Carl Froch has apologised for threatening to "kill" Mikkel Kessler in their IBF super-middleweight fight in London on Saturday night – but will still face an investigation by the British Boxing Board of Control.

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No action to be taken against Britain's first youth police and crime commissioner Paris Brown over 'offensive' tweets

No further action is to be taken against Britain's first youth police and crime commissioner who stepped down from the role over offensive comments she made on Twitter, police said today.

CBS Twitter account apparently hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

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I wonder if Osborne cried watching Titanic, too

If you're going to lose your composure, best do it in an ornate London cathedral with a flag-draped coffin mere feet away

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