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What Britons Googled most this year

11 Dec 2012: Whitney Houston, Gangnam Style, Netflix and April Jones among most popular search terms in UK in 2012
Richard Branson 42min ago

Richard Branson and BA chief's 'knee in the groin' bet

11 Dec 2012: Virgin boss suggests wager on whether he will be in charge of airline in five years – but Willie Walsh changes the stake
Whooping cough 1hr 5min ago

Whooping cough alert for pregnant women

11 Dec 2012: Fewer than half of mothers-to-be have been vaccinated, despite an increase in cases that has seen 13 babies die
Louise Mensch 1hr 25min ago

Louise Mensch's business partner arrested on child porn charge

11 Dec 2012: Luke Bozier, who co-founded social network with Mensch, arrested and bailed over possession of indecent images
Air transport 1hr 34min ago

Police investigate death on passenger jet

11 Dec 2012: Plane is diverted to Heathrow after passenger taken ill, then treated as crime scene when he is pronounced dead
UK civil liberties 1hr 52min ago

'Snooper's charter' faces rough ride through parliament

11 Dec 2012: Theresa May will have to do some substantial rewriting of her communications data bill if it is to see the light of day
Rail fares 1hr 55min ago

Rail fares have risen three times faster than wages, study shows

11 Dec 2012: Campaigners prepare to lobby commuters at 50 train stations amid growing fears over 'transport poverty'
Northern Ireland 2hr 23min ago

MP's office attacked in Northern Ireland

10 Dec 2012: Loyalists have burned a car outside the constituency office of MP Naomi Long as part of a campaign against the Alliance Party
Civil service 3hr 4min ago

Plan to give ministers final approval of senior civil servants

10 Dec 2012: Francis Maude at odds with civil service over move to increase ministerial say in selection of permanent secretaries
Gay marriage 3hr 31min ago

Tory backlash against same-sex marriage

10 Dec 2012: One MP says gay marriages undermine 'normal' unions, while another asks if polygamy is next to be legalised
Leveson inquiry 5hr 2min ago

Peer proposes law to underpin press regulator

10 Dec 2012: New bill, if passed, would prevent former peers from chairing newspaper regulator and change the body that audits it
Farepak 5hr 20min ago

Watchdog makes new accusations against Farepak boss

10 Dec 2012: Financial Reporting Council accuses William Rollason of misleading other directors before collapse of savings scheme
Retail industry 5hr 34min ago

West End enjoys Christmas retail boom

10 Dec 2012: Spanish, Italian and Portuguese tourists boost London crowds, giving rise to cautious optimism for festive period
Crime 5hr 54min ago

Man found guilty of attempted murder of police officers

10 Dec 2012: Christopher Haughton, who has paranoid schizophrenia, left three constables seriously injured in second attack on police

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Snooper's bill is unworkable, Clegg tells May

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