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More questions for Grender murder suspect
A former soldier being held on suspicion of murdering teenage mother-to-be Nikitta Grender remained in custody today after detectives were given extra time to question him.
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Assange declared an 'enemy of the people in Sweden'
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Julian Assange's chances of being given a fair trail if he is extradited to Sweden on sexual allegations has been further damaged by a "toxic" attack on him by the Swedish Prime Minister, a court heard yesterday.
Phone-hack detective banned from driving
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Glenn Mulcaire, the private detective at the centre of the News of the World phone hacking allegations, was back in court yesterday charged with drinking and driving, for which he was fined £1,000 and banned for a year.
Jo Yeates funeral held in Hampshire village
Saturday, 12 February 2011
The funeral of the murdered landscape architect Jo Yeates has been held in the Hampshire village where she grew up. The service was at St Mark's Church in Ampfield, which is where she was christened.
Gilmour charged over royal car attack
Saturday, 12 February 2011
The son of the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has been charged over the attack on a convoy carrying the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall during a student fees riot.
New head of hacking investigation 'critical of previous inquiry'
Friday, 11 February 2011
The officer in charge of the new investigation into phone hacking told one of its highest-profile possible victims that she was 'not satisfied' with the original police inquiry.
WikiLeaks founder back in court
Friday, 11 February 2011
Assange to continue battle against extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for alleged sex offences.
Students warned over sex attacker
Friday, 11 February 2011
Detectives have warned women in one of the UK's most famous student cities after linking a string of sex attacks.
Bamber loses appeal bid
Friday, 11 February 2011
Convictions for murdering five of his relatives will not be referred to the Court of Appeal.
MP Illsley jailed for 12 months over expenses scam
Friday, 11 February 2011
Eric Illsley, the first sitting MP to face criminal charges over the expenses scandal, was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday – 24 hours after it was confirmed he had finally quit Parliament. On the same day, the former Labour MP Jim Devine was convicted of fiddling his Commons expenses. He will be sentenced in about four weeks.
Gay sex convictions to be deleted from police records
Friday, 11 February 2011
Men with historical convictions for consensual gay sex are to have their criminal records wiped clean, it will be announced today. Thousands of men were prosecuted over four decades for having sex with a partner aged 16 or over when the act was illegal. They have protested that their criminal records have dogged them throughout their lives.
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• Simon Carr: We all think we're superior to somebody
What most men want is to do a bit better than their father. That's all.
• Andrew Grice: The Big Society is unlikely to play on estates
The Big Society might work very nicely in leafy Oxfordshire, but what about the most deprived parts of the country?
• Philip Hensher: Why stay at home for the best education?
Are we, in general, stick-in-the-muds? Do students hate abroad, or something?