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24 hours beneath the Heathrow Airport flight path

Reporter Divya Talwar spends 24 hours with a family living beneath the Heathrow flight path, for the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.{MBD} {IMAGE}

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Your own boss?

Being self-employed is a way of life for almost five million UK workers, with some choosing to work independently, while others are being forced to adopt it.{MBD} {IMAGE}

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'I return half of what I buy'

Shops are "struggling to cope" with the amount of items customers return, with a quarter of it unfit for resale, new figures suggest.{MBD} {IMAGE}

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Mind games

Sports psychiatrist Prof Steve Peters is offering his Olympic-winning expertise to firms who want to work more efficiently.{MBD} {IMAGE}

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Itchy business

A growing number of head lice removal firms have set up in recent years as a response to the fact that the insects are increasingly resistant to over-the-counter chemical treatments.{MBD} {IMAGE}

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Trade deals

Elmar Brok, who chairs the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, says the UK will have to negotiate its divorce agreement before its future relationship.{MBD} {IMAGE}

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