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Arrest amid playgroup sex probe

4:48pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault at a playgroup, police have said.

Lords watchdog to probe expenses

3:49pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A House of Lords standards watchdog is to look into a complaint over the expenses of former Labour chairman Lord Clarke of Hampstead, it has been announced.

380 jobs set to go at drugs giant

3:13pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is to cut up to a third of jobs at one of its UK research and development sites.

BBC stars paid £54m, figures show

2:26pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

The BBC spends £54 million on its top-earning stars, according to new figures.

Afghan deaths exceed Falklands

2:26pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Three soldiers killed in Afghanistan have pushed Britain's death toll past that of the Falklands War.

'Cover-up' hospital gowns hailed

2:18pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A new hospital gown which protects patients' "dignity and privacy" by keeping their bottoms covered is proving a success, it has been revealed.

Labour phone campaign broke rules

2:18pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Labour breached privacy rules by making unsolicited automated phone calls to almost half a million people without their consent, the Information Commissioner's Office has ruled.

Student terror conviction quashed

2:18pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A student branded a "wannabe suicide bomber" walked free from court after judges overturned his conviction on terrorism charges.

Probe as toddler crushed by snowman

1:41pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

An investigation is under way in an Austrian ski resort after a British toddler was crushed by a giant snowman, police have said.

TV product placement ban lifted

12:17pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Product placement will be allowed on British TV programmes under new legislation announced by the Government.