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Baby beater jailed for six months

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:33:10 GMT

A man from North Tyneside who was filmed repeatedly punching a sleeping baby is jailed for six months.

Air crash victims names released

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:06:35 GMT

Police release the names of five people who died when two planes collided in mid-air near Coventry Airport.

Teenage victim sues Joey Barton

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:32:32 GMT

Footballer Joey Barton is being sued for damages by a teenage boy he attacked during a night out.

Holidaymakers in flight bag chaos

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:13:06 GMT

Passengers on a flight to Crete are told to either fly without their bags or stay behind at Newcastle Airport.

Airmen injured in RAF jet crash

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:23:54 GMT

Two airmen are injured when a Hawk jet crash lands in the car park of an RAF base in Lincolnshire.

Rabbit torture filmed on mobile

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:54 GMT

A drunken teenage smashes a rabbit against a wall while another laughing youth films the brutal attack.

PM's tribute to cancer campaigner

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:42:05 GMT

Gordon Brown leads tributes to a campaigning newspaper journalist who has died of leukaemia at the age of 27.

The mysterious humming noise baffling residents in a Suffolk town

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:22:41 GMT

People living in a Suffolk town are being kept awake at night by a mysterious humming sound.

One of nation's rarest mammals is discovered on Dartmoor

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:28:14 GMT

One of the UK's rarest mammals - a Bechstein's bat - is discovered by researchers on Dartmoor.

Live text - Wednesday football

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:57:40 GMT

England face the Czech Republic, while Scotland host N Ireland and Wales take on Georgia.

Middleweight DeGale guaranteed medal

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:44:26 GMT

British middleweight James DeGale secures at least a bronze after beating Kazakhstan's Bakhtiyar Artayev 8-3.

Tasha Danvers wins hurdles bronze

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:55:49 GMT

Jamaica's Melaine Walker breaks the Olympic record to win gold in the women's 400m hurdles, with Briton Tasha Danvers taking bronze.

London's burning

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:36:20 GMT

Fifty years on from the riots which led to carnival

Swell time

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:36:03 GMT

Bournemouth tries to catch wave power

Bitten the dust

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:29:15 GMT

Another of Boris's team in London steps down

Rock elegy

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:08:33 GMT

Teenage band's tribute to fallen soldier

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Jail for 'Walter Mitty' fraud man

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:34:51 GMT

A modern day 'Walter Mitty' who stole £90,000 posing as an NHS no-smoking advisor is sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Man denies Oxford St stabbing

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:38:27 GMT

A 19-year-old appears in court to deny the murder of a man stabbed through the heart in London's Oxford Street

£1.5bn super-port contract signed

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:57:03 GMT

A contract to build a £1.5bn container port and business park in the Thames Gateway is exchanged.

Husband in court over wife death

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:25:37 GMT

The husband of a businesswoman found stabbed to death at their family home is remanded in custody charged with murder.

Children's staff checks 'danger'

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:52:54 GMT

Surrey County Council is to take immediate action after a report finds checks for staff working with children were "unacceptable".

Mauled girl returns from hospital

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:59:04 GMT

A six-year-old girl who was mauled by a dog is home from hospital having regained her voice after the attack.

Man guilty of walking stick death

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:41:18 GMT

A 46-year-old man is convicted of murdering a grandfather by forcing a walking stick down his throat.

Khyra couple face murder charge

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:36:24 GMT

The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death appear in court charged with her murder.

Crashed coach removed from site

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:48:36 GMT

A coach which careered down an embankment killing a man and injuring 71 people is removed from the crash site.

Officer accused of drink-driving

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:21:24 GMT

A senior police officer is arrested at a Norfolk hotel on suspicion of drink-driving and removed from duties.

Club stabbing victim identified

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:19:02 GMT

Police release the identity of a 29-year-old man who was stabbed to death outside a Birmingham nightclub.

Masked men hit church post office

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:25:37 GMT

Two masked men rob a post office at a church in Nottinghamshire.

Man rescued on his 75th birthday

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:15:40 GMT

A Nottingham man is airlifted to safety from a Cumbrian peak on his 75th birthday.

Two held after 10-year-old shot

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:40:19 GMT

Two youths are arrested after a 10-year-old boy was shot in the head with an air gun.

New hospital arson investigated

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:19 GMT

Arsonists strike 10 times times at the building site of Manchester's new Children's Hospital.

Talks over airport strike threat

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:33:50 GMT

Talks take place in a bid to avert planned strikes that could cause travel problems at Manchester Airport.

Tribute to car park attack victim

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:06:30 GMT

The family of a man who died after he was attacked in a car park pay tribute to him.

Body find in missing tourist hunt

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:47:23 GMT

Mountain rescue teams searching for a missing Staffordshire man find a body in the Lake District.

One killed in motorway accident

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:29:45 GMT

Part of the M5 motorway is shut in Gloucestershire after a fatal accident between junctions 13 and 14.

Police fly gay flag at festival

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:45:03 GMT

Members of Devon and Cornwall police force's Gay Police Association are to officially support a gay pride event in Cornwall.

Public library destroyed by fire

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:20:21 GMT

A fire at a public library in Plymouth containing 25,000 books leaves the building a "shell", says eyewitness.

Village vomiting virus gets worse

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:17:07 GMT

More than 100 people are now affected by an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea in a Cornish village.

Tributes follow punch death

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:04:44 GMT

A man who died when he struck his head after being punched to the ground receives tributes from his loved ones.

Knife-bearers face Taser arrest

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:44:48 GMT

Anyone carrying a knife on the street in Devon and Cornwall risks being shot with a Taser electric stun gun, police warn.

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