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Flat destroyed as vandals spark blaze

A FLAT was gutted after vandals smashed a window and set a mattress alight. Read

Darwins' fraud cash being recovered

Police have begun to sift through the financial assets of John and Anne Darwin to recover the money the couple defrauded in their £250,000 canoe death scam. Read

Police discuss Menezes death report

Police bosses are due to meet to discuss a report on the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes which found progress on improving surveillance since his death had been too slow. Read

Madeleine detective's book launched

A book by a former senior Portuguese detective involved in the search for Madeleine McCann is due to be published. Read

Voters go to polls in by-election

Voters in Glasgow East are going to the polls in a crunch by-election where defeat could spell disaster for Labour. Read

Decision due in Mosley privacy case

A High Court judge is due to announce his ruling in Formula One boss Max Mosley's groundbreaking privacy case. Read

Providers back net piracy crackdown

Britain's six biggest internet service providers (ISPs) have signed up to a government-backed drive to clamp down on illegal downloading of music and films. Read

UK 'blocking' EU green energy plans

Britain has been accused of trying to water down a European Union directive designed to give renewable energy sources such as wind, wave and solar power easier access to national electricity grids. Read

Tories and UUP consider merger plan

The Conservative Party is in talks with the Ulster Unionists about joining forces to create a new political movement in Northern Ireland. Read

Olympic chiefs tasked 'over costs'

Britain's Olympics chiefs must keep a "tight control over costs and time" in its preparations for the 2012 Games in the face of a rocky economic climate and changing security demands, according to MPs. Read

Archbishop in call on aid promises

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will call on governments to keep their promises on aid and development or face further starvation, disease and premature death amongst the world's poor. Read

'180% rise' in destitute refugees

The Government has been urged to take action after a report found that the number of destitute asylum seekers and refugees had increased by 180% in just 18 months. Read

Man in 60s airlifted to hospital after crashing his hang-glider

A MAN in his 60s was airlifted to hospital with leg and hip injuries after his hang-glider crashed into a cliff in west Wirral. Read

More people without bank accounts

The number of people without a bank account has risen despite a Government drive to tackle the problem of financial exclusion, according to figures released by the Treasury. Read

Passport strike hits holidaymakers

The first day of a strike by passport office workers hit holidaymakers. Read

Soldier killed by roadside bomb

A British soldier was killed by a suspected roadside bomb after his patrol came under fire in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. Read

Police brand pay offer 'insulting'

The Government has been accused of betraying police with an "insulting" pay offer by leaders of rank-and-file officers. Read

Father charged over quad bike death

The father of a seven-year-old girl who died when the quad bike she was riding was in a head-on crash in a country lane has been charged with manslaughter by gross neglect, lawyers said. Read

Boy, seven, 'was driving crash car'

Police are trying to establish whether a seven-year-old boy was driving a car which overturned. Read

Parents call for scrapping of Sats

Parents feel "totally let down" by this year's national curriculum tests fiasco and want to see them abolished, a parents' group has announced. Read