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All the main news from the UK and around the world with Nicky Campbell and Rachel Burden.

The Government says families will be hundreds of pounds a year better off because it's scrapping plans to re-evaluate council tax in England. Steve Freer, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, says it's a missed opportunity to bring fairness back to a system that's nearly 20 years old.

Swimmer Mark Foster talks about some of the "woeful" accomodation he's stayed in, as India rushes to finish athletes' blocks for the Commonwealth Games.

Campaigners say if glass were banned in pubs and clubs and replaced with plastic, it would save lives. Mark Hastings from the British Beer and Pub Association defends the current policy of letting each venue decide.