HS2 Challenges Rejected By Court Of Appeal

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent Campaigners have vowed to fight on after the Court of Appeal rejected their latest challenges to the Government's HS2 high-speed rail project. Objectors including 15 councils and residents' associations...

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Seven Saved By 'Send For Help' Sand Message

Seven people stranded on a beach were rescued after a walker on a cliff top spotted their "send for help" message which they had written in the sand. The group had travelled around Stepper Point in Cornwall to a beach at Butter Hole in a sailing dinghy...

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Tug-Of-Love Mother 'Acted On Instinct'

A mother who acted on "maternal instinct" when she abducted four of her children has been cleared of breaching a court order to hand them back to her ex-husband. Jennifer Jones, 46, faced contempt proceedings when she failed to send the children to...

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Jane Austen To Be On £10 Notes From 2017

The novelist Jane Austen will be the new face of £10 notes from 2017, the Bank of England has said as the design was revealed. Campaigners hailed the move as "a brilliant day for women". Austen, who wrote the aptly titled Persuasion, often poked gentle...

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Fire Deaths: Man Guilty Of Killing Four Siblings

The family of four siblings killed in a house fire have welcomed the conviction of a man found guilty of starting a fire in a wardrobe. Four-year-old twins Holly and Ella Smith and their two-year-old brother Jordan were asleep as the blaze took hold...

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Drug Dealer Arranged Fire That Killed Family

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent Two men have been convicted of murdering a man and his two children in a fire at their home two years ago. Drug dealer Scott Snowden, 38, ordered his 'henchman' Robert Jennings, 50, to pour petrol through...

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Shrien Dewani To Be Extradited Over Murder

By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent A judge has ruled that honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani must be extradited to South Africa, even though he is mentally ill and a real suicide risk. Mr Dewani's lawyers had argued he should be allowed to...

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River Wear: Girl Died Trying To Save Friend

One of the two teenage friends who died after getting into difficulty while swimming in the River Wear was trying to save the other, police have said. Tonibeth Purvis, 15, jumped into the water to save Chloe Fowler, 14, who had entered the river near...

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George: Royal Baby's Name Is Revealed

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their baby son George Alexander Louis, Kensington Palace has said. ...

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Nadine Dorries MP Repays £3,000 In Expenses

Nadine Dorries has repaid £3,000 in travel expenses, according to the Parliamentary watchdog. The MP accepted the travel claims were "wrongfully made and should not have been allowed", said the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa). ...

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