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Nurse faces court over hospital poisonings

01.08.11
A 27-year-old nurse charged in connection with the alleged contamination of saline at a hospital is to appear in court... more

72-year-old pensioner quizzed over shop stabbing

28.07.11
An elderly shopkeeper is due to be questioned on suspicion of murder after a man trying to rob his flower shop was stabbed to death... more

Police quiz nurse, 26, on hospital poisonings

20.07.11
A nurse suspected of murdering three patients by poisoning their drips has been seized by police... more

Eton masters visit Manchester for lesson in teaching by iPod

18.07.11
Eton College is considering giving all 1,300 pupils iPods... more

Householder stabs burglar to death - after PM backs right to defend property

23.06.11
A householder is being questioned by police after a burglar was stabbed to death during a break-in, just days after David Cameron backed householders' rights to defend property... more

'Costa del Crime fugitive' arrested in the UK on drugs charges

11.03.11
Suspected criminal thought to have been hiding on the 'Costa del Crime' has been arrested in the UK ... more

Student tuition fees protesters 'major draw' on police resources

20.12.10
Student protests against tuition fee rises are causing a 'major draw' on police resources, a chief constable said... more

Domestic abusers will be banned from homes

25.11.10
Suspected wife-beaters could be banned from their homes for up to four weeks even if there is insufficient evidence for them to be charged... more

11 people injured as gas blast devastates street

02.11.10
A woman aged 76 was critically ill today with 30 per cent burns after a gas explosion devastated a street... more

Ranulph Fiennes is fined £1,000 for car crash

08.09.10
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes fell asleep at the wheel of his car and crashed into a vehicle on the other side of the road... more

David Cameron 'very sympathetic' towards minimum alcohol pricing

12.08.10
David Cameron signalled support for councils that want to ban shops and bars from selling cheap alcohol... more

Sir Ranulph Fiennes on driving charge after crash

28.06.10
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is charged with driving without due care and attention after a car crash in which a man suffered serious injuries... more

Footballer Charles N'Zogbia arrested over 'driving test fraud'

22.04.10
Premier League footballer has been arrested on suspicion of getting someone else to sit part of his driving test... more

Fears for missing mother of strangled girl

09.04.10
Mother of 12-year-old Tia Rigg, who was found strangled and stabbed to death on Saturday, has gone missing... more

Women held after ‘trying to smuggle body of dead relative onto plane’

06.04.10
Two women attempted to smuggle a dead relative out of Britain by covering his face with sunglasses, it was alleged... more

Police want drivers who saw Sir Ranulph Fiennes Jaguar crash

08.03.10
Police appeal for witnesses to a three-car crash in which adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes apparently swerved into the opposite carriageway... more

How your region has been affected by the Arctic blast

05.01.10
Here is a round-up of how the Arctic blast was affecting regions around the UK today:... more

Boys cleared of Columbine massacre plot at their school

16.09.09
Police and prosecutors were strongly criticised for pursuing a case against two teenagers who were cleared of plotting a Columbine-style massacre at their own school... more

Police league tables in fight against waste

23.06.09
"Value for money" performance tables covering all 43 police forces in Britain are to be published for the first time in an attempt to eliminate waste... more

Students in Quick 'terror' arrests freed without charge

22.04.09
Ministers are facing an embarrassing deportation battle as nine Pakistani students held in the anti-terror raids that followed Bob Quick's photographed files blunder were released without charge... more

400,000 yob incidents 'blighting London lives'

04.02.09
Almost 400,000 incidents of anti-social behaviour were recorded by the Met Police last year, figures show... more

Manchester votes ‘no’ to C-charge

12.12.08
Voters have delivered a resounding “no” to plans for Britain’s biggest road-charging zone... more

My sneaking respect for men who fit so much into life

28.11.08
The revelation that the late Chief Constable of Greater Manchester conducted affairs with at least 38 women in six years may, I suspect, be received rather differently by men than by women... more

Baby and toddler stabbed to death

13.11.08
A three-month-old baby and a toddler aged three have been found dead after being repeatedly stabbed in the chest... more

Raw rage beats forgiveness any day

08.10.08
How impressive is Carolyn, widow of Michael Todd, the philandering chief constable of Greater Manchester who froze himself to death on Snowdon... more

Forgive me, said text of top officer who died on Snowdon

06.10.08
Police chief Michael Todd sent a last text message before he died, saying: "I'm sorry for what I have done, forgive me in another life," the inquest into his death heard... more


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