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5:39pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

A chief fire officer has called for an investigation into why three long-serving firefighters were prosecuted following the deaths of four of their colleagues in a warehouse blaze.

5:06pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

The Olympic torch has been carried through the town credited as the birthplace of the Modern Games by an 83-year-old cancer survivor and a soon-to-be six times Olympian.

4:42pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Several people have come forward with extremely useful information about an arson attack that killed six children, as police were given extra time to question their parents.

4:31pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Doctors are to take industrial action for the first time in almost 40 years in protest at the Government's controversial pension reforms.

4:10pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

David Cameron's former communications chief Andy Coulson has arrived at a Scottish police station to be questioned on suspicion of committing perjury during the trial of former MSP Tommy Sheridan.

3:38pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

The first public meeting to discuss controversial plans to position surface-to-air missiles on residential flats during the Olympics is to be held on Thursday.

3:25pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Two firefighters have been cleared of the manslaughter of four of their colleagues who died in a warehouse blaze in 2007.

3:18pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Rupert Murdoch's media empire made "veiled threats" to punish the Liberal Democrats if its controversial BSkyB takeover was blocked, Vince Cable has told the Leveson Inquiry.

3:16pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Six people have been found guilty of rioting last summer during which a police station was firebombed.

3:08pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Kylie Minogue has told of the hurt caused to her sister Dannii after Simon Cowell's biography revealed that she had a fling with the TV and music mogul.