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Pc denies racial abuse after riots

A Scotland Yard police officer is accused of racially abusing a 21-year-old man

11:04am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A Scotland Yard officer has denied racially abusing a suspect after the summer riots.


Killer jailed for at least 16 years

Aspiring-model Emily Longley was murdered by jealous boyfriend Elliot Turner (Dorset Police/PA)

10:57am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A violent man who strangled his aspiring model girlfriend in a jealous rage has been told he will serve at least 16 years in jail.

Skeleton star 'proud' of torch role

Amy Williams carries the Olympic torch through Yeovil in Somerset

10:47am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Winter Olympics gold medallist Amy Williams said carrying the Olympic torch was an "amazing feeling".

Clegg hits at 'easier sacking' plan

Nick Clegg has said he has never supported the compensated no-fault dismissal scheme

10:43am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Nick Clegg has condemned proposals to make it easier for businesses to fire workers, saying he has never supported the scheme.

IMF in eurozone 'shock' warning

The IMF has said that the eurozone crisis represents the main danger to the UK's economic recovery

10:38am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

An escalation of the eurozone crisis would deliver a "substantial contractionary shock" to the UK economy, setting back progress made towards recovery, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

New plans for anti-social behaviour

Home Secretary Theresa May is seeking to give communities and residents the power to make the police take action over anti-social behaviour

10:08am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A new community trigger to force police to investigate repeated complaints will make it quicker and easier to stop anti-social behaviour blighting the lives of communities, the Home Secretary has said.

Inflation falls to 26-month low

The Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation fell by 3 per cent in April

9:44am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Inflation fell to its lowest level in more than two years last month, official figures showed, as high street discounting took the pressure off household budgets.

M&S targets cut amid profits fall

Retail giant Marks & Spencer reported its first drop in annual profits in three years

7:32am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland slashed his sales targets for the high street retailer as he unveiled its first fall in profits in three years.

Watchdog: Give women over 40 IVF

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has suggested women up to 42 should be entitled to IVF treatments

5:29am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Women struggling to have babies should be offered IVF treatment into their 40s, the health watchdog has said.

Six hurt as gas blast destroys home

The scene in Gateshead where a police officer suffered serious burns to his face in a suspected gas blast which injured five others

3:59am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A suspected gas explosion has injured six people, including three police officers.



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