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Assange 'set to reopen argument'

Julian Assange indicated he plans to continue his fight to avoid extradition to Sweden

11:48am Wednesday 30th May 2012

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange look set to fight on to stop his extradition to Sweden where he faces sex crime allegations.


Holmes house supporters win battle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle completed 13 Sherlock Holmes stories during his time at Undershaw

11:31am Wednesday 30th May 2012

A High Court challenge to a plan to redevelop the Victorian house where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Hound Of The Baskervilles has succeeded.

Doctors back action in pensions row

The British Medical Association said doctors have voted to take industrial action over planned pension changes

11:24am Wednesday 30th May 2012

Doctors have voted in favour of taking industrial action for the first time in almost 40 years, in the bitter row over the Government's controversial pension reforms.

Mirror editors leave amid shake-up

The Daily Mirror is moving to a seven-day publishing model

10:53am Wednesday 30th May 2012

The editors of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror have left "with immediate effect" and the papers are moving to a seven-day publishing model.

Cable's 'independent mind' on BSkyB

Business Secretary Vince Cable arrives to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards

10:51am Wednesday 30th May 2012

Vince Cable has told the Leveson Inquiry that he was able to use "an independent mind" to judge News Corp's controversial bid for BSkyB.

More time for blaze parents quiz

The house in Allenton, Derby, where six children were killed in an arson attack

10:33am Wednesday 30th May 2012

Police have been given another 12 hours to question the parents of six children killed in an arson attack on their home.

Coulson arrested in perjury inquiry

Andy Coulson gave evidence in Tommy Sheridan's perjury trial at the High Court in Glasgow in 2010

10:30am Wednesday 30th May 2012

David Cameron's former communications chief, Andy Coulson, has been arrested on suspicion of committing perjury during the Tommy Sheridan trial in Glasgow, the Crown Office said.

£50K benefits pair: We want to work

A couple with 10 children said the benefits system means they cannot afford to seek work

9:36am Wednesday 30th May 2012

A couple with 10 children who claim £50,000 a year in benefits defended themselves by saying the Government has stopped them going back to work.

Assange loses extradition fight

Julian Assange indicated he plans to continue his fight to avoid extradition to Sweden

9:31am Wednesday 30th May 2012

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his Supreme Court fight against extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations.

Price warning to petrol companies

Fuel retailers are being urged to set up their own code of practice so consumers can monitor daily petrol or diesel prices

8:36am Wednesday 30th May 2012

The Government is to take action to get petrol companies to pass on cuts in global oil prices to motorists at the pumps.



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