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Cell assault sergeant is jailed

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:36 +0000

A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell is jailed for six months.

Strike severely disrupts Tube

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:36 +0000

Some services resume on the London Underground following severe disruption on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes.

No helmet suspect killed in crash

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:36 +0000

A man suspected of being a motorbike thief who police refused to pursue because he was not wearing a helmet is killed riding a stolen bike.

Golf course burnt body identified

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:36 +0000

A man whose body was set alight and dumped at a golf course is identified by police as a 37-year-old man from Brighton.

Council fined £12,000 for injury

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:36 +0000

Newcastle City Council is fined £12,000 after a five-year-old girl was injured by an exhibit at one of its museums.

Ex-Mr Gay UK denies rape charges

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:36 +0000

A police officer and former Mr Gay UK winner denies a number of sex offences, including raping another man.

Blitz commemorated at St Paul’s

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:36 +0000

Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers gather 70 years after battling through eight months of bombing raids over Britain’s industrial centres.

Police plea to dead baby’s mother

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:36 +0000

Detectives investigating the death of a newborn baby girl found dumped in a garden are still trying to trace the mother.

Cocaine worth £8m found at port

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:36 +0000

Cocaine with a street value of £8.25m is found by the UK Border Agency in a container in Essex.

Man jailed over city gang killing

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:34 +0000

A 23-year-old gang member who stabbed a disabled rival to death in Wolverhampton is jailed for life for murder.