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Terror suspects' DNA could be held for life  new

Under the plans, police would review each case every two years on national security grounds.

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Crackdown! Police officers mount huge drug swoop  new

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Police today swooped on a busy shopping street as part of a major clampdown on crack cocaine dealers in north-west London.

Teenage attacker behind bars after second child rape  new

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

The teenager raped a five-year-old boy days after being spared a custodial sentence for a previous attack.

Anne Darwin has agreed to repay nearly £600,000

Canoe death fraudster to pay back £600,000  new

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Anne Darwin will see her assets confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Man jailed for drowning partner's dog

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

A man has been jailed after drowning his partner's dog in the kitchen sink while drunk, the RSPCA said today.

Sentencing date for nursery worker paedophile

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Vanessa George pleaded guilty last month to a string of offences of assault and making and distributing indecent images.

A volunteer plays table football with one of the children at the Kids Company centre in Camberwell, south London yesterday

Justin Fenton in Lambeth: Keeping children out of the gangs' clutches

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Just off Coldharbour Lane in south London's Lambeth neighborhood, a group of men stand around at the mouth of an alley, close to a 10-foot-high steel gate being manned by three people.

Knife killers to serve at least 25 years

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

The Justice Secretary said the minimum term for murders committed with a blade will go up by a decade.

Properties seized from alleged IRA killer Sean Hughes

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

A man accused in the House of Commons of being one of the IRA's most ruthless killers has had his properties seized for suspected money laundering.

15 years for drunk who strangled lover with dog lead

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

A drunk who strangled his girlfriend with a dog lead before putting her body in bed and going to sleep next to it was told today he must serve at least 15 years in prison.

'Middle-classes fuel shoplifting crimewave'

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Affluent shoppers hit by the recession are fuelling a shoplifting crimewave, according to research published today.

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