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David Cameron attack on Welsh NHS

2 hours 53 min ago
Prime Minister David Cameron attacks Labour's handling of the health service in Wales.

Devastation of choke death family

3 hours 1 min ago
The parents of a "wonderful" five-year-old boy who choked to death in Aberdeenshire speak of their devastation.

AUDIO: Contraceptive implants given at schools

3 hours 4 min ago
Children at schools in Southampton are being offered contraceptive implants without their parent's knowledge.

Redknapp cleared of tax evasion

3 hours 8 min ago
Harry Redknapp says his "nightmare" is over after being cleared of tax evasion along with Milan Mandaric.

Police hold 213 in raids on gangs

3 hours 9 min ago
More than 200 people are arrested during raids across London by the Metropolitan Police's new dedicated unit tackling gang crime.

Red light change 'may save lives'

3 hours 11 min ago
Ministers have been urged to look into allowing cyclists to go through red lights, in an attempt to cut fatalities and serious injuries.

Minister's hint over dog chipping

3 hours 16 min ago
Ministers hint they may support the compulsory microchipping of dogs to help encourage "responsible" ownership.

Stage chiller hits the big screen

3 hours 24 min ago
Harry Potter star is spooked in the Woman in Black

MSPs pass £30bn Scottish budget

3 hours 26 min ago
MSPs have approved the Scottish government's £30bn budget in a Holyrood vote which saw 70 members backing it and 52 members rejecting it.

Cameron takes Swedish lesson in wooing women

3 hours 28 min ago
Cameron seeks Nordic tips on wooing women (voters)

Taking the 'glamour' out of gang crime

3 hours 32 min ago
Why Scotland Yard is worried about 'glamorising' gangs

Train row 'Big man' not charged

3 hours 38 min ago
Scottish authorities decide not to prosecute a passenger who removed an alleged fare dodger from a train.

Fire destroys TV chef's kitchens

3 hours 39 min ago
A fire badly damages the cookery school kitchens at TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage in Axminster.

'Concern' over police chief polls

3 hours 39 min ago
A senior election official says he is concerned about the lack of preparation for the forthcoming elections for police and crime commissioners.

Government defeat over NHS bill

3 hours 47 min ago
The government loses the first of a series of votes in the House of Lords on its controversial plans to overhaul the NHS in England.

AUDIO: HMRC 'have egg on face' over Redknapp

3 hours 51 min ago
Lord Sugar told Radio 5 live that the trial of Harry Redknapp for alleged tax evasion was an attempt by authorities to make an example of a high profile personality, which backfired.

'Sell home' order for abuse man

4 hours 1 min ago
A 78-year-old man is told by a sheriff to sell his home so he can pay compensation to the children he abused 40 years ago.

Terror bomb plot was 'amateurish'

4 hours 31 min ago
An extremist plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange was "amateurish" and unlikely to succeed, a court hears.

Halifax jobs in doubt in Belfast

4 hours 41 min ago
There are fears over possible job losses at the Halifax in Belfast as part of a restructuring programme.

Twitter threat judgement reserved

4 hours 57 min ago
Judgement is reserved over whether to quash the conviction of a man for a Twitter message threatening to blow up a South Yorkshire airport.
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