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QUEEN’S SPEECH 2012: Prince Philip maintained a garden tortoise grimace as he listened

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:11 +0000

Was that weariness in the Monarch’s gait as, steered by Prince Philip, she left the House of Lords? Normally she looks the perkier of the two but yesterday she seemed more pale, more fragile, than her consort, writes QUENTIN LETTS

Queen’s speech 2012: Where are the big ideas to save Britain?

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:10 +0000

If these were stable times for the economy, with the Government ticking over smoothly, this paper would find much to applaud in the Queen’s Speech.

Sean Bean arrested over claims that he harassed his ex-wife

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:10 +0000

The 53-year-old actor, who is most famous for his role as Sharpe in the Napoleonic ITV drama, has been questioned by police and released on bail pending further inquiries.

Wandsworth deaths: Father discovers murdered babies ‘killed by wife who then slit her wrists’

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:10 +0000

A 10-week-old baby boy and a one-year-old girl were discovered dead after apparently being smothered in their home on a street lined with ?1million properties in Wandsworth, south London.

Vanessa Clarke death: Was cheerleader’s 20ft fall from warehouse roof caused by drunken prank?

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:09 +0000

University of Bath student Vanessa Clarke (pictured) plunged more than 20ft onto the concrete floor of a builders’ merchant warehouse

More media regulation ‘could harm UK websites’ MailOnline publisher warns

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:09 +0000

Martin Clarke (pictured) said the British Press already regularly holds back from publishing information or photographs that rival foreign media organisations use.

Police taser a terrified Alzheimer’s sufferer: Retired farm worker, 58, shot ‘several times’ in his living room

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:09 +0000

Police shot former farm worker Peter Russell with several Taser stun rounds, before manhandling him to the living room floor.

German politicians demand Athens exits euro as country faces SECOND general election

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:08 +0000

The crisis threatening Greece’s Euro membership tonight deepened after last-ditch attempts by Radical Left leader Alexis Tsipras, pictured, to end a crippling political deadlock failed.

Rochdale child-sex trial: Police hunt 40 more suspects and promise further arrests

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:08 +0000

Police in Greater Manchester are closing in on four more men alleged to have conspired with the nine who were yesterday jailed for a total of 77 years.

Benefit cheat ‘who could barely walk’ caught playing championship golf course after claiming ?40,000

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:08 +0000

A man from Cumbria who claimed to have motor-neurone disease, the same illness as famous scientist Stephen Hawking, has been filmed playing 18 holes at a championship golf course.