• 2012 "Friend-ship" scheme shelved before it sets sail.
• Is the sun setting on the Square Mile?
• Grape of wrath: Man slips on squashed fruit and sues M&S for "loss of confidence". We think he's got more chance of turning a profit by sending the video in to You've Been Framed.
• Stingy NHS won't cough up money for grandmother's sight-saving operation.
• Costs for parking a plane at Heathrow set to rise. Naturally, passengers will be the ones forced to fork out.
• Family Unvalues: Lack of parental guidance to blame for teen crime, reckons Ken.

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