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Gay marriage Bill set to continue

Plans to allow gay marriage look set to overcome their latest parliamentary hurdle after Labour and the Government signalled they were ready to work together to defeat a backbench bid to wreck the legislation in the House of Commons.Read

Scores die in wave of Iraq bombs

A wave of attacks has killed up to 80 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.Read

Tories reject Feldman probe calls

The Conservative Party board has rejected a call for an investigation into whether Tory co-chairman Lord Feldman described grassroots activists as "swivel-eyed loons".Read

Pair killed in house blast named

A man and a woman who died in a suspected gas blast have been named locally as Jeanette and Leslie Rourke.Read

Cameron faces Feldman probe calls

David Cameron is facing calls for an investigation into whether Tory co-chairman Lord Feldman described grassroots activists as "swivel-eyed loons".Read

Deputy Speaker's office searched

The offices of Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans were searched by police on Sunday in connection with an investigation into allegations of rape and sexual assault.Read

Bridger: I could have burnt body

The former slaughterman accused of murdering schoolgirl April Jones told police that he "could have burnt the body", a court has been told.Read

Qatada loses latest bail battle

Radical cleric Abu Qatada will remain behind bars after a judge denied him bail.Read

Cregan not guilty pleas 'bizarre'

One-eyed police killer Dale Cregan "bizarrely" pleaded not guilty to two murders despite admitting them "numerous times", a jury has been told.Read

Labour move over gay marriage Bill

Labour has launched a bid to save a Government bill to legalise gay marriage, amid fears that a "wrecking amendment" extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples could stall the legislation.Read

Qatada 'a proud and dignified man'

Radical cleric Abu Qatada is a "proud and dignified man" who has been held in custody for too long, an immigration tribunal has heard.Read

Warning over hospital capacity

Hospitals are "dangerously close to full", Labour has warned after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost 6% since the coalition Government took office.Read

Met confirms location for new HQ

Scotland Yard has confirmed the location for its new headquarters as the force prepares to sell off its current landmark site amid budget cuts.Read

Briton undaunted by space mission

A former Army test pilot is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) - and says it will be less dangerous than his old job.Read

Syrian troops push into rebel town

Syrian troops have pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air.Read

Dozens die in Iraq bombing attacks

A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite district and in the southern city of Basra has killed at least 34 people.Read

'Nothing there' for pool death girl

The grief-stricken father of a five-year-old girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt fought back tears as he spoke of how he was left to make the first attempts to resuscitate his daughter.Read

Farage moves to exploit Tory unrest

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has moved to exploit unrest within the Conservative ranks, urging discontented Tories to defect to his party.Read

Move 'challenges' gay marriage bill

An amendment that would extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples poses "significant challenges" to the introduction of gay marriage, Culture Secretary Maria Miller has warned.Read

Briton given space station mission

A former helicopter pilot is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), it has been confirmed.Read

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