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Asian officer relieved of duties

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:26:28 +0000

The UK’s most senior Asian police officer has been “temporarily relieved of his responsibilities”, Commissioner Sir Ian Blair says.

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:44:55 +0000

Consumers face “appalling news” on Wednesday with electricity and gas price increases, the utility regulator warns.

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:36:30 +0000

President George W Bush orders 8,000 US soldiers back from Iraq and 4,500 reinforcements to go to Afghanistan by February.

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:34:42 +0000

Oasis reschedule their gig in Ontario, Canada after Noel Gallagher is hurt by a fan on stage.

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:29:38 +0000

Virgin Atlantic urges a review to be carried out of current hand luggage restrictions following the end of a major terror trial.

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:24:03 +0000

Chancellor Alistair Darling defends policy on public sector pay when he addresses the TUC - and says energy firms “must do more”.

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:50:53 +0000

A 26-year-old bank employee denies being the inside man in the £26m robbery of Belfast’s Northern Bank four years ago.

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:49:40 +0000

The fire which destroyed an historic Lancashire pier may have been started deliberately, the fire service says.

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:28:32 +0000

There is growing speculation about the health of North Korea’s secretive leader Kim Jong-il after he misses a key parade.

alan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:21:19 +0000

Three decades after it was conceived, the world’s most powerful physics experiment is ready to be fired up.