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Sports Headlines

Shrimps hold Crawley to draw
Morecambe were made to soak up extreme second-half pressure in holding out to claim a hard-earned 1-1 draw at promotion-chasing Crawley.

Lyon line up Bennett
Huw Bennett is poised to become the latest Wales international to join the exodus to France.

Merseyside International News: UK Public Debt Passes £1 trillion marker.


Britains total debt reaches a record high, but Decembers borrowing is lower than expected.

The UK sovereign borrowing debt pile rose above £1 trillion for the first time ever in December. Newly released official figures show that net debt, excluding any financial interventions reached £1,003.9bn, equal to around 64.2% of GDP.

The £1tr mark was breached despite the fact that public borrowing in December (£13.7bn) was lower than analysts predicted (£14.9bn).

Economists warned that a return to a recession if the government step in to cut deficits could throw the deficit reduction strategy off course leading to Britain being worse off in the long run.

Tuesday January 24th 2012
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