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Updated: 9 hours 13 min ago

Man just gets out of jail free after strip Monopoly turns into jealous brawl

9 hours 27 min ago
A game of strip Monopoly ended in a jealous row - and a man nearly going straight to jail.

Arctic cruise passengers to sue over glacier injuries

10 hours 2 min ago
An Arctic cruise company is being sued by a senior banker and other passengers who were injured when chunks of glacier ice smashed onto the deck of their luxury liner.

Court bans sandwiches due to 'missile' fears

10 hours 12 min ago
Lawyers, reporters and visitors have been banned from taking sandwiches into a court building to prevent them being used as missiles.

Pensioner gave thumbs up moments before suicide at Swiss clinic

10 hours 13 min ago
A disabled pensioner who took his own life at a suicide clinic in Switzerland gave a thumbs up signal for a camera moments before his death.

MI6 worker jailed for trying to sell secrets

10 hours 15 min ago
Software engineer Daniel Houghton given 12-month sentence for trying to sell sensitive computer files for £2 million.

Poisonous algae forces Lake Windermere swim to be postponed

10 hours 48 min ago
Britain's biggest outdoor swimming event on Lake Windermere has been postponed after poisonous algae appeared.

Asil Nadir tagged after appearing at Old Bailey

10 hours 48 min ago
Polly Peck tycoon placed under curfew after making first court appearance since fleeing Britain 17 years ago.

NHS board facing budget cuts to spend £70,000 on tea trolleys

11 hours 9 min ago
An NHS board is to spend tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money on top of the range tea and coffee trolleys for its hospital wards despite claiming it needs to cut hundreds of jobs.

Asil Nadir appears in the dock at the Old Bailey

11 hours 57 min ago
Polly Peck tycoon makes first court appearance since fleeing Britain 17 years ago following £34m fraud allegations.

The £5 note to return to cash machines

11 hours 59 min ago
The £5 note is set to make a return to cash machines amid plans to increase numbers seven fold, it has emerged.

Children ask parents to recreate Masterchef recipes

12 hours 11 min ago
Children are forcing parents to become more adventurous in the kitchen after watching cookery programmes like Masterchef and Come Dine With Me, a new study found.

WinkBall: army of citizen journalists capture 20,000 video clips at Notting Hill Carnival

12 hours 25 min ago
WinkBall has collected 20,000 clips from this year's Notting Hill Carnival.

G20 protest pathologist suspended for three months

13 hours 10 min ago
Pathologist who carried out first post-mortem on newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson has been suspended for three months.

Fugitive Asil Nadir arrives at the Old Bailey

13 hours 14 min ago
Fugitive Asil Nadir arrives at the Old Bailey in London for his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.

David and Samantha Cameron show off new baby to media

13 hours 19 min ago
David and Samantha Cameron have posed for pictures outside Downing Street with their new baby Florence Rose Endellion.

Cheryl and Ashley Cole divorced after four years of marriage

13 hours 26 min ago
Cheryl Cole and Ashley Cole have divorced after four years of marriage.

BBC and ITV to end ratings war

13 hours 31 min ago
The BBC and ITV are close to ending their ratings war between Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor.

David and Samantha Cameron welcome baby daughter Florence to Downing Street

13 hours 40 min ago
David and Samantha Cameron pose for pictures outside Number Ten with 10-day old Florence.

UK services growth slowest for 16 months as hiring falls

13 hours 59 min ago
Service sector activity grows at slowest pace since last April, with a sharp fall in hiring as employers worry about a slowdown and spending cuts.

Speaker's wife criticises William Hague for revealing wife's miscarriages

14 hours 49 min ago
Sally Bercow adds voice to criticism of Hague for detailing wife's miscarriages in statement denying gay relationship.