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Police accused of using ‘excessive force’ during Balcombe fracking protest
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Officers told to justify painful 'mandibular angle' technique using pressure point behind ear
Sleepy Balcombe wakes up with a roar over prospect of fracking
Thursday 25 July 2013
Tom Bawden visits the West Sussex village where events are shaking up old allegiances
Tycoon Eddy Shah is cleared of raping girl
Friday 12 July 2013
The former newspaper tycoon Eddy Shah was found not guilty torday of raping an underage schoolgirl at a string of London hotels.
Ashes 2013: 'We knew Ashton Agar could bat a bit... but not that well,' says Henley chief
Thursday 11 July 2013
Youngster was out for four on league debut for English club, but is now on 'upward trend'
House prices continue to rise as demand also increases
Tuesday 09 July 2013
Around 21 per cent more Chartered Surveyors reported prices rose rather than fell in June, according to the RICS, which would make it the strongest month for house prices since January 2010.
Ricky Ponting struggles for grand farewell with Notts on top
Tuesday 09 July 2013
Surrey 198 Nottinghamshire 50-0
Reggae star Smiley Culture stabbed himself during a police raid, inquest rules
Tuesday 02 July 2013
Reggae star Smiley Culture died from a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest during a police raid at his home, an inquest jury found today.
T20 cricket: Klinger ton lifts Gloucestershire
Sunday 30 June 2013
Michael Klinger smashed a brilliant 61-ball century to lead Gloucestershire to a 48-run Friends Life T20 victory over Worcestershire at Bristol.
Oxford grooming gang jailed: Dogar and Karrar brothers get life for abuse and rape of young girls
Thursday 27 June 2013
The men, aged between 27 and 38, were found guilty of eight years of offending
Woman arrested on suspicion of helping school teacher Jeremy Forrest coach his victim for trial
Thursday 27 June 2013
Jeremy Forrest has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for abducting his pupil to France
Liam Plunkett denies Kevin Pietersen another knock
Monday 24 June 2013
Yorkshire 433-9 dec & 254 Surrey 353-7dec & 4-0
'Feeling like burning down some mosques in Portsmouth, anyone want to join me?': Woman avoids jail after post-Woolwich Facebook comments
Friday 14 June 2013
Michaela Turner was given an eight-week prison sentence suspended for six months
Luke Wright plays long game to save leaders with 187
Sunday 09 June 2013
Sussex 222 & 454 Middlesex 499-8 dec & 50-3 (Match drawn)
Middlesex 499-8 dec Sussex 222 & 228-4: Matt Prior practice fails to pay off with Sussex on the slide
Saturday 08 June 2013
After his controversial first-innings dismissal, Matt Prior’s fortunes hardly improved as Sussex slid towards defeat. And this time England’s Test match wicketkeeper could blame no one but himself.
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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