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Jurors have failed to reach a verdict in the trial of British Army sergeant Emile Cilliers, accused of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute.

The MP was placed under investigation by the Labour party last week and is the latest caught up in the ongoing scandal.

Unable to pin a figure on the cost of servicing UK debt under a Labour government, shadow chancellor claims any amount he borrows would 'pay for itself.'

Merseyside Police confirmed that four people had been arrested and one man had been hospitalised following the fracas in Concert Square.

British Medical Journal reported on how a patient lost partial sight in one eye caused by a powerful orgasm.

Policymakers must stop pretending they can fix broken markets with more and more regulation.

Heavy rain and flooding causes major disruption across UK as 70 people rescued from their homes in Lancashire.

Manager of Sue Ryder shop in Stockport hits out at "desperate" thieves who caused thousands of pounds worth of damage for 40p.

The £1bn Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond is heading home from the Gulf after it broke down, it has been reported.

John Kilpatrick has been jailed for 44 months after he posed as a talent scout for top London modelling agency BMA Models asking girls to send increasingly revealing photographs.

Anthony Thompson attacked Cameron Sharp after he found out he was dating his ex-girlfriend Nicola Crossley. Thompson screamed: ' I am going to kill you, you're a f****** dead man'

Science communicator Sally Le Page asked several companies whether they used the practice and got back some surprising replies.

The North Korean soldier who defected to South Korea under heavy gunfire was infested with parasites, including foot-long roundworms, according to doctors.

Huw Jones killed himself after learning he was the centre of a police investigation over the possession of indecent images, an inquest heard.

After Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that stamp duty will be abolished for most first-time buyers, young people reacted with mixed feelings.

A friendly between Leeds United Under-23s and Welsh side Rhyl was anything but - and was abandoned after a mass brawl broke out between the players.

Corbyn said that pay was lower than it was in 2010 and wages were falling, also claiming that economic growth was the lowest since 2009.

Anjungi Lam, 35, has been jailed for attacking a gay man with a pint glass at a Wetherspoons in Peckham, south London. Shocking CCTV has been released by the Metropolitan Police.

Faiz Siddiqui has accused the university of "inadequate" teaching for his course on modern history back in 2000.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) accused of wastage after it emerged that it has purchased more than 2.5 million disposable cups in the past five years.

Mickey Sage sentenced to more than two years for threatening to stab Muslims in south-east London.

BJP politician Suraj Pal Amu's statements follow the latest controversy over Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical film Padmavati, which has sparked nationwide protests and outrage.

Headteachers told by ex-health tsar Natasha Devon that pupils should not be called 'girls' or 'ladies' and that gender-neutral language should be used.

Manhunt under way for murderer Nicholas Redding, 45, drug dealer James Vaughan, 37, and burglar Barry Anderson, 41, have all disappeared from HMP Spring Hill.

Gary Mottershead, 52, had spent 35 years believing he had got away with the rape and sexual assault of a child, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads?, starring Bewes and Bolam, was watched by 27m at its peak. But the pair had one of the bitterest and longest-running feuds in British TV.

Reg Buttress started work more than eight decades ago as a 13-year-old miner's mate in south Wales. He later went on to work for Sainsbury's.

A cheese from Cornwall, Cornish Kern, has been crowned as the best in the world – beating off mature competition from Italy and Austria.

St Francis Church, part of the Engine Room community centre, was officially opened on 21 November in Tottenham Hale, just around the corner from the scene of the 2011 riots.