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McCartney visits Lennon's college

Sir Paul McCartney has visited John Lennon's old art college

8:20pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Sir Paul McCartney has stepped back in time to visit his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon's old art college after it was recently bought by the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (Lipa).


Lawrence: No new evidence found

Reviews were carried out by both the Metropolitan Police Service and the IPCC into the investigations into Stephen Lawrence's murder

6:59pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Investigations into allegations of corruption at the heart of the Stephen Lawrence investigation have turned up no new evidence, it has been announced.

Lawrence: No new evidence found

Stephen Lawrence was the victim of a racist murder in Eltham, South London, in April 1993

6:56pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Investigations into allegations of corruption at the heart of the Stephen Lawrence investigation have turned up no new evidence, it has been announced.

PM to let Hunt keep job over BSkyB

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been backed by PM David Cameron after giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry

5:45pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Jeremy Hunt has held on to his place in the Cabinet after Prime Minister David Cameron decided not to order an investigation into whether he breached the ministerial code of conduct in his handling of the News Corporation bid for BSkyB.

Chancellor does third Budget U-turn

George Osborne wrote to charity sector representatives to inform them of the decision to scrap the proposed cap on tax relief

5:21pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Chancellor George Osborne has made his third Budget U-turn in less than a week, scrapping plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations after coming under massive pressure from charities.

Car insurers face probe on premiums

The OFT report found premiums are being ramped up because insurers of at-fault drivers have little control over the way repairs are carried out

4:09pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Car insurers are facing a full-blown inquiry over claims that their "dysfunctional" practices pushed up premiums by £225 million a year.

Hunt feared 'screw up' over deal

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been backed by PM David Cameron after giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry

3:02pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told George Osborne he was "seriously worried" the government was going to "screw up" the BSkyB deal hours before he was given control over the bid, the Leveson Inquiry has been told.

Captain jailed for £1m ferry crash

Miroslaw Pozniak, the captain of a ship which collided with a passenger ferry in Belfast Lough, has been given a one-year jail term

2:52pm Thursday 31st May 2012

The drunken captain of a ship which collided with a passenger ferry in Northern Ireland, causing more than £1 million of damage, has been jailed for a year.

Bramble cleared of sex attacks

Sunderland footballer Titus Bramble has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting two women

2:50pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Footballer Titus Bramble has been cleared of sexually assaulting two women.

Families voice anger at fire chief

Julie and Sophie Reid, the wife and daughter of fireman Ian Reid, attend a press conference at Warwickshire Police headquarters

2:24pm Thursday 31st May 2012

The families of three firemen killed in a warehouse blaze have called a chief fire officer "hypocritical", "arrogant" and "small minded" after he welcomed the acquittal of three long-serving firefighters who had been charged with manslaughter over the tragedy.



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