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Winehouse home on sale for £2.7m

Floral tributes left outside the home of singer Amy Winehouse, at Camden Square in north London, which is now for sale

8:51am Thursday 31st May 2012

The London home where Amy Winehouse lived and died has been put up for sale by her family for £2.7 million.


Kardashian accuses BA of theft

Kim Kardashian claims personal items were taken from her luggage during a flight through Heathrow

8:46am Thursday 31st May 2012

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has claimed valuables were stolen from her luggage during a British Airways flight from Heathrow.

Probe into motor insurance market

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

7:57am Thursday 31st May 2012

The motor insurance market is facing an investigation by the Competition Commission after a report found the market was "dysfunctional" and pushed up premiums by £225 million a year.

A&E waiting time at eight-year peak

NHS data revealed that the proportion of people facing the lengthy wait for A and E treatment has reached its highest level since 2004

7:37am Thursday 31st May 2012

The number of patients facing waiting times of more than four hours in England's accident and emergency units has reached an eight-year peak, according to a study.

Mayor launches Met racism review

London Mayor Boris Johnson and Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe will review measures introduced to eradicate racism within the Met Police

4:52am Thursday 31st May 2012

London mayor Boris Johnson is due to launch a review of measures introduced to eradicate racism within the Met Police.

Court set to rule on care funding

Supreme Court judges have dismissed claims against Cambridgeshire County Council's care funding for a profoundly disabled man

3:25am Thursday 31st May 2012

Judges at the UK's highest court are due to rule on a care funding battle which lawyers say raises "profound issues" for disabled people dependent on local authority support.

Parents face court over death fire

Mick Philpott and wife Mairead speak to the media following the fire at their home

3:25am Thursday 31st May 2012

The parents of six children killed in a house fire have appeared in court charged with their murders.

Hunt to appear at Leveson Inquiry

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards

3:25am Thursday 31st May 2012

Beleaguered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is due to appear before Lord Justice Leveson in what is expected to be a key day of drama for the inquiry.

Coulson on Sheridan perjury charge

David Cameron's former communications chief Andy Coulson arrives at Govan Police Station in Glasgow

2:53am Thursday 31st May 2012

David Cameron's former communications chief Andy Coulson has been charged over allegations he committed perjury during the trial of former MSP Tommy Sheridan.

'Disappointing' rise in STI figures

Health experts are urging people to have safe sex after figures showed a steep rise in gonorrhoea cases

12:04am Thursday 31st May 2012

Too many people are putting themselves at risk by having unsafe sex, health experts have warned, as figures were released showing a rise in the number of new cases of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs).



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