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1. 1. David Cameron announces plan to end lifetime council tenancies

   3 Aug 2010:  Council homes for life to be replaced by tenancies lasting as little as five years based on need and income

2. 2. Sex workers 'named and shamed' on Met police website

   6 Aug 2010:  Prostitutes and support groups censure operation to 'out' women in east London by publishing their photos and personal details

3. 3. Top GP condemns Britons for recklessly neglecting their health

   8 Aug 2010:  Steve Field, Britain's top GP, slams public attitudes to health

4. 4. Milk to stay free for under-fives as David Cameron makes policy U-turn

   8 Aug 2010:  Downing Street scraps proposed cuts of free milk as minister was live on air defending the plan

5. 5. Lib Dem discontent as Simon Hughes attacks Cameron's plan to introduce fixed-tenure council houses

   4 Aug 2010:  Liberal Democrat deputy leader says his party would need a lot of persuading to back 'radical' idea

6. 6. Ministry of Justice faces £2bn cuts sparking fears for 15,000 jobs

   10 Aug 2010:  Senior civil servants told bulk of savings will need to be made in the next 12-24 months

7. 7. Girls reaching puberty increasingly early, finds US study

   9 Aug 2010:  Obesity may be linked to finding that one in four black girls and one in 10 white girls in the US develop breasts by age seven

8. 8. NHS spends millions on websites that fail patients, says government report

   4 Aug 2010: 

   Leaked review suggests many of NHS's 2873 sites do not cater for vulnerable members of public

9. 9. Disabled woman may have starved after mother's death

   3 Aug 2010:  Stephania Wolf repeatedly turned down offers of help from social services to care for daughter Sam, council says

10. 10. Joint enterprise law questioned by mother of teen convict

    4 Aug 2010: 

    Garry Newlove's death at the hands of a group of teenagers shocked Britain. Three years on, two of the women closest to the case are fighting very different battles