World | UK
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Wednesday May 22
UK official: London attack could be terror-related
While details were scant, Prime Minister David Cameron called the killing ‘truly shocking’
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Wednesday May 22
UK police killer admits more murders
Dale Cregan changes plea at last minute and says he killed a father and son too
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Wednesday May 22
Bed-sharing newborns risk cot death, study says
Lawmakers in UK want clarification after new research on co-sleeping
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Tuesday May 21
UK gay marriage bill set to pass
Cameron forced to strike a last-minute deal with the opposition
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Tuesday May 21
Stubbings family call for inquiry
Relatives say her murder in 2008 by former boyfriend must be catalyst for change
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Tuesday May 21
Scotland argues benefits of independence
Report claims nation will be better off financially if it leaves the UK
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Tuesday May 21
Measles surges in UK, years after vaccine scare
Britain has had more than 1,200 cases of measles so far this year
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Monday May 20
David Cameron faces defeat on gay marriage
At least 100 Tory lawmakers expected to approve amendment with Labour and Lib Dem
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Sunday May 19
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vigil costs taxpayers £3m After being holed up for almost a year
WikiLeaks fugitive shows no sign of giving himself up
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Sunday May 19
Woman flees polyamorous Swaziland king, seeks asylum in Britain
Says she was terrified of king’s marriage intentions
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Sunday May 19
Suspects left dangling on police bail for too long in UK
Police officer joins calls for limits on the length of time people are left on bail
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Sunday May 19
Cameron losing control as rift with party core widens
Conservative grassroots accused of being “mad”
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Sunday May 19
Nearly half of British voters want to quit Europe - poll
Just 30 per cent say they want to remain
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Saturday May 18
Obesity crisis forces dentists to buy supersized chairs
The £25,000 recliners are four times the price of standard seats
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Saturday May 18
Scotland Yard list of Madeleine suspects offers McCanns hope
Detectives have produced a list of people they say are of “interest to the inquiry”
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Saturday May 18
UK inquest of Alexander Litvinenko in doubt after Russia evidence excluded
Widow accuses Britain of making a deal with Moscow to improve relations
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Friday May 17
Grey hair is a sign of gravitas
Just 5 per cent of the presenters on screens are women over 50
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Thursday May 16
Bomber flypast marks Dambusters raid
Ceremony marks 70 years since raid over Nazi Germany’s industrial heartland
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Thursday May 16
UK parliament to debate EU bill
Conservative won the chance to put forward a law to vote by 2017
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Thursday May 16
1.54m European arrivals to UK in past ten years is more than 50 years previously
Latest figures show between 2001 and 2011, 1.54 million Europeans moved to the UK
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Thursday May 16
Stem cells: Breakthrough in cloned human embryos
Expert brands work a ‘landmark’ in development that could help beat diseases
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Wednesday May 15
UK falls in standards of living
UK dropped from fifth highest in 2005 to 12th in 2011
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Wednesday May 15
Murderers of British police to die in prison
Move to receive a warm welcome from rank-and-file police officers
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Tuesday May 14
Tories bow to pressure on EU referendum
Cameron publishes a bill with a promise to hold referendum
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Tuesday May 14
Life sentence for ‘body in attic’ child killer Stuart Hazell
Hazell to serve 38 years in prison for killing 12-year-old Tia
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