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Juror jailed over paedophile Facebook post

A juror who wrote on Facebook that he wanted to 'f*** up a paedophile' has been jailed for two months after being found guilty of…

'Go home illegal immigrants' van could be rolled out nationwide

'Go home' migrant van could be used across UK

An anti-illegal immigration pilot scheme that saw a van with the message 'go home' emblazoned on it driven around six London boroughs could be extended…

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Pope Francis: Who am I to judge gay people?

Pope Francis has said gay people, specifically gay priests, should not be marginalised by society…

Mairead Philpott loses first stage of bid to cut down 17-year sentence for killing children in house fire

Mairead Philpott fails at first stage of sentence appeal

Mairead Philpott, who was convicted of killing her six children in a Derby house fire, has lost the first round of a bid to contest…

Prince George to be known as 'Georgie'

He may only be one week old, but the third in line to the throne has already acquired a nickname courtesy of his grandfather –…

Tia Sharp neighbour 'gave false sighting to appear important'

Tia neighbour 'gave false sighting to appear important'

A neighbour of murder victim Tia Sharp's grandmother told police he had seen the 12-year-old when in fact she had already been killed, a court…

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Wave of car bombings takes Iraq's death-toll to 3,000 since April

Deadly car bombings rock Iraq

Dozens of people have been killed in the latest round of sectarian violence to hit Iraq, with car bombs aimed at destabilising and toppling the…

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Tulisa Contostavlos bail hearing moved to October

Troubled pop star Tulisa Contostavlos will now answer police bail in October following claims she was part of a drug deal…

Undated handout photo issued by Sussex Police of of Samantha Medland, 24, as a jury trying her husband Ty Medland, 26, of her murder has retired to consider its verdict for a second day. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday July 26, 2013. Medland armed himself with knives given to the couple as a wedding present before using one to launch a "frenzied attack" on his wife in a busy square as she collected belongings from him following their marriage breakdown. on See PA story COURTS Wife. Photo credit should read: Sussex Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Man gets life for stabbing wife with wedding knives

A ‘petulant, self-centred man’ has been jailed for life after murdering his wife in public, using knives they were given as a wedding present…

15-minute grace period for shoppers on double yellow lines

Plans to give motorists a 15-minute period of grace on high street double yellow lines have been given a lukewarm reaction…

NHS 111 phone service thrown into turmoil by NHS Direct move

More turmoil for NHS 111 phone service

The future of the troubled NHS 111 phone service has been thrown into doubt again after one of its main providers said it would withdraw…

Three British women ‘raped in Malia in last week’

Warnings have been sounded about sex attacks on women in the Greek resort town of Malia, amid claims three Britons have been raped there in…

Police and forensic officers at the scene of a stabbing in Moston, Manchester. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday July 29, 2013. A 13 year old girl has been left fighting for her life after she was the victim of an attack which also claimed the life of a man believed to be her father. The man who is understood to have launched the knife attack also died of stab injuries a short time later. See PA story POLICE Stabbing. Photo credit should read: Dave Thompson/PA Wire

Injured girl was 'protecting' father killed in knife attack

A 13-year-old-girl fighting for her life in hospital may have been injured as she tried to protect her father from a knife attack in Manchester…

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Hague 'concerned' at Gibraltar border delays

William Hague expressed his ‘serious concerns’ to Spain last night after Spanish police stopped and searched almost 10,000 vehicles leaving Gibraltar for the mainland at…

Spain train crash: Driver Francisco Jose Garzon detained as black box details emerge

Spain train crash: Funeral mass to be held for victims

The Spanish prime minister and members of the royal family are due to attend a large funeral mass in the city of Santiago de Compostela…

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A damaged coach is seen after a crash near the southern town of Avellino July 29, 2013. At least 36 people died after a coach plunged more than 15 metres (49 feet) off a viaduct in southern Italy on Sunday, a spokesman for the fire service said. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca (ITALY - Tags: DISASTER)

At least 39 killed after coach plunges into ravine in Italy

At least 39 people have been killed after a coach plunged into a ravine near the southern Italian town of Avellino…

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OMG, soz but UR sacked m8e... The employers who fire staff by text

Forget communicating with your staff face to face - a small portion of employers are sacking their workers by text message. But is this practice…

First-time buyers rise by 20 per cent as banks show faith

First-time buyer numbers have soared to their highest levels in six years, a report shows…

Money worries keep new fathers at work

Fewer men are taking paternity leave because of financial pressures facing families…

Testicular cancer 'nearly beaten' as 96 per cent are cured

Testicular cancer has nearly been beaten, experts have said. More than 96 per cent of men have been in effect cured of the disease and…

Lads’ mags told to cover up or vanish

Lads' mags publishers have been told to hide their magazines in modesty bags or risk being taken off the shelves…

School's out for showers: Start of the holidays dampened by flooding

Start of school holidays dampened by flooding

Heatwave temperatures have been swept away by torrential rain and flash floods for the first weekend of the school holidays…

Prince George 'must never be Scotland's ruler'

Prince George of Cambridge should never become Scotland's head of state, the politician leading the campaign for Scottish independence has said…

School bans skirts for 'unladylike' girls aged 9

School bans skirts for 'unladylike' girls aged nine

A school has banned girls as young as nine from wearing skirts. Walkwood Church of England Middle School is introducing a trousers-only rule from September…

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Teenager gored to death at Spanish running-of-the-bulls festival

Boy gored to death in bull festival

A boy of 16 has been gored to death at a running-of-the-bulls festival in Isso, central Spain. Two operation failed to save him…

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Down at the Pope-acabana: 3million turn out in Brazil for glimpse of pontiff

3million turn out in Brazil for glimpse of Pope

Anyone who slipped on their swimming costume and headed off for a quiet spot of sunbathing on the Copacabana was in for a disappointment…

Caroline Criado-Perez: Arrest over Twitter abuse

Feminist campaigner's Twitter abuse: Man arrested

A man has been arrested after a feminist campaigner received death and rape threats on Twitter…

Police 'find wall with paedophile victim names on it as a result of Operation Yewtree'

Jimmy Savile police 'find child abuse victim wall'

Police officers have reportedly discovered a hidden wall at a record shop in Greater Manchester that is said to contain the names of alleged paedophile…