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Paedophile raid 'nets record haul'
Saturday 16 July 2011
Police officers discovered around one million indecent images of children at a house in east London, Scotland Yard has revealed.
7/7 survivor tells of pushing to get on bus
Tuesday 25 January 2011
A survivor of the 7/7 bus blast told today how she pushed to get on board minutes before it exploded.
Harry to put spoke in red machine
Sunday 16 January 2011
Spurs are 'the closest I've had to a Man United team' says Redknapp as Beckham savours today's encounter
Tests due on body of shot teenager
Sunday 24 October 2010
A post mortem examination will be carried out today on a teenage boy who was shot dead after two balaclava-clad gunmen opened fire on a group of four young friends.
Teenager shot dead in east London
Saturday 23 October 2010
A murder inquiry was under way today after a teenager was shot dead, police said.
Life sentences for arson murders 'honour killing' gang
Tuesday 03 August 2010
Four men who murdered a couple in a bungled honour killing attempt were jailed for life today.
Tate & Lyle to sell sugar business for £211m
Thursday 01 July 2010
Tate & Lyle's historic sugars business was set to fall into US hands today after the firm agreed a £211 million sale.
Campbell excited by talk of United move
Thursday 10 December 2009
Former England defender says he would 'love' to make Old Trafford switch
£10m Sol sets his sights on manager's job in the top flight
Wednesday 26 August 2009
Campbell looks to his future as he agrees lucrative five-year deal at Notts County
Strange sights at Eurovision
Friday 08 May 2009
On Tuesday the first of two semi-final competitions opens from the vast Olympiyskiy Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Eighteen countries will be whittled down as viewers vote for their favourites to go through to the grand final on 16 May. Paddy O'Connell will be providing commentary on the proceedings while Sarah Cawood will meet the hopeful performers from all over Europe.
Court told of liquid bomb plot to down airliners
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Thousands of people would have died in a terrorist plot to detonate home-made bombs on seven transatlantic jets, a court heard yesterday.
Police question youths over party stab death
Monday 26 January 2009
Two youths will be quizzed today over the death of a 15-year-old stabbed when violence erupted at a church hall party.
Three men admit terror bomb plot
Monday 14 July 2008
Three men accused of plotting a series of suicide attacks on transatlantic jets pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cause explosions.
Court told of plot to bomb transatlantic airliners
Friday 04 April 2008
Eight British Muslims came within days of blowing up at least seven transatlantic airliners using liquid bombs disguised as soft drinks in a suicide plot which would have led to "death on an almost unprecedented scale", a court was told yesterday.
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