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Queen gets pregnancy tips on visit

The Queen picked up some tips to pass on to the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to a maternity hospital, a mother has joked.Read

Tributes to terror victim soldier

The victim of the terrorist murder in Woolwich has been named as father-of-one Lee Rigby.Read

Mother guilty of benefits fraud

A woman has been found guilty of fraudulently pocketing more than £350,000 in benefits and tax credits by claiming her children had disabilities and conditions.Read

Lagarde faces court in fraud probe

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court over a controversial financial deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.Read

GP jailed for filmed sex assaults

A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his James Bond-style wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients has been jailed for 12 years after admitting a string of sex charges.Read

Queen tours 'Nobel Prize factory'

The mysteries of conception have been explained to the Queen as she toured a world-leading research institute dubbed the "Nobel Prize factory".Read

Groups condemn 'un-Islamic' attack

Muslim groups have united in condemning the attack in Woolwich as un-Islamic.Read

Soldier killers known to security

The two men shot by police after the terrorist murder of a soldier were both known to security services, it has been confirmed.Read

Pair jailed for gangland murder

Two men have been jailed for life for shooting the stepson of gangland celebrity and author Dave Courtney.Read

Police chief defends response time

Scotland Yard has hit back after questions were raised about how long it took officers to reach the scene of the terrorist murder in Woolwich.Read

Bridger 'cannot recall April moves'

The man accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones in a sexually motivated attack has told a jury he put her body "somewhere where it has not been found".Read

Solider killers known to security

The two men shot by police after the terrorist murder of a soldier were both known to security services, it has been confirmed.Read

Soldier-attack police raid home

Anti-terror police investigating the "barbaric" murder of a soldier in London have searched a property 150 miles away in Lincolnshire.Read

Net migration to Britain falls

Net migration into Britain has fallen by more than a third, according to fresh figures, as the number of immigrants arriving in the country dropped ''significantly''.Read

Men face quiz after soldier killing

Anti-terror police have been preparing to question the two men shot and injured after the Woolwich soldier killing as details about their backgrounds began to emerge.Read

Nissan in safety recall on Micras

Motor company Nissan is recalling thousands of cars in the UK due to a potential steering wheel problem.Read

How I confronted soldier's killers

A woman who risked her life to confront an armed man suspected of slaughtering a British soldier in broad daylight has described how she tried to calm him moments after the barbaric attack.Read

Call for child abduction UK 'hub'

Experts are calling for better recording and sharing of information to help tackle child abduction in the UK.Read

Eight held over family fire deaths

Eight people have been arrested by police investigating an arson attack that left eight members of the same family dead more than a decade ago.Read

Boston bomb probe man shot dead

Authorities have shot dead a Chechen immigrant who turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bomb suspects.Read

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