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• Girl charged over pupil drug sale
  A 16-year-old girl is facing charges in connection with supplying drugs to pupils at Stranraer Academy, Dumfries and Galloway Police have said.
  
  
• Increase in Land Registry fees
  The Land Registry is putting up some of its fees for the first time since 1993.
  
  
• 'Bargain' sale of £14m Victorian seafort
  A fort on the Solent, previously owned by a Birmingham businessman, sells for £910,000 five years after being valued at £14.25m.
  
  
• Mandelson hints at Vauxhall loans
  The UK is prepared to make loans or loan guarantees to help push through the sale of Vauxhall, says Lord Mandelson.
  
  
• Eurozone retail sales post fall
  Retail sales in the eurozone fell more than expected in May, a further sign of the slowing economy, data shows.
  
  
• Warning over fake Tamiflu sales
  People should not buy anti-flu drug Tamiflu over the internet without a prescription, experts warn.
  
  
• GM awaits US ruling on sale plans
  A new General Motors could emerge from bankruptcy protection soon if a US judge approves its plans to sell assets.
  
  
• Sale secures shellfish business
  The future of a leading Highland shellfish supplier is secured following its sale to a Spanish company.
  
  
• Club 'debt free' after share sale
  Wrexham FC has says it is debt free and owns its own stadium, training ground, land and equipment.
  
  
• U-turn claim as Mail sale shelved
  Labour is accused of another U-turn after Lord Mandelson says the partial sell-off of Royal Mail will not go ahead.
  
  
• New sales falls for US car makers
  US vehicle sales dropped in June, but there were signs of stabilisation as Ford saw its smallest decline in a year.
  
  
• For sale signs spark holy debate
  A priest erects for sale signs outside his churches warning what the future may hold - but some parishioners are upset.
  
  
• Chapter closes on whisky history
  The BBC news website examines the history of the Port Dundas Distillery, as owners Diageo announce its closure.
  
  
• How Richard and Judy changed what we read
  Richard and Judy are quitting the daytime TV sofa after 21 years. But their exit is not just television's loss - the book world will also mourn the departure of a couple who changed Britons' reading habits.
  
  
• M&S says confidence 'stabilising'
  Marks and Spencer says consumer confidence is stabilising, but it remains cautious about the next 18 months.
  
  
• Ticket sales open for China Expo
  Tickets for the Shanghai World Expo go on sale, as organisers insist the show must go on despite gloomy world trade.
  
  
• Fake goods charter plan launched
  Campaigners are calling for a national crackdown on the sale of counterfeit goods at street markets and boot fairs.
  
  
• 'Ugly' fruit back on sale in EU
  Oddly-shaped fruit and veg is going on sale again in the EU, after the European Commission abolished strict marketing rules.
  
  
• Machete sold to 15-year-old boy
  Trading standards officers call for a ban on online knife sales after a machete was sold to a 15-year-old for £1.50 over the internet.
  
  
• Knockout price for car boot find
  Signed boxing gloves and other memorabilia bought at a car boot for £50 are sold for more than £1,000 at an auction.