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12:09pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A judge told a young man who strangled his aspiring model girlfriend in a jealous rage to put away thoughts of "champagne, Bentleys and girls" as she sentenced him to at least 16 years in jail.

11:04am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A Scotland Yard officer has denied racially abusing a suspect after the summer riots.

10:57am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A violent man who strangled his aspiring model girlfriend in a jealous rage has been told he will serve at least 16 years in jail.

10:47am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Winter Olympics gold medallist Amy Williams said carrying the Olympic torch was an "amazing feeling".

10:43am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Nick Clegg has condemned proposals to make it easier for businesses to fire workers, saying he has never supported the scheme.

10:38am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

An escalation of the eurozone crisis would deliver a "substantial contractionary shock" to the UK economy, setting back progress made towards recovery, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

10:08am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A new community trigger to force police to investigate repeated complaints will make it quicker and easier to stop anti-social behaviour blighting the lives of communities, the Home Secretary has said.

9:44am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Inflation fell to its lowest level in more than two years last month, official figures showed, as high street discounting took the pressure off household budgets.

7:32am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland slashed his sales targets for the high street retailer as he unveiled its first fall in profits in three years.

5:29am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Women struggling to have babies should be offered IVF treatment into their 40s, the health watchdog has said.