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Former Tory peer jailed for expenses fraud

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Andy McSmith: Lord Taylor, once one of the most promising Tory politicians of his generation, was jailed for a year yesterday for defrauding the taxpayer of more than �11,000.

Ex-Met chief may be hacking victim

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Ali Dizaei said he was "shocked and appalled" today after detectives told him his police phone may have been hacked by the News of the World.

Peer jailed for expenses fraud

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Lord Taylor of Warwick falsely filed for travel and overnight subsistence to claim more than �11,000.

Investigation into Chris Huhne election expenses

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

The Electoral Commission is to investigate Cabinet minister Chris Huhne's election expenses.

Reggie Perrin bid man convicted

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

A man who faked his own death by leaving his clothing, car keys and a suicide note on a beach was today convicted of child sex offences.

Record number of children rescued from abuse

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Over a thousand children have been rescued says Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (Ceop).

Former police informants were behind 'stop snitching' campaign

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

The authors of a campaign encouraging people not to "snitch" in murder cases and serious shootings are today revealed as former police informants desperate to use their experiences to force reform of witness protection schemes.

Man dies following street assault

Monday, 30 May 2011

A man who was assaulted in the street has died, police said.

Man dies in early-morning blaze

Monday, 30 May 2011

A man was killed in a house fire in the early hours of this morning, police said.

Murder hunt ex-boyfriend found dead

Monday, 30 May 2011

Detectives launched a manhunt for Martin Collett after the body of Angela Hoyt was discovered at her home in Hertfordshire.

Ex-boyfriend on the run after former Blunkett aide found murdered

Monday, 30 May 2011

A murdered Red Cross worker and the ex-boyfriend suspected of killing her both worked for the Home Office, it emerged yesterday.

Young woman left in woods after attack

Monday, 30 May 2011

Four people were arrested yesterday on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was found in a distressed state, abandoned in woodland.

Met turns on its staff over phone hacking

Sunday, 29 May 2011

James Hanning: Senior officers at Scotland Yard are 'incandescent' that claims were not investigated properly.

Murdered woman worked for Home Office

Sunday, 29 May 2011

A murdered Red Cross worker and her ex-boyfriend suspected of killing her both worked for the Home Office, it emerged today.

Huhne file is sent to prosecutors

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Essex Police will this week send a case file to prosecutors in the case against the Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, over allegations that he persuaded his estranged wife, Vicky Pryce, to accept three penalty points for speeding on his behalf.

Two held over alleyway shooting

Saturday, 28 May 2011

Two men now remain in custody on suspicion of murder after two teenagers were shot dead as they were chased down an alleyway.

Man held over double death crash

Saturday, 28 May 2011

A motorist was arrested by police today after a crash left two men dead and another critically injured.

Man shot in 'punishment' attack

Saturday, 28 May 2011

A man was recovering today after being shot in what police described as a punishment-style attack.

Corrupt prison officer jailed

Saturday, 28 May 2011

Police today pledged to crack down on corrupt prison officers after a male officer was jailed for smuggling drugs to inmates.

Teenagers shot dead in council estate alleyway

Saturday, 28 May 2011

A gunman killed two teenagers with shots to the head after ambushing them in a darkened alleyway on a council estate.

Teenagers shot dead in alley chase

Friday, 27 May 2011

Two teenagers were shot dead as they were chased down an alleyway, police said today.

Nat Fraser to wait for retrial decision

Friday, 27 May 2011

A man whose conviction for murdering his estranged wife was ruled unsafe will have to wait to learn if he will face a retrial.

'Evil' labourer convicted of two 1980s double murders after cold case review

Friday, 27 May 2011

A farm labourer has been jailed for life over the murders of four people in Pembrokeshire after evading detection for more than 20 years.

Expenses peer Lord Hanningfield is found guilty – on day disgraced MP is freed early

Friday, 27 May 2011

Nigel Morris: A former Tory frontbencher faces jail after being found guilty yesterday on six counts of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.

Police wheelchair attack 'lawful'

Friday, 27 May 2011

Police officers were justified in pulling a protester from his wheelchair and "inadvertently" hitting him with a baton at the student fees demonstrations, an inquiry has found.

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