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Shame 'drove couple to kill child'

The parents of Shafilea Ahmed deny murdering the 17-year-old at their home in Warrington

4:43pm Monday 21st May 2012

A couple murdered their teenage daughter because they believed her conduct was bringing shame on the family, a court has heard.


Employment law report accelerated

Business Secretary Vince Cable branded employment reforms as 'complete nonsense'

4:37pm Monday 21st May 2012

The publication of a controversial report on employment law reforms has been brought forward, after an earlier draft was leaked to the press.

Dissidents jailed for police murder

Constable Stephen Carroll was shot dead in Craigavon, Co Armagh, in March 2009

4:31pm Monday 21st May 2012

Two dissident republicans convicted for their part in the murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland must serve a minimum of 25 and 14 years in jail.

Blair-Bush call 'must be released'

Tony Blair and George W Bush are believed to have discussed a TV interview by Jacques Chirac gave about Iraq in a 2003 phone call

4:24pm Monday 21st May 2012

Extracts from a record of a phone call between Tony Blair and George W Bush on the eve of the Iraq War must be released, a tribunal has ruled.

Pair set for child cruelty sentence

The converted coal-bunker an 11-year-old boy was forced to live in at his mother and stepfather's home

3:50pm Monday 21st May 2012

A mother and stepfather who forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal-bunker have been put behind bars.

Boy, 11, 'lived in old coal bunker'

Preston Crown Court has been told how an 11-year-old boy was forced to live in a filthy converted coal bunker

2:41pm Monday 21st May 2012

A mother and stepfather forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal bunker, a court has been told.

MacAskill defends Megrahi release

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has died

2:30pm Monday 21st May 2012

Scotland's Justice Secretary has defended his decision to release the Lockerbie bomber almost three years ago as the only man convicted of the tragedy is buried in Libya today.

Chief cleared of firefighter deaths

Paul Simmons was found not guilty of manslaughter over a warehouse blaze

2:07pm Monday 21st May 2012

A fire service manager accused of the manslaughter of four firefighters who were killed in a warehouse blaze has been found not guilty after a judge directed a jury to acquit him.

Police worried for father and girl

Police are seeking Javed Khaliq, who went missing with his daughter Rihannah Dawson on Sunday evening

1:37pm Monday 21st May 2012

Police have serious concerns for the welfare of a father who went missing with his three-year-old daughter on Sunday night.

Watchdog launches Hunt inquiry

Westminster's sleaze watchdog is investigating Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt

1:03pm Monday 21st May 2012

Westminster's sleaze watchdog has launched an inquiry into Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt following claims that he failed to register donations from media firms, it was revealed.



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