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Calls for inquiry into prosecution

Two firefighters were cleared of the manslaughter of four of their colleagues who died in a blaze

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.


Torch in Modern Games birthplace

The Olympic torch is carried through Much Wenlock by Dimitrios Eforakopoulos

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.

'Useful information' on house arson

The house in Allenton, Derby, where six children were killed in an arson attack

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.

Doctors protest over pension reform

The British Medical Association said doctors have voted to take industrial action over planned pension changes

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.

Coulson quizzed in perjury inquiry

Andy Coulson gave evidence in Tommy Sheridan's perjury trial at the High Court in Glasgow in 2010

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.

Public to meet on Olympic missiles

Residents are to meet over plans to position surface-to-air-missiles on flats in Bow during the Olympics

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.

Two cleared over firefighter deaths

Two firefighters were cleared of the manslaughter of four of their colleagues who died in a blaze

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.

'Veiled threats' over bid: Cable

Business Secretary Vince Cable arrives to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards

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.

Six found guilty over summer riot

Canning Circus police station in Nottingham was firebombed during riots in the city last summer

3:16pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

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

Kylie tells of her sister's hurt

Kylie Minogue says her sister Dannii is 'going through a difficult time'

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.



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