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Teacher accused of trying to kill pupil

10/07/2009 19:05:12

A teacher is charged with the attempted murder of a 14-year-old pupil at a school in Nottinghamshire.
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Botched op footballer's wife dies

10/07/2009 17:23:22

The wife of former Scotland footballer Colin Hendry dies in hospital in Salford after battling a serious infection.
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Fake injury wedding trio jailed

10/07/2009 19:52:19

A bridegroom and his parents invented injuries to claim compensation after coach crashes on his wedding day.
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First 'healthy' swine flu death

10/07/2009 21:06:44

A patient in Essex becomes the first person without underlying health problems to die from swine flu in the UK.
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Life term for Everton fan murder

10/07/2009 18:26:56

A man is jailed for life for murdering a former Army corporal and trying to kill his son as they headed to a match.
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Newlyweds jailed for killing man

10/07/2009 16:11:06

A newlywed couple from Devon who killed a man the morning after their wedding are jailed for manslaughter.
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Pair jailed for web race crimes

10/07/2009 18:30:05

Two men are jailed after becoming the first British people to be convicted of inciting racial hatred via a foreign website.
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Feathered residents vanish from "chicken roundabout"

10/07/2009 15:30:20

The RSPCA is investigating the disappearance of about 70 chickens from a roundabout in Suffolk.
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Sly dogs: overweight children recruit pets to fool exercise gurus

10/07/2009 16:16:03

Children fool a study measuring their activity levels by attaching their pedometers to pet dogs.
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Clarke & North make England toil

10/07/2009 10:17:40

Australia finish day three of the first Test in Cardiff on 479-5, 44 runs ahead of England.
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Everton finalise Jo loan switch

10/07/2009 17:24:07

Everton conclude a deal to take Manchester City striker Jo back to Goodison Park on a season-long loan.
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Kroenke buys more Arsenal shares

10/07/2009 11:14:15

Arsenal director Stan Kroenke increases his shareholding in the London football club, raising his stake to 28.58%.
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Racial hatred

10/07/2009 13:54:48

How online content landed pair in jail, via the US
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Combat fears

10/07/2009 15:17:13

Soldier's family talks of their constant worry
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In the firing line

10/07/2009 12:28:19

How did Newquay's 'coastal dreams' turn sour?
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Open, all ours

10/07/2009 10:41:48

How communities are joining forces to save their shops
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Next top model?

09/07/2009 21:52:55

Can new flagship Jaguar revive a"flagging" brand?
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BBC Local

09/06/2008 15:38:53

Find out about your community from bbc.co.uk
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Firefighters tackle blaze in Soho

10/07/2009 21:13:55

Plumes of black smoke are billowing over the West End during a fire in Soho, central London.
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Lawyer's acid attacker guilty

10/07/2009 14:26:30

A man who sprayed acid at lawyers when his negligence claim was dismissed is convicted of causing GBH.
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Builder 'murdered wife in India'

10/07/2009 15:18:20

A builder from west London appears in court charged with murdering his wife in India.
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Man fined over Trisha show attack

10/07/2009 17:33:37

A man is fined by Skegness magistrates for carrying out an attack on the Trisha television talk show, which is filmed in Maidstone.
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Car crashed after police pursuit

10/07/2009 14:59:25

A young woman is seriously injured in a crash in Sussex after her vehicle was pursued by Kent Police.
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Husband jailed for shooting rival

10/07/2009 13:35:45

A man is imprisoned indefinitely for shooting his wife's new lover in the chest, arm and back in a south London barbershop.
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Terror accused 'just an oddball'

10/07/2009 16:46:00

A man accused of terror charges was actually just "fantasising to make up for a rather sad life", a court hears.
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School children rescued at beach

10/07/2009 21:34:42

Three children are taken to hospital and four more are treated for injuries after getting into difficulties on a beach.
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Ex-jockey completes challenge

10/07/2009 20:50:03

Former champion jockey Richard Dunwoody completes his charity challenge to walk 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours.
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Police probe street blood mystery

10/07/2009 14:43:30

An injured man is asked to speak to police after pools of blood were discovered on a street in Cambridge.
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Mother wins army vehicle review

10/07/2009 16:33:32

The mother of a soldier killed in Iraq wins the right to a review of the refusal to hold an inquiry into the use of Snatch Land Rovers.
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'More job cuts' at Aston Martin

10/07/2009 15:48:47

Almost 100 workers at the luxury car factory in Warwickshire are to lose their jobs, unions say.
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Police raid second house in error

10/07/2009 21:21:00

Police in Newcastle mistakenly raid a second home while looking for cannabis farms in the city.
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Petrol attack man sent to prison

10/07/2009 17:10:35

An arsonist who poured petrol on to a man in Hartlepool and set him alight is jailed indefinitely.
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Convicted sex offender on the run

10/07/2009 15:05:36

Police appeal for help to trace a convicted sex offender from Hull who failed to appear in court for his trial.
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Gun victim 'was shot on ground'

10/07/2009 13:59:44

Police say a 21-year-old man murdered in Oldham was shot at close range on the ground.
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Cold winter may have hit harriers

10/07/2009 17:00:22

Bird experts say the cold winter may have been a factor after rare birds of prey did not nest in Nothumberland.
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Death inquest carers criticised

10/07/2009 20:15:02

Following an inquest into the death of a Selby man who had a carer, his family say the system let him down.
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Twin sisters recover from cancer

10/07/2009 18:38:56

A pair of identical 25-year-old twin sisters from Somerset discovered they had breast cancer within eight weeks of one another.
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Broken skeletons' Saxon link

10/07/2009 19:20:04

Tests show 51 dismembered skeletons found in a burial pit on the site of a planned relief road in Dorset are from the Saxon period.
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Woman's memorial is vandalised

10/07/2009 20:48:48

Vandals destroy a solid oak memorial to a 21-year-old crash victim at a Cornish nature reserve just days after it was completed.
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Swine flu case confirmed on ship

10/07/2009 18:13:10

A Portuguese Navy frigate is quarantined in Plymouth after one of its 183 crew is diagnosed with swine flue.
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Smuggled tobacco seized in raids

10/07/2009 15:44:49

Customs officers seize smuggled cigarettes and rolling tobacco during raids in Torquay, Plymouth and Barnstaple.
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Wrigley's fined after arm injury

10/07/2009 14:28:14

The Wrigley Company is fined after a worker's arm is nearly ripped off as he cleaned a moving production line.
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