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Winter's Bone wins Gotham gongs

Winter's Bone was the big winner at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York.The bleak drama, starring newcomer Jennifer Lawrence, scooped two awards...

Major protest to mark fees vote day

A massive protest against planned rises in tuition fees will be held on the day MPs decide whether to agree to the controversial increases,...

Extra duty on high-strength beer

Taxes on high-strength beers and lagers are to be increased as part of a drive to encourage responsible drinking.The additional duty will come into...

Ripper seeks 'finite' prison term

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe's mental disorder justified a minimum jail term of a "finite" number of years instead of an order than he should...

12% surge in hate crimes revealed

More than 50,000 hate crimes were reported across England, Wales and Northern Ireland last year, figures show.These included more than 43,000 race-related crimes and...

Closed 7/7 inquests plea 'hopeless'

MI5's argument that the coroner for the 7/7 inquests has powers to hold closed sessions to hear top secret evidence has been dismissed as...

Assange fights rape probe ruling

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed another appeal against a court order to detain him in a rape investigation, Swedish officials said.Supreme Court spokeswoman...

Two injured in Kyrgyzstan blast

Two police officers have been slightly injured in an explosion in the centre of Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, ahead of a visit by US Secretary...

EU to probe Google search fairness

The European Commission is launching a formal investigation into whether Google has abused its dominant market position in online searches.The EU's competition watchdog said...

Housebuilder 'to sell subsidiary'

Taylor Wimpey, the UK's second largest housebuilder, has reportedly fired the starting gun on the auction of its North American arm.The move to offload...

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