Mon, 21st May 2012

National News

Man guilty of murdering girlfriend

5:18pm Monday 21st May 2012

Aspiring-model Emily Longley, 17, was murdered by jealous boyfriend Elliot Turner, 20 (Dorset Police/PA)

A violent and obsessed boyfriend has been found guilty of murdering his aspiring model girlfriend in a jealous rage.

Probe into Bank of England actions

4:47pm Monday 21st May 2012

Sir Mervyn King admitted he was 'late to the game' in tackling the banking collapse

Sir Mervyn King is to come under increased scrutiny after an independent review was announced into the Bank of England's actions at the height of the financial crisis.

Shame 'drove couple to kill child'

4:43pm Monday 21st May 2012

The parents of Shafilea Ahmed deny murdering the 17-year-old at their home in Warrington

A couple murdered their teenage daughter because they believed her conduct was bringing shame on the family, a court has heard.

Employment law report accelerated

4:37pm Monday 21st May 2012

Business Secretary Vince Cable branded employment reforms as 'complete nonsense'

The publication of a controversial report on employment law reforms has been brought forward, after an earlier draft was leaked to the press.

Dissidents jailed for police murder

4:31pm Monday 21st May 2012

Constable Stephen Carroll was shot dead in Craigavon, Co Armagh, in March 2009

Two dissident republicans convicted for their part in the murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland must serve a minimum of 25 and 14 years in jail.

Blair-Bush call 'must be released'

4:24pm Monday 21st May 2012

Tony Blair and George W Bush are believed to have discussed a TV interview by Jacques Chirac gave about Iraq in a 2003 phone call

Extracts from a record of a phone call between Tony Blair and George W Bush on the eve of the Iraq War must be released, a tribunal has ruled.

Pair set for child cruelty sentence

3:50pm Monday 21st May 2012

The converted coal-bunker an 11-year-old boy was forced to live in at his mother and stepfather's home

A mother and stepfather who forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal-bunker have been put behind bars.

Boy, 11, 'lived in old coal bunker'

2:41pm Monday 21st May 2012

Preston Crown Court has been told how an 11-year-old boy was forced to live in a filthy converted coal bunker

A mother and stepfather forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal bunker, a court has been told.

MacAskill defends Megrahi release

2:30pm Monday 21st May 2012

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has died

Scotland's Justice Secretary has defended his decision to release the Lockerbie bomber almost three years ago as the only man convicted of the tragedy is buried in Libya today.

Chief cleared of firefighter deaths

2:07pm Monday 21st May 2012

Paul Simmons was found not guilty of manslaughter over a warehouse blaze

A fire service manager accused of the manslaughter of four firefighters who were killed in a warehouse blaze has been found not guilty after a judge directed a jury to acquit him.
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