Prayers offered for Woolwich victim

A man weeps outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich as he looks at floral tributes following the attack on Lee Rigby (PA)

8:03pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Mourners have gathered to pay their respects to the soldier killed in the brutal terrorist attack in London.

Mother guilty of benefit fraud

Amanda Webber faces a 'substantial custodial sentence', the judge said

6:28pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A mother-of-eight has been found guilty of fraudulently receiving more than £350,000 in benefits and tax credits by claiming some of her children had disabilities and conditions.

Mother guilty of benefits fraud

A woman is facing jail after she was found guilty of fraudulently pocketing more than 350,000 pounds in benefits and tax credits

4:44pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

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.

Brit stars vying for US TV awards

Benedict Cumberbatch is up for a prize at the American Critics' Choice Television Awards

4:26pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Damian Lewis and Benedict Cumberbatch are among the British stars flying the flag at the 2013 American Critics' Choice Television Awards.

GP jailed for filmed sex assaults

Dr Davinder Jeet Bains used his position as a GP to assault more than two dozen women (Wiltshire Police/PA)

2:12pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

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.

Pair jailed for gangland murder

Drug dealer Genson Courtney was executed by his uncle David Pinto (Metropolitan Police/PA)

12:49pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

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

Bridger 'cannot recall April moves'

April Jones vanished while playing on her bike with her best friend last year (Dyfed-Powys Police/PA)

12:40pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

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".

Police chief defends response time

English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, left, with supporters outside The Queens Arms pub in Woolwich

12:26pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

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.

Stewardess charged after drugs find

An air stewardess has been charged after Border Force officers seized around six kilos of cocaine

10:49am Thursday 23rd May 2013

An air stewardess has been charged following the seizure of around six kilos of cocaine at Heathrow Airport.

Holiday weather warms up - a bit

Temperatures in Britain are expected to reach 19C over the bank holiday weekend

10:19am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Warmer weather will make a welcome return over the bank holiday weekend.



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