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Damages for women 'held in slavery'

Friday, 20 May 2011

Four Nigerian women "held in slavery" after being illegally trafficked into the UK were awarded a total of �20,000 damages today by a High Court judge who concluded that police had breached their human rights by failing to investigate complaints.

Man who drove into clubbers jailed

Friday, 20 May 2011

Shocking CCTV was shown to a court today as a man was jailed indefinitely for ploughing through a crowd outside a nightclub in a stolen car.

Jude Law among lead hacking cases

Friday, 20 May 2011

Law's and other selected cases would enable judge to decide the damages that were properly payable.

Court orders man out of London

Friday, 20 May 2011

A man is the leading figure in "a close group of Islamic extremists based in north London", according to reports.

Computer stolen from MP Keith Vaz's office

Friday, 20 May 2011

Security at the Houses of Parliament has been questioned following a theft from an office of a senior MP.

Pete Doherty back behind bars

Friday, 20 May 2011

Musician Pete Doherty was jailed for six months today after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine.

Elliot Morley jailed over expenses

Friday, 20 May 2011

Former Labour minister pleaded guilty to claiming more than �30,000 in bogus mortgage payments.

Sentence cuts 'create more victims'

Friday, 20 May 2011

Government plans to cut prison sentences in half for offenders who plead guilty risk creating more victims, Labour leader Ed Miliband warned today.

Chris Huhne is subject of formal criminal investigation

Friday, 20 May 2011

The pressure grew on Chris Huhne last night after Essex Police disclosed it had launched a formal criminal investigation into claims he attempted to evade penalty points for speeding.

Eighteen years on, two of original suspects in Stephen Lawrence murder to stand trial

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Terri Judd: The brutal murder of Stephen Lawrence on 22 April 1993 and the failure to convict those responsible opened the country's largest police force to accusations of 'institutional racism' and transformed race relations law.

Malcolm Webster guilty of wife's murder

Thursday, 19 May 2011

A man was convicted today of murdering his first wife and attempting to kill his second in staged car crashes.

Milly Dowler 'tried to cut her wrists'

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Murdered schoolgirl reacted after being called names when she started her secondary school.

Baby girl found dead at waste site

Thursday, 19 May 2011

The body of a newborn baby girl has been found at a waste management site.

Priest denies abuse of seven boys

Thursday, 19 May 2011

A former Catholic priest today denied sexually assaulting seven boys who are alleged to have been abused between 1974 and 1994.

IPCC clears officers over collapse

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Three police officers did all they could to save a woman who died after collapsing in a locked toilet, the police watchdog said today.

Man killed in car explosion named

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Police named a man today who died in an explosion in his car.

11 arrested in police garage raid

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Police have arrested 11 people after a raid on a suspected rip-off garage which allegedly held cars to ransom, with staff intimidating and even assaulting customers.

Detectives to quiz Chris Huhne over speeding claims

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Cahal Milmo: The Energy Secretary Chris Huhne came under fresh pressure yesterday after detectives said they want to speak to 'key individuals' over allegations that he tried to evade punishment for speeding.

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