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Northern Ireland 1hr 2min ago

Sinn Fein minister found guilty of discrimination

20 Jun 2012: Conor Murphy and his department have been found guilty by an employment tribunal of discriminating against a Protestant
Northern Ireland 1hr 58min ago

Campaigners angry at rejection of public inquiry into Ballymurphy deaths

20 Jun 2012: Full inquiry into shootings of 11 people by British army, six months before Bloody Sunday massacre, 'would not be in public interest', Northern Ireland secretary Owen Paterson rules
Julian Assange 2hr 24min ago

Assange risks arrest in London if he leaves Ecuador embassy asylum

20 Jun 2012: WikiLeaks founder faces arrest the moment he leaves the embassy even if he is granted asylum, police have indicated
El Sistema 2hr 25min ago

Big Noise orchestra's classical music proves instrumental in social change

20 Jun 2012: El Sistema and Gustavo Dudamel's Simón Bolívar Orchestra turn musicianship into citizenship in Stirling's Raploch estate
Academies 2hr 39min ago

Campaigners lose fight to stop school being forced into academy status

20 Jun 2012: Education secretary Michael Gove ignores evidence of improvement at Downhills primary to side with 3% of parents
UK news 2hr 50min ago

Muslim pair accused of planning jihad bomb attack on Jews in Britain

20 Jun 2012: Mohammed and Shasta Khan 'driven by al-Qaida propaganda, took steps to mount terror attack with home-made explosive'
Retail industry 2hr 58min ago

Farepak case collapses at the high court

20 Jun 2012: Business department drops demand to ban five former bosses from being company directors for up to 15 years
G4S 3hr 26min ago

How G4S is 'securing your world'

20 Jun 2012: Budgetary pressure, political will and the lack of a debate over public service privatisation has seen G4S grow exponentially
G4S 3hr 32min ago

G4S chief predicts mass police privatisation

20 Jun 2012: Private companies will be running large parts of the police service within five years, according to security firm head
Crime 3hr 51min ago

Man killed and woman critically injured after shooting in west London

20 Jun 2012: Police and ambulance service called to address in Ealing
House of Lords 4hr 12min ago

David Cameron told to expect heavy defeat on House of Lords reform

20 Jun 2012: More than 100 Tory MPs have indicated to the whips that they are prepared to rebel
PMQs 4hr 43min ago

PMQs: William Hague and Harriet Harman urge doctors not to strike – video

20 Jun 2012: Video (1min 40sec)
Standing in for the prime minister and the leader of the opposition at PMQs, the foreign secretary, William Hague, and the shadow deputy prime minister, Harriet Harman, both urge doctors not to go on strike on Thursday
Julian Assange 5hr 30min ago

Assange asylum bid driven by fear of life sentence or death penalty in US

20 Jun 2012: Assange's representatives say he was forced to seek asylum because he fears a 'political prosecution' in the US
Media law 5hr 59min ago

Standard journalist denies fabricating anti-cuts protester's interview

20 Jun 2012: Benedict Moore-Bridger says in high court libel action that the claims were 'frankly insulting'. By Josh Halliday

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Business

Husband and wife jailed for insider dealing

James and Miranda Sanders sentenced in one of the biggest cases ever pursued by the Financial Services Authority
G4S chief predicts mass police privatisation

Private companies will be running large parts of the police service within five years, according to security firm head
- How G4S is 'securing your world'
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