PM to promise 200,000 ‘starter homes’
David Cameron will announce plans to allow developers to offer “affordable homes” to buy not just rent in his closing speech to the Tory conference. BBC News – UK
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Thousands of US inmates to be released
Roughly 6,000 federal inmates will be released in the coming weeks in an effort to ease prison crowding and lessen harsh penalties for non-violent offenders, US media report. BBC News – US & Canada
Burkina Faso coup leader charged
The general who led last month’s short-lived coup in Burkina Faso is charged with crimes including threatening state security and murder. BBC News – Africa
Councils ‘to keep all business rates’
Chancellor George Osborne says local councils across England will be able to keep all proceeds from business rates. BBC News – Business
More than 60 killed in Iraq bombings
More than 60 people are killed and many injured in at least three car bomb attacks in north and south Iraq, police and medical sources say. BBC News – Middle East
Run-over PC ‘didn’t stand a chance’
The chief constable of Merseyside Police believes a police officer struck and killed by a stolen car “didn’t stand a chance”. BBC News – UK