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13-year-old's stab death was 'random attack'

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:19:40 GMT

A 13-year-old girl who was stabbed in a "random, isolated attack" dialled 999 as she lay dying from her injuries, police said tonight.

515 held in London anti-gang raids

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:13:35 GMT

Anti-gang police made more than 500 arrests in a three-day blitz on London's crime network.

Man arrested as filesharing website is shut down

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:08:45 GMT

A man has been arrested on fraud charges after the Serious Organised Crime Agency shut down a major music download website.

Man held in vicarage murder investigation

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:00:55 GMT

A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a clergyman was found dead at a vicarage, police said.

Man guilty of harassment campaign

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:57:16 GMT

A jilted former City worker found guilty of orchestrating a campaign of harassment against a doctor and her mother faces jail.

Gang members guilty of stab murder

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:50:56 GMT

Three gang members were facing life sentences today for stabbing a youth 24 times in 45 seconds.

Woman questioned over 13-year-old's stabbing death

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:25:40 GMT

Police are continuing to question a woman arrested after a 13-year-old girl was found with fatal stab wounds in a park.

Man fined £315 for naked ramble

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:37:36 GMT

A man who rambled through a popular beauty spot naked except for a backpack, boots and a baseball cap has been fined £315.

Pig cruelty investigation farmer Stephen Brown found dead

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:21:35 GMT

A farmer who was being investigated over allegations of cruelty to pigs has been found dead at his home.

Glenn Mulcaire granted hack case appeal

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:25:20 GMT

Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire has been given permission to appeal to the Supreme Court against orders that he cannot rely on privilege against self-incrimination in the phone-hacking proceedings.

Footballer Joshua Scott cleared of assault

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:19:49 GMT

A League Two footballer has been cleared of common assault on a woman in a nightclub.

Murder investigation after 13-year-old girl dies

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:40 GMT

A woman was being questioned by detectives today following the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old girl.

Murder probe after 13-year-old girl dies

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:40 GMT

A murder investigation was under way today following the death of a 13-year-old girl who was assaulted.

Police investigation after body found at a vicarage

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:23:55 GMT

A man has been found dead at a vicarage in an old market town in suspicious circumstances.

Witness who was 'put at risk' given compensation

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:58:08 GMT

A teenage court witness was given a £600,000 payout by the Crown Prosecution Service and Metropolitan Police after he was put at risk, it has been reported.

'Drunk tanks' and minimum prices to help Britain sober up

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

David Cameron will today give his support to the use of "drunk tanks" – mobile police cells to hold intoxicated revellers until they sober up.

No 10 backs calls for 'drunk tanks'

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

David Cameron will today give his support to the use of "drunk tanks" – mobile police cells to hold intoxicated revellers until they sober up.

Perjury inquiry over Lawrence trial

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

Witnesses in the Stephen Lawrence murder trial have been accused of perjury and prosecutors are considering charges.

Murdoch sends in his top lawyer to stop Sun scandal spreading to US

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

Rupert Murdoch has assigned his most senior News Corp lawyer to the London-based committee overseeing the phone-hacking scandal as prospects increased that litigation against the global media company would spread to the US.

Police confiscate passport from Brooks' assistant

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

The executive personal assistant to Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, has had her passport confiscated, been separated from her family and been forced to postpone a new career with Rupert Murdoch's media empire in Australia following her arrest as part of the phone-hacking affair.

Man gets life for IRA drug gang slaying

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

A man has been jailed for life for gunning down two gangland enforcers linked to an IRA drugs ring.

Deaf slave did not understand border staff, jury told

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

A deaf girl allegedly trafficked to the UK from Pakistan and imprisoned in a cellar where she was abused and raped was spoken to by UK border officials when she arrived in the country, a court heard yesterday.

Wife died after rolling pin attack

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:05:30 GMT

An 80-year-old woman died after her husband struck her with a rolling pin during a "tragic" argument, an inquest has heard.

£500,000 seized from canoeist wife

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:14:18 GMT

Prosecutors have recovered more than half a million pounds from the wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin.

Abu Qatada deportation talks continue

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:02:01 GMT

A radical cleric who poses a serious risk to the UK's national security was free to walk the streets today as talks continued to deport him as soon as possible.