to death - contrary to Islamic guidelines.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) says it has suspended the operating licences of four of the slaughter men and is now conducting an investigation.
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Gallery: Halal Slaughterhouse Investigation
Four slaughtermen have had their operating licences suspended after an animal rights group used hidden cameras to film the alleged mistreatment of animals at a halal slaughterhouse
Animal Aid claims the footage shows a worker hacking and sawing at animals' throats, in direct contravention of Islamic practice
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Conservative MP Henry Smith will call for mandatory CCTV in slaughterhouses during a House of Commons debate.
He told Sky News it would allow for "an independent assessment and so that those carrying out that role know that the system is monitored to prevent cruelty taking place".
The MP for Crawley said: "Already many abattoirs, particularly ones that supply the big supermarkets like Tesco and Waitrose, have a system of CCTV to ensure animal welfare standards are maintained.
"So what I'm asking for is that is extended across all slaughterhouses in the UK. It's not something that is very expensive or burdensome but actually could end a lot of unnecessary suffering and abuse of livestock in the food production process."
Slaughterhouses in the UK are required to stun animals before they are killed to minimise pain, but Muslim and Jewish slaughterhouses are exempt due to religious requirements.
Halal meat must be prepared in accordance with Islamic law. Like Jewish kosher meat, it requires the animal to be slaughtered and the blood drained.
Both religions dictate that it should be done with a surgically sharp knife and in one uninterrupted sweep.
Masood Butt, from The Association of Non Stun Abattoirs (ANSA), which represents the halal meat industry, said: "Islam has absolutely clear guidelines about treating animals within a slaughterhouse or outside a slaughterhouse and that is to be kind and merciful to them and respecting their care and not to cause pain or suffering to the animal unnecessarily.
"For example, Islam says you are not allowed to slaughter an animal in front of an other animal.
"You are not allowed to deprive them from food or water. You have to provide enough space for them to lie down or walk about.
"Islam has clear guidelines not to slaughter babies in front of their mother and if they have done so they are not only not following the laws of animal welfare in the UK, but they are also not following the rules in Islam."
The Muslim Council of Britain said it is appalled at reports of animal mistreatment.
A spokesman said: "Animal cruelty is wrong and criminal wherever it may occur.
"That it is being carried out in halal slaughter makes it even more incredulous. Animal welfare should be observed by all slaughterhouses.
"The findings certainly are abhorrent in Islamic practice, and the abattoir must be subject to the full force of the law."
In a statement The FSA said: "There is no excuse for treating animals in the way shown on the video and we are therefore investigating the footage with a view to prosecution."
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Video:Animal Cruelty In Abbatoir
By Hind Hassan, Sky News Reporter
Campaigners and MPs are calling for CCTV cameras at every abattoir after footage revealed extreme animal cruelty at a halal slaughterhouse.
Secretly recorded video shows sheep being kicked, thrown and punched at Bowood Lamb abattoir in Thirsk, North Yorkshire.
The filming was carried out by animal rights group Animal Aid, who smuggled cameras into the site and filmed footage over three days in December.
In the video, one of the workers stands on the neck of one animal, while another worker hacks a sheep to death - contrary to Islamic guidelines.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) says it has suspended the operating licences of four of the slaughter men and is now conducting an investigation.
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Gallery: Halal Slaughterhouse Investigation
Four slaughtermen have had their operating licences suspended after an animal rights group used hidden cameras to film the alleged mistreatment of animals at a halal slaughterhouse
Animal Aid claims the footage shows a worker hacking and sawing at animals' throats, in direct contravention of Islamic practice
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The footage is also believed to show staff taunting and frightening animals by waving knives, smacking them on the head and shouting at them. Click through to see more images.
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Conservative MP Henry Smith will call for mandatory CCTV in slaughterhouses during a House of Commons debate.
He told Sky News it would allow for "an independent assessment and so that those carrying out that role know that the system is monitored to prevent cruelty taking place".
The MP for Crawley said: "Already many abattoirs, particularly ones that supply the big supermarkets like Tesco and Waitrose, have a system of CCTV to ensure animal welfare standards are maintained.
"So what I'm asking for is that is extended across all slaughterhouses in the UK. It's not something that is very expensive or burdensome but actually could end a lot of unnecessary suffering and abuse of livestock in the food production process."
Slaughterhouses in the UK are required to stun animals before they are killed to minimise pain, but Muslim and Jewish slaughterhouses are exempt due to religious requirements.
Halal meat must be prepared in accordance with Islamic law. Like Jewish kosher meat, it requires the animal to be slaughtered and the blood drained.
Both religions dictate that it should be done with a surgically sharp knife and in one uninterrupted sweep.
Masood Butt, from The Association of Non Stun Abattoirs (ANSA), which represents the halal meat industry, said: "Islam has absolutely clear guidelines about treating animals within a slaughterhouse or outside a slaughterhouse and that is to be kind and merciful to them and respecting their care and not to cause pain or suffering to the animal unnecessarily.
"For example, Islam says you are not allowed to slaughter an animal in front of an other animal.
"You are not allowed to deprive them from food or water. You have to provide enough space for them to lie down or walk about.
"Islam has clear guidelines not to slaughter babies in front of their mother and if they have done so they are not only not following the laws of animal welfare in the UK, but they are also not following the rules in Islam."
The Muslim Council of Britain said it is appalled at reports of animal mistreatment.
A spokesman said: "Animal cruelty is wrong and criminal wherever it may occur.
"That it is being carried out in halal slaughter makes it even more incredulous. Animal welfare should be observed by all slaughterhouses.
"The findings certainly are abhorrent in Islamic practice, and the abattoir must be subject to the full force of the law."
In a statement The FSA said: "There is no excuse for treating animals in the way shown on the video and we are therefore investigating the footage with a view to prosecution."
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Detectives investigating the death of a nine-week-old girl have appealed for help in finding a discarded suitcase.
The baby, Farah Boscolo-Gnolo, was born on 22 November last year and reported missing by her mother last week.
Her mother, Federica, has been charged with the murder of her daughter, whose body has not been found.
The 31-year-old, from Chioggia in northeast Italy, was arrested last Thursday after reporting the infant's disappearance from a hotel in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Police now want to find a suitcase they said was thrown away in the Dawes Road area of Fulham.
The missing suitcase is a smaller version of the one pictured
Detective Chief Inspector Matt Bonner of the Homicide and Major Incident Command said: "I am appealing to the public to help us locate this suitcase that may be vital to our investigation.
"We know that it was discarded in the Dawes Road area on Tuesday, 27 January.
"It may have been concealed somewhere or simply placed in a bin or left in a street or alleyway.
"I would like to hear from anyone who thinks they have information that can assist us in locating this item.
"The suitcase we are looking for is part of a matching set and is a smaller version of the suitcase shown in the image."
Anyone who can help is urged to call police on 0208 358 0200 or phone Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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David Souaan (L) posed on a tank while on a trip to Syria
By Mark White, Home Affairs Correspondent
A university student who called for a black Islamic flag to be flown over Downing Street has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
David Souaan, who attended London's Birkbeck College, had posed for numerous pictures clutching an array of weapons on an earlier trip to war-torn Syria and planned to return there and fight alongside extremist groups.
The 20-year-old Serb, on a three-year student visa to study in the UK, said none of the weapons were his and he had only allowed himself to be photographed with them to "look cool".
But, on 17 December last year, a jury at the Old Bailey took just nine hours to find the global politics and international relations student guilty of preparing for acts of terrorism.
Souaan, the son of an Orthodox Christian mother and Syrian Muslim father, grew up in Serbia but still maintained close family ties to Syria and adopted his father's religion.
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Gallery: Syria Terror Plan Student Jailed
University student David Souaan has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after being found guilty of planning to fight in Syria. Pic: Crown Prosecution Service
The 20-year-old Serb said none of the weapons were his and he had only allowed himself to be photographed with them to "look cool"
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Souaan was arrested after fellow students became concerned at his radical views on Islam and showed pictures of himself posing with guns
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The court heard how he had travelled with his father to Syria in December 2013. His defence team claimed he had gone to collect belongings from his grandfather's home.
But, during the visit, he posed for pictures wearing a balaclava and clutching AK-47 assault rifles. In another photograph, he is seen standing behind a heavy calibre gun.
When he returned to college in London early last year, he showed his collection of pictures to fellow students, boasting that he wanted to go back to Syria to fight alongside the Islamic State terror group.
Sarah Whitehouse QC, prosecuting, said fellow students became so concerned by Souaan's change in behaviour that they contacted the police.
"He called other students 'kuffar' which means 'infidel' and became more hard-line and serious if anyone mentioned anything to do with girls or alcohol," she said.
One student, James Goodfellow, told police Souaan "seemed open and proud of the images and the fact they were in combat gear and holding machine guns".
Mr Goodfellow told police that his friend had boasted that he had shot people.
Police seized his laptop and iPhone and found a mass of pictures, videos and documents revealing his extremist sympathies.
In one video, the 20-year-old is seen carrying an AK-47 assault rifle and wearing khaki trousers and a black North Face jacket as he picks his way through bombed-out streets and past burned vehicles.
Another video, too graphic to be shown in court, was described to the jury.
He had also sent Skype and text messages praising Islamic State and saying he and his younger brother were prepared to die as martyrs and he was willing to "cut the throats" of his opponents.
The court was told the student had joined a group run by radical cleric Anjem Choudary and had filmed himself at a demonstration in London shouting: "The flag of Tawheed in London, all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe."
That was said to be a reference to the wish of Muslim extremists to see a black Islamic flag flying over Downing Street.
Souaan was arrested before boarding a flight home with his mother to Belgrade at the end of the summer term.
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David Souaan (L) posed on a tank while on a trip to Syria
By Mark White, Home Affairs Correspondent
A university student who called for a black Islamic flag to be flown over Downing Street has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
David Souaan, who attended London's Birkbeck College, had posed for numerous pictures clutching an array of weapons on an earlier trip to war-torn Syria and planned to return there and fight alongside extremist groups.
The 20-year-old Serb, on a three-year student visa to study in the UK, said none of the weapons were his and he had only allowed himself to be photographed with them to "look cool".
But, on 17 December last year, a jury at the Old Bailey took just nine hours to find the global politics and international relations student guilty of preparing for acts of terrorism.
Souaan, the son of an Orthodox Christian mother and Syrian Muslim father, grew up in Serbia but still maintained close family ties to Syria and adopted his father's religion.
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Gallery: Syria Terror Plan Student Jailed
University student David Souaan has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after being found guilty of planning to fight in Syria. Pic: Crown Prosecution Service
The 20-year-old Serb said none of the weapons were his and he had only allowed himself to be photographed with them to "look cool"
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Souaan was arrested after fellow students became concerned at his radical views on Islam and showed pictures of himself posing with guns
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The court heard how he had travelled with his father to Syria in December 2013. His defence team claimed he had gone to collect belongings from his grandfather's home.
But, during the visit, he posed for pictures wearing a balaclava and clutching AK-47 assault rifles. In another photograph, he is seen standing behind a heavy calibre gun.
When he returned to college in London early last year, he showed his collection of pictures to fellow students, boasting that he wanted to go back to Syria to fight alongside the Islamic State terror group.
Sarah Whitehouse QC, prosecuting, said fellow students became so concerned by Souaan's change in behaviour that they contacted the police.
"He called other students 'kuffar' which means 'infidel' and became more hard-line and serious if anyone mentioned anything to do with girls or alcohol," she said.
One student, James Goodfellow, told police Souaan "seemed open and proud of the images and the fact they were in combat gear and holding machine guns".
Mr Goodfellow told police that his friend had boasted that he had shot people.
Police seized his laptop and iPhone and found a mass of pictures, videos and documents revealing his extremist sympathies.
In one video, the 20-year-old is seen carrying an AK-47 assault rifle and wearing khaki trousers and a black North Face jacket as he picks his way through bombed-out streets and past burned vehicles.
Another video, too graphic to be shown in court, was described to the jury.
He had also sent Skype and text messages praising Islamic State and saying he and his younger brother were prepared to die as martyrs and he was willing to "cut the throats" of his opponents.
The court was told the student had joined a group run by radical cleric Anjem Choudary and had filmed himself at a demonstration in London shouting: "The flag of Tawheed in London, all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe."
That was said to be a reference to the wish of Muslim extremists to see a black Islamic flag flying over Downing Street.
Souaan was arrested before boarding a flight home with his mother to Belgrade at the end of the summer term.
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Three French soldiers have been attacked by a man armed with a knife outside a Jewish centre in the southern city of Nice.
The troops had been on an anti-terror patrol at the time of the attack, in which two of the servicemen were injured.
A police official said the attacker pulled a knife at least 20cm (8 ins) long out of a bag and set upon the soldiers.
The knifeman was detained by riot police following the attack near the Galeries Lafayette department store.
The attacker, aged about 30, had a record of theft and violence, the official said.
France has been on high alert since the attacks in Paris by three Islamic extremists that left 20 people dead, including the gunmen.
France has been on high alert since the deadly Paris attacks
More than 10,000 soldiers have been deployed around the country to protect sensitive locations, including major shopping areas, synagogues, mosques and transport hubs.
Counter-terrorism operations have also been launched across France.
Harper Lee is to publish her second book this summer - 55 years after the release of To Kill A Mockingbird.
Go Set A Watchman was apparently completed in the 1950s and put aside until it was rediscovered late last year.
It is essentially a sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill A Mockingbird, although it was finished earlier.
The 304-page book will be Lee's second and is due to be released on 14 July.
Publisher HarperCollins said it plans a first printing of two million copies.
"In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called Go Set A Watchman,'" the 88-year-old Lee said in a statement.
To Kill A Mockingbird has been read by millions
"It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel (which became To Kill A Mockingbird) from the point of view of the young Scout.
"I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn't realised it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it.
"After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased to hear that they considered it worthy of publication. I am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years."
The new book is set in Lee's famed Maycomb, Alabama, during the mid-1950s, 20 years after To Kill A Mockingbird and roughly contemporaneous with the time that Lee was writing the story.
The civil rights movement was taking hold by the time she was working on Watchman.
The Supreme Court had ruled unanimously in 1953 that segregated schools were unconstitutional, and the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 led to the year-long Montgomery bus boycott.
According to the publisher, the book will be released as Lee first wrote it, with no revisions.
Lee's publisher said the author is unlike to do any publicity for the book.
She has rarely spoken to the media since the 1960s, when she told one reporter that she wanted to "to leave some record of small-town, middle-class Southern life".
To Kill A Mockingbird is among the most beloved novels in history, with worldwide sales topping 40 million copies.
It was released on 11 July, 1960, won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a 1962 movie of the same name, starring Gregory Peck in an Oscar-winning performance as the courageous lawyer Atticus Finch.
It is a widely studied text in schools across the UK.
The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko has broken down while recalling the last words he spoke to her before he died.
Marina Litvinenko has been giving evidence at the public inquiry into the death of her husband, who died nearly three weeks after drinking tea laced with polonium-210 at a London hotel in 2006.
Mrs Litvinenko said that, as she left his hospital bed the day before he died, she looked back as he "smiled so sadly".
"I just said 'don't worry, tomorrow morning, I will come back'," she said.
"He said 'I love you so much'."
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She added: "It was his last words that I heard."
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She said in his final days Mr Litvinenko lay mostly "speechless" with pain all over his body.
Before he was admitted to hospital, he fell ill a number of times, vomiting and complaining of "feeling weak", she told the inquiry.
At first, they had blamed a spicy chicken dinner he had eaten but it soon became clear that something else was wrong.
Mr Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who also worked for British intelligence services during his time in the UK, died on 23 November 2006, almost three weeks after drinking tea laced with polonium-210 at the Millennium Hotel in London's Grosvenor Square.
Two men - former KGB bodyguard-turned-politician Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun - were named as the main suspects in 2007. Both deny any involvement and remain in Russia.
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Mr Litvinenko was taken to Barnet Hospital by ambulance on 3 November 2006.
Mrs Litvinenko said the 43-year-old's hair was falling out as she ran her fingers across his head and that the hospital staff realised his immune system was failing, although nobody could tell them why.
He was later moved to University College Hospital and converted to Islam just a few days before his death, so he could be buried in Chechen soil - a move that his father responded to by saying: "Doesn't matter, at least you're not communist".
Mr Litvinenko signed a statement on his death bed written for him by his friend and solicitor, in which he blamed Mr Putin for his death, his widow told the inquiry.
He had published two books - Blowing Up Russia and The Lubyanka Gang - in which he claimed Vladimir Putin had links to St Petersburg mafia and that Mr Putin and the security forces were behind the apartment bombings of 1999.
The bombings, which killed almost 300 people, were to give Mr Putin an excuse for a second Chechen war and to help him win the presidency, Mr Litvinenko said.
MPs have voted to legalise the creation of IVF babies using DNA from three different people.
The legislation - which was passed by a margin of 254 votes - allows the use of a technique called "mitochondrial donation".
It means women will be able to have children without passing on serious and incurable diseases of the mitochondria, which are responsible for energy production in most cells.
Opponents had questioned the technique's safety and warned it could lead to "designer" babies.
But Prof Dame Sally Davies, England's Chief Medical Officer, argued ahead of the vote that the technique would prevent great suffering.
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"The 37 genes in the mitochondria are for energy making. They do not make us who we are or what we are," she said.
"Yet children born with defective ones often don't live a year or two.
"Others get gradual deterioration of muscles, heart, kidneys, vision and brain and die in their late teens and early 20s."
Mitochondrial donation was pioneered by scientists at Newcastle University.
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They proposed using standard IVF techniques to fertilise an egg from an affected woman and another from a donor.
They would then remove the nucleus - which contains 99.9% of the parents' DNA - from the affected embryo, and leave behind the defective mitochondria.
At the same time they would remove the nucleus from the donated embryo.
Finally, they would transplant the nucleus containing the parents' genes into the donated embryo, which would then be implanted in the mother's womb.
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It's estimated that 2,500 women in the UK are affected by mitochondrial diseases and could use the technique.
The technique had already been cleared by scientific and ethics watchdogs. The public were also consulted and broadly supported its use.
