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Video on BlackBerry Messenger shows young girl punched, kicked and beaten unconscious in bathroom.

Ministry of Justice announces closures ahead of plans to build new 2,000 capacity ‘super-prison’.

Relatives of victims of 2002 Karachi bombing sued former French president for a 2011 statement on the case.

Jordan Cobb's disappearance in River Tamar on New Year’s Eve may have been silly prank, say police.

Defence lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma says Delhi police beat and sexually assaulted suspects to extort confessions.

ASH Wales launches The Filter for smokers aged between 11 and 15.

Paris police investigating suspected 'execution' of women activists at Information Centre of Kurdistan.

If Kate Middleton and Prince William's royal baby is a girl, it will be a princess

The journalist and presenter is responding to treatment after having a stroke.

Kitten survives cruelty at hands of girls whose video of animal torture reported by Facebook users to police.

Orthodox Jewish communities reeling from sex scandals exposing close-knit world that tries to silence victims.

Guitarist in much-loved Canvey Island pub-rock band has months to live but will complete farewell tour.

Team of explorers believe they've found Spitfire buried in ground - and up to 60 more fighters could follow.

Human rights activists claim Riyadh has breached international law because Nafeek was a minor at the time of alleged crime.

Over-population, climate change, pollution, species extinction and over-consumption spell end of civilisation.

Lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma says murdered student's male friend is also to blame for failing to protect her against six attackers.

But Wikileaks founder won't be leaving confines of Ecuador embassy bolthole.

12 elephants found dead with tusks hacked off in Tsavo East National Park.

Legendary Smiths singer says footballers are morons - and he nearly voted UKIP.

Swedish artist investigated for using ashes of Holocaust victims stolen from Majdanek concentration camp.

Father-of-two Denis Burakov dies after his giant ball veers off ravine at Dombai ski resort.

Stuart Lawrence, brother of race murder victim, says Met Police have stopped him 25 times.

Bunga-bunga accused says judges hounding him after huge payout in Veronica Lario divorce.

13-year-old girl was killed as she was travelling with her family in New Cross.

Women die in West Bank floods and Syrian refugees struggle in wrecked camps in Jordan and Lebanon.

18-year-old taken into custody on suspicion of stabbing Ismail to death in south London on 30 December.

Pregnant Duchess of Cambridge expected to spend her birthday with husband Prince William.

Actress Samantha Kidd accused of beating her wheelchair-bound husband in December.

The British Union flag will be flown - to mark the 31st Birthday of the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton - outside Belfast City Hall for the first time since a decision to only raise it on designated days sparked several nights of violence.