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Three men jailed over gay death call leaflets

Three men were jailed today after becoming the first to be convicted of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation for handing out a leaflet calling for gay people to be executed.

Inmate cleared over prison riot

A jury was ordered today to find one of the defendants involved in a prison mutiny trial not guilty on all charges.

Double-murder accused found hanged

A lodger accused of the murders of his landlady and her mother has been found hanged in his prison cell.

Hunt goes on for Massereene soldiers' killers

Police have launched a fresh bid to catch the gunmen who killed two soldiers in Northern Ireland, as a terminally ill man convicted of trying to torch their getaway car was told he must serve a minimum of 25 years in jail.

David Perrin’s clients included Wayne Rooney and Jeremy Paxman

Stars' accountant jailed after targeting charities in ÂŁ70m tax relief scam

An accountant to Wayne Rooney and Jeremy Paxman, who taunted the taxman by recording a version of "I Will Survive" boasting of his greed, has been jailed for 18 months over a ÂŁ70m tax fraud which he masterminded at the expense of charities.

Damilola Taylor killer Ricky Preddie back in prison

The father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor called today for a public inquiry after one of his son's killers was recalled to prison for a second time.

Eddie Maher is wanted over the raid on a security van in 1993

'Fast Eddie' held in US 19 years after ÂŁ1m raid

British man wanted over security van robbery in Suffolk is arrested by immigration officials

Bomb plot gang get up to 16 years each

A gang of al-Qa'ida inspired terrorists who plotted attacks in the UK, including a bomb at the London Stock Exchange, received jail sentences totalling almost a century yesterday at Woolwich Crown Court, London.

The Daily Mail editor said Hugh Grant was the 'poster boy for the Hacked Off campaign'

Dacre refuses to drop accusation that Hugh Grant lied on oath

Mail editor 'fights fire with fire' against actor's 'mendacious smear' on Daily Mail

NOTW 'deceived McCanns over personal diaries'

The News of the World deliberately deceived the McCann family after obtaining Kate McCann's personal diary, the Leveson Inquiry heard yesterday.

Mervyn Westfield will be sentenced today

Westfield to be sentenced today

Mervyn Westfield, the former Essex fast bowler, will today be sentenced having last month pleaded guilty to spot-fixing.

Oyston fined for dumping waste from stand

The Blackpool chairman, Karl Oyston, and two of his companies were yesterday fined more than ÂŁ40,000 for illegally dumping waste from the building of the club's Jimmy Armfield Stand.

Nicklas Bendtner – Arsenal (on loan at Sunderland)
The Danish centre forward hasn’t made a big impact on loan at Sunderland, although it remains to be seen how he fits into new manager Martin O’Neill’s plans. However, high wage demands and less than consistent form could make it difficult for Bendtner to find a club that will take a gamble on him.

Sunderland pair on criminal damage charge

Nicklas Bendtner and Lee Cattermole have been charged with criminal damage, after cars were allegedly vandalised close to the home of their arch rivals.

Heather Mills denies playing voicemail to Piers Morgan

The former wife of Sir Paul McCartney did not authorise former News of the World editor Piers Morgan, or anybody else, to listen to her voicemails, she told the inquiry into press standards today.

David Cameron speaks to King Abdullah over Abu Qatada trial

Prime Minister David Cameron spoke with King Abdullah of Jordan today about Britain's efforts to deport Islamist radical Abu Qatada to stand trial in the country.

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