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Government 'considers cutting defendant rights to jury trial'
Ministers, impressed with speedy post-riots justice, consider cash-saving measure, according to Magistrates' AssociationMinisters are considering plans to take away defendants' rights to jury trial,...
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Pakistan PM faces disqualification over contempt of court action
Yousaf Raza Gilani ordered to face supreme court to explain his failure to ask Swiss to reopen corruption cases against presidentPakistan's prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, has been threatened with...
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Search resumes for five men missing off Irish coast
One man is rescued after trawler sinks off the west coast of CorkThe Irish coastguard and naval service are planning to resume their search on Monday for five missing seamen whose trawler sank off the...
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Australian Open 2012: Andy Murray the last Brit standing after wipeout
• Watson, Robson, Keothavong, Baltacha and Ward all fall• Five British slam hopes muster 20 games in total• Watch video highlights from the Australian OpenPromise curdled into misery for British tennis...
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Cotswolds big cat speculation mounts as second dead deer found
Roe deer carcass found a few miles east of animal discovered earlier on National Trust land, which is undergoing DNA testsThe remains of another deer have been found in an area of the Cotswolds where...
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Ian Rankin wants tax incentives to help new authors
Inspector Rebus creator fears for new writing talent as publishers cut advances and internet transforms industryIan Rankin, the author of the Inspector Rebus series, is calling for tax incentives to...
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Police question man, 36, over Garforth double murder
Man named locally as John Miller is in custody in Leeds after bodies of Sarah Laycock and her daughter Abigail, 8, foundPolice in Leeds are continuing to question a man about the murder of a woman and...
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Associated Press opens news bureau in North Korea
Associated Press president says new office will operate under the same standards and practices as AP bureaux worldwideNorth Korea has allowed the Associated Press to open the first full western news...
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Basil Howitt obituary
My husband, the musician and author Basil Howitt, has died aged 71. His first published book was Life in a Penguin Suit (1993), which comprised vignettes based on his experiences as an orchestral...
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Italian cruise ship was making unauthorised manoeuvre when it hit rocks
Admission from Costa Concordia owner appears to confirm captain was making unofficial 'sail-by' of Giglio islandThe cruise company running the stricken Costa Concordia has said its captain made an...
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University vice-chancellors take average £9,700 pay rise
Heads of elite universities' earnings exceed £333,000 on average, despite squeeze on institutions' overall budgetsThe heads of elite universities were awarded an average pay rise of £9,700 last year,...
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Downing Street rejects diamond jubilee royal yacht idea
David Cameron believes it inappropriate to spend public money on vessel, prime minister's spokesman saysDowning Street has moved swiftly to torpedo a proposal from the education secretary, Michael...
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Australian Open 2012: Rafael Nadal denies criticising Roger Federer
• Spaniard asks journalists not to create 'crazy histories'• Slight concern over pinched tendon in one of his kneesRafael Nadal thinks he talks too much. Maybe he's right. After exciting the media on...
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Nick Clegg unveils plans for 'John Lewis economy'
Deputy prime minister says allowing employees to have a stake in their firms will usher in a new era of 'responsible capitalism'Nick Clegg has unveiled plans to create a "John Lewis economy" by...
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Corrections and clarifications
Foyles and a royal yacht | Costa Concordia photo | King Leopold II of Belgium | Ratings agencies• New royal yacht proposal backed by David Cameron was corrected to delete a line saying that the...
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Abu Qatada deportation blocked in human rights court
Strasbourg judges stop UK from sending radical cleric back to Jordan because of risk of trial on torture-tainted evidenceThe European court of human rights has blocked the deportation to Jordan of Abu...
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Convicted murderers lose appeal against whole-life tariffs
Britain's most dangerous criminals, including Jeremy Bamber, can be jailed for the rest of their lives, European judges ruleBritain's most dangerous murderers can remain behind bars for the rest of...
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Murder suspects lose appeal against extradition to US
European court of human rights dismisses appeals by Briton Phillip Harkins and American Joshua EdwardsTwo murder suspects who claim they may face the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole...
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Authors and activists condemn decision to deport Cameroonian playwright
Home secretary urged not to deport Lydia Besong and her husband, who fear they will be persecuted in CameroonBestselling authors and leading human rights figures have joined forces to condemn the UK...
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How the Spartacus welfare cuts campaign went viral
Disabled activists use #spartacusreport Twitter storm to help inflict hat-trick of welfare reform defeats on the government in the Lords Something extraordinary happened last week in the volatile...
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