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Cooling-off time for officers urged

Senior officers should be barred from standing as police and crime commissioners for a "cooling-off" period of four years after leaving their force, MPs...

Council plans to axe 7,000 jobs

A city council has launched a consultation on plans to make savings of £300 million over the next four years and cut more than...

Airport criticised on customs flaw

People arriving from abroad could simply walk out of one of the UK's largest airports without passing through any customs and immigration checks, inspectors...

Police launch drink-drive crackdown

Designated drivers will be offered a buy one get one free deal on soft drinks in pubs as part of the Government's Christmas campaign...

Activists held in tuition fee demos

More than 140 activists have been arrested after refusing to leave a demonstration against deeply unpopular plans to ramp up student tuition fees.Police said...

Dow falls amid European debt fears

Stocks pared their losses after President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers promised to seek a compromise before the end of the year on extending...

US classroom hostage-taker dies

The teenage gunman who shot himself after holding his teacher and two dozen classmates hostage at his US high school has died. The motivation...

15 hurt in post-election protests

Protesters calling for the cancellation of last weekend's presidential election in Haiti clashed with UN peacekeepers, the United Nations mission and Haitian radio reported.Radio...

Bank governor 'criticised Cameron'

David Cameron and George Osborne have been privately criticised by the governor of the Bank of England for their "lack of experience" and tendency...

'UK concerns' over nuclear Pakistan

Britain has "deep concerns" about the safety and security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, leaked diplomatic documents suggested.Documents from the latest cache of leaked...

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