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So, a bear walks into a bar...
Friday 26 July 2013
...Barman says, "that's strange, I didn't notice you!"
China investigates bomb incident in Beijing International Airport
Saturday 20 July 2013
A man in a wheelchair is reported to have detonated the device, injuring only himself
Murder hunt launched after man's body found in Coventry grassland
Saturday 18 May 2013
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man's body was found on an area of grassland near a block of flats.
75-year-old man stabbed to death in Birmingham
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 75-year-old man was stabbed to death.
Two men found guilty of raping 14-year-old boy in Manchester Debenhams
Monday 29 April 2013
Judge says Alex Wilson-Fletcher and Abdelkader El-Janabi can expect substantial jail terms
Video: The dramatic moment a police officer saves man from an oncoming train
Wednesday 24 April 2013
A man attempting to jump in front of a train in a Colombian metro station was rescued by an eagle-eyed policeman who happened to be standing nearby on the platform.
Fiona Anderson death: Police release new CCTV which shows last moments of heavily pregnant Lowestoft mother before fall
Wednesday 17 April 2013
The young mum had a violent row with her estranged partner the night before she died
Manchester police make first arrests under new hate crime law after emo teenager is attacked
Thursday 11 April 2013
Police in Manchester have arrested two people for an attack on a 16-year-old emo in the first recorded hate crime against followers of alternative subcultures.
Amazing CCTV footage shows massive blast as raiders hit petrol forecourt cash machine
Tuesday 02 April 2013
Police have arrested a man in connection with a raid in which a petrol station cashpoint machine was blown open by thieves.
Apple says sorry to Chinese for warranty problems
Tuesday 02 April 2013
Weeks of attacks by Chinese state media have forced Apple to apologise to its Chinese customers, as the Californian firm attempts to counter a wave of negative publicity in its second largest market after the US.
Watch out – fewer CCTV cameras about
Sunday 10 March 2013
Budget cuts mean some local councils have had to dispense with much of their CCTV cover... and that's just fine with some people
Bradford mystery: Man dressed as Batman hands over suspect to police
Monday 04 March 2013
The Caped Crusader's identity remains a mystery
Bulgarian drug addict Deyan Deyanov found guilty of stabbing and beheading British pensioner in Tenerife
Friday 22 February 2013
A Bulgarian drug addict who beheaded a British grandmother in a frenzied knife attack on the holiday island of Tenerife was today found guilty of murder.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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