Zimmerman, then 28, shot and killed the 17-year-old Martin on the evening of 26 February

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Police granted extra time to question the 25-year-old man arrested on Monday

Neil Alexander to leave Rangers as Ally McCoist searches for new goalkeeper

Rangers manager Ally McCoist is on the lookout for another goalkeeper after confirming Neil Alexander will not be at Ibrox next season.

AG Barr still keen on Britvic merger as sales fizz

Despite the dire spring weather, Irn-Bru's maker AG Barr pushed up sales in a flat soft drinks market and yesterday said it was still keen to push on with a merger with its rival Britvic.

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Sweetened soft drinks contain a lot of calories which contribute to overweight and obesity, which in turn is a cause of diabetes

One can of fizzy drink a day increases Type 2 diabetes risk by a fifth

Western lifestyles blamed as one in 20 UK adults now thought to suffer from the disease

A view from outside Rangers' stadium, Ibrox

Craig Mather appointed interim chief executive of Rangers

The 42-year-old is a shareholder and has been the club's director of sports development since October

Cans of energy drinks are displayed in a store in California. The kick from caffeine has a growing number of consumers jumping into energy drinks-soft drinks spiked with nutritional aids and stimulants despite warnings from health professionals.

We students need to ditch our addiction to energy drinks

They're gross, says Eleanor Doughty, and they make you feel bad

Policeman admits to poisoning

A police detective has pleaded guilty to poisoning a colleague, a court official said.

The number 30 double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, which was destroyed by a terrorist bomb on 7 July 2005

We're foiling 7/7-size plot every year, says counter-terror chief as he warns of rise in smaller groups

Counter-terror teams are foiling a plot as big as the July 7 attacks every year, a senior police officer has revealed.

'Full-fat' Sprite to be ditched for low-calorie alternative with 'natural' sweeteners

Sugar will be replaced with Stevia as part of Coca-Cola's anti-obesity drive

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A welcome addition to Barcelona's B&Bs offers elegance and style in one of the city's oldest districts, says Sarah Gordon

Domestic appliances: The coolest status symbol? A fridge

As a status symbol, you might not think that something that keeps your leftovers at a steady temperature would be much cop. Sports cars are a more traditional social signifier (not least of someone trying to convince their peers that they have an enormous… amount of money), as are regular holidays and the resultant tans. But for hundreds of years, having a way to keep food cool, and thus prolong its edibility, was far more show-offy than  a supercar.

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