Police Commissioners – the latest line-up
Michael Crick rounds up the runners and riders for the newly created posts of Police Commissioner.
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Gordon Brown calls for Rupert Murdoch to correct his testimony to the Leveson inquiry after the media mogul claimed the former prime minister made threats when the Sun backed the Tories in 2009.
James Murdoch appears before the Leveson Inquiry today, ahead of his father Rupert who will give evidence for two days on Wednesday and Thursday. Murdoch Jnr is due up before the Inquiry between 10am and 4.30pm. We’ll be live blogging all the action here and you can have your say on the day’s events as they unfold in the box below.
The radical cleric, Abu Qatada, is denied bail by an immigration judge as Home Secretary Theresa May announces his deportation will take place following “assurances” from Jordan.
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Michael Crick rounds up the runners and riders for the newly created posts of Police Commissioner.
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Over the past few months I’ve been keeping my eye on who might be interested in standing for election as police commissioners. Here are my very latest findings.
Words of praise flood in from across the world for veteran Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin after she was killed in a shell attack in the Syrian city of Homs.
Award-winning Sunday Times journalist, Marie Colvin, is killed in the Syrian city of Homs. The paper’s owner Rupert Murdoch calls her “one of the most outstanding correspondents of her generation”.
David Cameron’s defence of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s position suffered a set back after the Liberal Democrat’s deputy leader demanded his removal.