News in Brief

The future of 5-thousand UK car-workers remains in doubt, after German ministers failed to agree on a preferred buyer for Opel and Vauxhall.

It means two investors now remain in the running to buy the European arm of troubled carmaker General Motors.

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Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says MPs shouldn�t be allowed to take their summer holidays until parliament's been totally reformed.

He's setting out a plan of action to make politicians more accountable

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The number of under fives with type one diabetes could increase by around 70 percent by 2020.

That's according to scientists who say it's because people are having kids later in life, and more mums are having caesarians.

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Residents on a Teesside estate are fighting back against fly-tippers.

They've teamed up with the Envirmonment agency to clear around a hundred tonnes of waste dumped in Port Clarence in Stockton.

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A handful of Boro players have been called up for international duty.

Robert huth could win his first Germany cap as a Boro player - having been recalled to his national squad.

Meanwhile - Tuncay's been called up for Turkey and Shawky to the Egyption squad.