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Armed officers and metal detectors in place at Preston Crown Court for trial of Dale Cregan and nine others.

There are plenty of alternatives to nuclear power, so why, asks Lucy P, is government pushing it so hard?

University of Leicester confirms bones found in Grey Friars belong to reviled king who died in 1485.

McGeever claims abductors demanded €10m ransom during his eight-month captivity.

Police seek driver who picked up three suspects in connection with murder of 16-year-old in central London.

Man filmed holding knife to throat and chest charged with possessing a bladed weapon and affray.

Stuparu, also known as Yudha Marin, was found dead in a flat last week.

Minto charged with stabbing teenager to death and setting her body on fire in South Shore.

The new augmented reality glasses from Google will transmit sound through bone tissue in the skull, bypassing the need for conventional headphones.

Former vice-president rejects charge of hypocrisy over sale of TV channel he founded to Qatari-owned network.

Three-year-olds unable to walk after being being left in front of televisions in buggies, according to a government children's czar.

Russians have marked the 70th anniversary of their victory over the Nazis in the Battle of Stalingrad, widely regarded as a turning point in the Second World War.

Video streaming company throws down gauntlet to rivals in TV and video-on-demand sectors.

Google chief Eric Schmidt claims that the Chinese are stealing commercially and politically valuable information from foreign rivals.

Visit of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to the Hindu festival of Maha Kumbh Mela has been cancelled after security concerns

New Yorkers marked the centenary of the Grand Central rail terminal on Friday with a brass band, speeches and a cake modelled on the main concourse's famous clock.

Police granted more time to question 22-year-old man following murder of Sasha Marsden.

Far-right party targets schools and youth clubs with its violent anti-immigration message.

Outraged Catholics have forced a humiliating climbdown by Pret A Manger to withdraw their latest product - the Virgin Mary potato chip.

Iran's claim to have put a monkey safely into orbit are thrown into doubt by before-and-after photographs.

The Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and husband Javier Bardem are now expecting their second child.

Japanese AKB48 singer Minami Minegishi shaved her head and delivered a tearful online apology after being photographed leaving the apartment of a male pop star.

British hedgehogs may soon be 'endangered species' after numbers fall by 35 million to just one million

No stranger to a car crash, AC Milan's £19 million signing Mario Balotelli reveals his relief at returning to Italy.

The 2013 Carnival of Venice hosts the Beautiful Mask competition on Saturday, as well as the Festa delle Marie

Hackers gain access to user names, passwords and email addresses.

Gun killer suspect Jimmy Lee Dykes holds off police from bunker in Dale County.

Oni left facially disfigured by unprovoked attack on her way home from work.

Volgograd renamed Stalingrad to celebrate key WWII battle against Nazis in 1943.