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Nowak killer given leave to appeal against sentence
The Court of Appeal will decide in November whether to reduce or lengthen the 21-year minimum term.
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Rayner announces crackdown on 'cowboy' leasehold property agents
The housing secretary used her Labour conference speech to announce protections for leaseholders facing 'injustice'.
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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for seven years for child sex abuse
The 49-year-old was found guilty of two charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy between 1993 and 2010.
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What happens next in the RAF Fairford investigation
BBC correspondent Daniel Sandford explains where the investigation goes from here.
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Daniel Thomas refused bail over alleged boat damage
Daniel Thomas is remanded in custody after appearing at Portsmouth Crown Court.
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If I'd fallen asleep I'd be dead, says man who had meningitis within a year of his brother
Saul and Drew Darlington want young people to know the signs of the disease.
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Parading, policing and power sharing collide amid Drumcree dispute
Divisions that had been dormant over Drumcree have flowed angrily again between Stormont parties.
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Glasgow City Council vs the unions - what now?
Glasgow City Council has agreed to pause plans to fire and rehire some members of staff.
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What we know about RAF Fairford counter-terror probe
Five men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase.
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Bulger killer's parole hearing to be held in private
James Bulger's mother Denise Fergus had demanded that the hearing be held in public.
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Council dropped initial investigation into sex abuse teacher
Martin Gallacher was convicted last week of sexually abusing a dozen youngsters at a Paisley school over an 11-year period.
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Faslane dry docks and research ship to be built in UK, says chancellor
John Healey says orders worth £6bn will be placed with a UK-based shipbuilder as part of a "new age of industrialisation".
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Watch: Were the arrests near RAF Fairford 'pure luck'?
A farmer who called 999 when she saw a group of "masked men" near RAF Fairford early on Sunday believes she "foiled" their plans by "pure luck".