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Three questioned over schoolboy murder
Friday 13 May 2011
Three teenagers were being questioned today on suspicion of murdering a schoolboy in a gang knife attack.
Boy aged 15 stabbed to death in London
Thursday 12 May 2011
A teenage schoolboy has been stabbed to death in the street. The 15-year-old was set upon in Camberwell, south London, last night.
NHS chief executive pay has jumped by 4.5%
Tuesday 10 May 2011
The basic pay of NHS chief executives has jumped by 4.5%, with median earnings now more than £150,000, research revealed today.
Ken Livingstone: Our resolve saw us through. Now we must learn lessons
Saturday 07 May 2011
The terror attacks of 7 July are still vivid. No one can forget how we felt as the news came through that a normal London activity like taking a tube or bus had become a murderous nightmare.
Emergency services 'can do better'
Friday 06 May 2011
The emergency services must work better with each other at major incidents to help them respond more quickly and "hopefully prevent future deaths", the coroner said.
Andreas Whittam Smith: Our aversion to risk turns civilian heroes into cowards
Thursday 05 May 2011
Surfer drowns off Suffolk coast
Monday 02 May 2011
A surfer has died after getting into difficulties off the coast of Suffolk.
Women War Artists, Imperial War Museum, London
Sunday 01 May 2011
Boy killed on motorway after row
Thursday 28 April 2011
A boy of 15 was killed after wandering into the path of motorway traffic following a minor row with his father over his drinking at a family wedding, an inquest heard today.
'Human cannonball' death probed
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Investigations were continuing today after a "human cannonball" stuntman plunged to his death at a daredevil show.
Two more die as Yemeni forces fire on protesters
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Forces loyal to Yemen's embattled President opened fire at protesters demanding his removal yesterday, killing two demonstrators at two separate rallies and wounding at least 10 people at a third protest, activists said.
Man charged with stabbing murder
Friday 22 April 2011
A 46-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a 29-year-old man found stabbed to death, police said.
Teenager killed after window fall
Friday 22 April 2011
A 14-year-old boy has fallen to his death from the sixth floor of a tower block after opening his bedroom window to look out.
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