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    Hunt's Ex-Special Adviser: I Was Told To Quit

    Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser has told the Leveson Inquiry he was told to resign after damaging emails revealing the close relationship between his department and the Murdoch empire were released. More »Hunt's Ex-Special Adviser: I Was Told To Quit

    Millionaire's Daughter Jailed For Riots Role

    Millionaire's daughter Laura Johnson has been jailed for two years for driving looters … More »Millionaire's Daughter Jailed For Riots …

    Man Charged With Schoolboy's Murder In 1979

    A New Jersey man has been charged with the murder of American schoolboy Etan Patz, who … More »Man Charged With Schoolboy's Murder In …

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    • UK Uncut protests against Government spending cuts
      Anti-cuts 'street parties' planned 22 minutes ago

      Anti-cuts activists are planning to block roads and hold street parties as part of a campaign to "celebrate" resistance to the Government's austerity measures. More »Anti-cuts 'street parties' planned

      UK Uncut protests against Government spending cuts

      Anti-cuts activists are planning to block roads and hold street parties as part of a campaign to "celebrate" resistance to the Government's austerity measures.

    • Matt Smith is to carry the Olympic flame through Cardiff
      Doctor Who star Smith takes flame 22 minutes ago

      Time Lord Matt Smith is taking over as chief torch bearer as the Olympic flame spends its first full day in Wales. More »Doctor Who star Smith takes flame

      Matt Smith is to carry the Olympic flame through Cardiff

      Time Lord Matt Smith is taking over as chief torch bearer as the Olympic flame spends its first full day in Wales.

    • Jeremy Hunt is under increasing pressure over his relationship with a senior News Corporation lobbyist
      Hunt's 'daddy' texts to lobbyist 22 minutes ago

      Beleaguered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is under intense pressure after fresh disclosures at the Leveson Inquiry about his relationship with a senior News Corporation … More »Hunt's 'daddy' texts to lobbyist

      Jeremy Hunt is under increasing pressure over his relationship with a senior News Corporation lobbyist

      Beleaguered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is under intense pressure after fresh disclosures at the Leveson Inquiry about his relationship with a senior News Corporation lobbyist.

    • Matty Glover, 18, and Charlotte Brett, 19, cool down in the sea during the spring heatwave at Tynemouth beach
      UK heat puts Europe in the shade 22 minutes ago

      Britain is expected to bask in warm temperatures this weekend as the mild weather which has already made the UK hotter than parts of mainland Europe and Africa in the … More »UK heat puts Europe in the shade

      Matty Glover, 18, and Charlotte Brett, 19, cool down in the sea during the spring heatwave at Tynemouth beach

      Britain is expected to bask in warm temperatures this weekend as the mild weather which has already made the UK hotter than parts of mainland Europe and Africa in the last few days continues.

    • Engelbert Humperdinck during rehearsals for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest (AP/Sergey Ponomarev)
      The Hump pins hopes on Presley gift 22 minutes ago

      Engelbert Humperdinck is flying the UK flag in the Eurovision Song Contest and hoping a prized gift from Elvis Presley will bring him luck. More »The Hump pins hopes on Presley gift

      Engelbert Humperdinck during rehearsals for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest (AP/Sergey Ponomarev)

      Engelbert Humperdinck is flying the UK flag in the Eurovision Song Contest and hoping a prized gift from Elvis Presley will bring him luck.

    • The Bank of England is seen against a blue sky in the City of London
      BoE's Weale says case for more QE remains 1 hour 52 minutes ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - Weak gross domestic product data this week strengthens the case for more Bank of England stimulus, but this has to be weighed against above-target … More »BoE's Weale says case for more QE remains

      The Bank of England is seen against a blue sky in the City of London

      LONDON (Reuters) - Weak gross domestic product data this week strengthens the case for more Bank of England stimulus, but this has to be weighed against above-target inflation, The Bank policymaker Martin Weale said on Friday. Revised official data this week showed that the economy contracted by 0.3 percent in the first …

    • The Government is 'looking at the trends' on immigration from struggling European economies
      UK plans for euro-immigrants surge 3 hours ago

      The Home Office is planning for a possible large increase in immigration from Greece and other European Union nations in response to the crisis in the euro, Theresa May … More »UK plans for euro-immigrants surge

      The Government is 'looking at the trends' on immigration from struggling European economies

      The Home Office is planning for a possible large increase in immigration from Greece and other European Union nations in response to the crisis in the euro, Theresa May has revealed.

    • For sale signs in Fulham, which has been named as the most popular place in the country for young professionals
      Fulham top for young professionals 3 hours ago

      The most popular areas for aspiring young professionals to snap up a home have been named, from Jesmond and Didsbury to Cardiff and Hove. More »Fulham top for young professionals

      For sale signs in Fulham, which has been named as the most popular place in the country for young professionals

      The most popular areas for aspiring young professionals to snap up a home have been named, from Jesmond and Didsbury to Cardiff and Hove.

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    • Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili addresses a news conference after a meeting in Baghdad
      U.N. inspectors find high-grade uranium … 47 minutes ago

      VIENNA (Reuters) - United Nations nuclear inspectors have found uranium particles refined to a higher-than-expected level at an underground site where Iran has installed … More »U.N. inspectors find high-grade uranium …

      Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili addresses a news conference after a meeting in Baghdad

      VIENNA (Reuters) - United Nations nuclear inspectors have found uranium particles refined to a higher-than-expected level at an underground site where Iran has installed more than 50 percent more enrichment centrifuges, a U.N. watchdog report said on Friday. It said Tehran had told the U.N. agency that the presence of traces …

    • European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili attend a meeting in Baghdad
      Iran, big powers agree to hold more … 54 minutes ago

      BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran and world powers agreed to meet again next month to try to ease the long standoff over its nuclear work despite achieving scant progress at talks … More »Iran, big powers agree to hold more …

      European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili attend a meeting in Baghdad

      BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran and world powers agreed to meet again next month to try to ease the long standoff over its nuclear work despite achieving scant progress at talks in Baghdad towards resolving the main sticking points of their dispute. At its heart is Iran's insistence on right to enrich uranium and that economic …

    • Relatives of Lebanese Shi'ite hostages that were held by Syrian rebels, cheer and chant as they wait for their arrival from Turkey to Beirut's international airport
      Lebanese Syria hostage release delayed, … 55 minutes ago

      BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanon said on Friday that a group of Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped in Syria had been freed and were safe in Turkey, but produced no sign of the … More »Lebanese Syria hostage release delayed, …

      Relatives of Lebanese Shi'ite hostages that were held by Syrian rebels, cheer and chant as they wait for their arrival from Turkey to Beirut's international airport

      BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanon said on Friday that a group of Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped in Syria had been freed and were safe in Turkey, but produced no sign of the hostages at the centre of a kidnap drama heightening tensions over the conflict in neighbouring Syria. The twist in a hostage drama that has inflamed political …

    • Deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood El-Erian talks during a news conference in Cairo
      Muslim Brotherhood seeks unity ahead … 1 hour 3 minutes ago

      CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood is reaching out to rivals including politicians knocked out of the presidential race in an attempt to rally support around its … More »Muslim Brotherhood seeks unity ahead …

      Deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood El-Erian talks during a news conference in Cairo

      CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood is reaching out to rivals including politicians knocked out of the presidential race in an attempt to rally support around its own candidate who faces a runoff against Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq. Warning of "determined efforts to recreate the old regime," the …

    • German Attitude On Euro Crisis Is Changing
      German Attitude On Euro Crisis Is C … 1 hour 5 minutes ago

      There are a few subtleties to the great euro crisis you only really pick up when you spend a bit of time on the other side of the Channel. More »German Attitude On Euro Crisis Is C …

      German Attitude On Euro Crisis Is Changing

      There are a few subtleties to the great euro crisis you only really pick up when you spend a bit of time on the other side of the Channel.

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