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Jeremy Hunt is under increasing pressure over his relationship with a senior News Corporation lobbyist

Hunt's 'daddy' texts to lobbyist

Beleaguered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is under intense pressure after fresh disclosures at the Leveson Inquiry about his relationship with a senior News Corporation lobbyist.

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Matt Smith is to carry the Olympic flame through Cardiff

Doctor Who star Smith takes flame

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Time Lord Matt Smith is taking over as chief torch bearer as the Olympic flame spends its first full day in Wales.

Engelbert Humperdinck during rehearsals for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest (AP/Sergey Ponomarev)

The Hump pins hopes on Presley gift

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Engelbert Humperdinck is flying the UK flag in the Eurovision Song Contest and hoping a prized gift from Elvis Presley will bring him luck.

UK Uncut protests against Government spending cuts

Anti-cuts 'street parties' planned

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Anti-cuts activists are planning to block roads and hold street parties as part of a campaign to "celebrate" resistance to the Government's austerity measures.

Matty Glover, 18, and Charlotte Brett, 19, cool down in the sea during the spring heatwave at Tynemouth beach

UK heat puts Europe in the shade

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Britain is expected to bask in warm temperatures this weekend as the mild weather which has already made the UK hotter than parts of mainland Europe and Africa in the last few days continues.

For sale signs in Fulham, which has been named as the most popular place in the country for young professionals

Fulham top for young professionals

Saturday, 26 May 2012

The most popular areas for aspiring young professionals to snap up a home have been named, from Jesmond and Didsbury to Cardiff and Hove.

The Government is 'looking at the trends' on immigration from struggling European economies

UK plans for euro-immigrants surge

Saturday, 26 May 2012

The Home Office is planning for a possible large increase in immigration from Greece and other European Union nations in response to the crisis in the euro, Theresa May has revealed.

David Cameron is accompanied by NMA chief executive Charlie Bagot-Jewitt during a visit to the Falklands Memorial

PM's tribute to Falklands fallen

Friday, 25 May 2012

David Cameron has paid his own personal tribute to the 255 soldiers, sailors and airmen who gave their lives to liberate the Falkland Islands.

A student holds a copy of the Child Rescue Ireland Alert plan at the launch of the Alert system in Dublin

System 'may have saved missing boy'

Friday, 25 May 2012

An Amber Alert type system may have saved schoolboy Philip Cairns when he vanished 25 years ago, his mother has said.

A former Scotland Yard detective is to be charged with misconduct in a public office

Ex-detective on misconduct charges

Friday, 25 May 2012

A former detective specialising in rape and sex assault cases is to be prosecuted for faking police records.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has said the file of double killer John Gallagher is being revisited by officers

New probe into double murder case

Friday, 25 May 2012

The case of a double killer who handed himself in after 12 years at large is being examined by a senior detective.

Gardai have arrested two Chinese people after customs officers discovered around 40,000 ecstasy tablets in Cork

40,000 ecstasy tablets recovered

Friday, 25 May 2012

Some 40,000 ecstasy tablets and 8,000 illicit cigarettes have been recovered by customs officers.

Avalon Guitars has made customised guitars for stars such as Katie Melua

Guitar maker goes into liquidation

Friday, 25 May 2012

A guitar manufacturer which made instruments for some of music's most famous artists is going into liquidation, it has been revealed.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan and Deputy Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan at the launch of the Child Rescue Ireland Alert system in Dublin

Abducted child alert system begins

Friday, 25 May 2012

A long-awaited Amber Alert system for abducted children has been rolled out across Ireland more than three years after being given the go-ahead.

Almost eight per cent of mortgage holders are more than six months behind with repayments

Bank: 10% of mortgages in arrears

Friday, 25 May 2012

More than one in 10 struggling mortgage-holders fell behind on payments in the first three months of the year.

Brian Witty was jailed for at least eight years for a string of sex attacks

Ex-soldier jailed for sex attacks

Friday, 25 May 2012

A former soldier who carried out a string of sex attacks has been jailed indefinitely.

Researchers will visit homes to assess the accuracy of the electoral register, which dictates who is able to vote

Electoral register to be checked

Friday, 25 May 2012

A major research project to assess the accuracy and completeness of the electoral register in Northern Ireland is being undertaken by the Electoral Commission.

A police officer was attacked while attending a security alert in Newry

Officer attacked in security alert

Friday, 25 May 2012

A police officer received minor injuries after he was attacked with bricks, stones and petrol bombs while attending a security alert in Newry.

George Best Belfast City Airport plans to implement noise control measures

Teachers' concern at airport plans

Friday, 25 May 2012

More than 20 schools will suffer from increased noise levels because of proposed changes at George Best Belfast City Airport, a residents' campaign group has claimed.

Gillie Christou lost her appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that she was fairly sacked

Baby P social workers lose appeal

Friday, 25 May 2012

Two of Baby P's social workers have lost an appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked.

Former Lloyds Banking Group security chief Jessica Harper is to face a fraud charge

Woman accused of £2.5m Lloyds scam

Friday, 25 May 2012

A former security chief at Lloyds Banking Group is to be prosecuted over an alleged £2.5 million fraud.

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