Police are investigating allegations against Stuart Hall
Charges relate to alleged offences between 1974 and 1984 involving three girls aged between nine and 16
George Osborne with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander yesterday

Benefits capped, growth forecasts slashed and austerity plans extended to 2018: Chancellor breaks bad news in Autumn Statement

The Autumn Statement digested

Mel Greig (left) and Michael Christian (right), Australian 2Day FM presenters find out about Kate's health in a prank call
Private medical details broadcast in prank
Khaled Meshaal has helped build Hamas into strong force since he became leader in 1996

Khaled Meshaal is making his first visit in 45 years to celebrate the founding of the group

The mosque would have a prayer hall for up to 7,440 men and a separate facility for about 2,000 women

Decade-long battle that has become a magnet for far-right groups, comes to an end

Rohingya Muslims displaced from their homes by communal violence

Disowned by Burma, consigned to refugee camps and caught up in ethnic violence, they tell Andrew Buncombe why they will not give up the fight to win back their communities

Karl Rove has not been banned from Fox entirely

Pundit sidelined after on-air row over Ohio result on election night

A batch of patients were unwittingly subjected to testing for the blood pressure drug Ramipril

Bruchmüller described how the patient in the bed next to him suddenly died of a heart attack

A resident from the Stevenage area ticked off the right numbers but hasn't claimed the big prize
The shipping containers were filled with hazardous electrical waste
Men found to be at heart of lucrative trade sending waste computers to west Africa and Asia
Laundry owner Kevin Andrews also told a woman she "should have been drowned at birth" and called another "porky," a "wog" and a "big fat bush pig"
The school in Australia was  evacuated after the pupil brought a World War II grenade to class
The reproductive health of the average male has gone into sharp decline, the world's largest study of the quality and concentration of sperm has found
Branislav Milinkovic's death comes during two days of meetings of Nato foreign ministers
Greece, one of the countries worst hit by the European financial crisis, are perceived as being among the most corrupt in the European Union
Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece with the lowest scores in western Europe
'Companies including Philips, LG Electronics and Panasonic artificially set prices'
Stranded motorists on the A169 high up on the North York Moors near Goathland, North Yorkshire as snow fell across the UK
Passenger fury as just two centimetres cancels flights at Stansted and Luton

Bid to take on Wal-Mart in its own back yard ends as Fresh & Easy stores close with Tesco £1bn poorer than in 2007

The Iranian state TV’s Arabic-language channel Al-Alam shows a ScanEagle drone that was supposedly put on display

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Save the Children ambassador Myleene Klass models a Christmas jumper

Seasonal sweaters have shaken off their comedy image to become really rather stylish – and there's even a charity day devoted to wearing them

Traces of residue suggest Maria Susana Flores Gamez may have fired a gun in confrontation
Alice Levine will co-present new show with young DJ Phil Taggart
Daniel Craig arriving for the Royal World Premeire of Skyfall at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Former child actor Frankie Muniz, now 27, hospitalised
Patrizia Ciofi performs during a rehearsal of Italian Giuseppe Verdi opera 'Rigoletto' last year
The clips shown in the documentary come from YouTube, where cyclists with helmet cameras post footage to shame errant drivers
Made up: Simon Russell Beale as Carmen Miranda

Privates on Parade, the National Service comedy with its famous drag acts, is revived next week, giving one of Britain's biggest stage stars the cross-dressing challenge

Independent Voices: Amol Rajan on why Nancy Huston deserved the Bad Sex Award 2012

All mapped out: Arc de Triomphe

Equipped with a smartphone, Emily Jupp aimed to navigate her way around the city. But did technology trounce the traditional guidebook?

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World's oldest dinosaur found – in a museum storeroom

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America battles to pull back from the precipice

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Laura Davies: She has still got drive despite tour transformation

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How could the Chancellor fill a £22bn gap?

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