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A police officer shot dead by a colleague in a training exercise was hit by a shell designed to stop dangerous criminals fleeing police.

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The Serious Fraud Office’s conviction rate has dropped from 82% to 61% in five years, a report finds.

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Downing Street asks motorists to buy fuel as normal ahead of a planned strike by Shell tanker drivers.

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A man accused of plotting to blow up passenger planes admits buying and hiding materials to make an explosive device.

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A gay church worker claims he was bullied out of his job by his woman boss’s ‘continuous’ talk about sex.

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Ministers say Wednesday’s crunch Commons vote on 42-day terror detention is looking “very, very tight”.

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Hackers steal the credit card details of up to 38,000 customers from the Cotton Traders website.

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Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole is named as the new judge on The X Factor, days after Sharon Osbourne quit.

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Sir Elton John brings a memorial concert for Diana, Princess of Wales at Wembley Stadium to a euphoric close.
Up to 63,000 fans joined hosts Princes William and Harry at the gig, intended to celebrate Diana’s life, on what would have been her 46th birthday.

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Health Secretary Alan Johnson hails England’s smoking ban as a major step forward for public health.
He said the ban on smoking in enclosed public places, which came into force on Sunday, would improve the health of hundreds of thousands of people.
But there have been isolated signs of opposition to the smoking clampdown.
The landlord [...]

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The links between three attempted car bombings in Glasgow and London are becoming “ever clearer”, the UK’s top counter-terrorism officer has said.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke said he was “absolutely confident” of uncovering details of the attackers’ methods and network.
A Jeep containing gas cylinders was driven into Glasgow Airport a day after two [...]

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