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Hot weather marred by water deaths

People enjoy the warm weather in St James's Park in central London

5:06pm Sunday 27th May 2012

The death of a man who drowned as he rescued two children from the sea was one of a number of water-related tragedies as temperatures soared this weekend.


Four arrested after fatal shooting

A general view of the Cotton Tree pub in Droylsden where a man celebrating at a 60th birthday party was shot dead

4:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Detectives investigating the murder of a man who was gunned down in a pub have arrested four people.

Warsi under pressure over expenses

Baroness Warsi is facing allegations she claimed for overnight accommodation when staying at a friend's house rent-free

4:35pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Cabinet minister Baroness Warsi has come under mounting pressure amid allegations she claimed parliamentary expenses for accommodation while staying at a friend's house rent-free.

'Stomach-churning' massacre slammed

Foreign Secretary William Hague is calling for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council over the Houla massacre

4:24pm Sunday 27th May 2012

The Foreign Office is to issue a diplomatic dressing-down to the Syrian charge d'affaires over a "stomach-churning" massacre of civilians, including dozens of children.

Scottish drink-drive plans welcomed

Plans to lower the drink-drive limit in Scotland have been given a cautious welcome by road safety campaigners

4:17pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Plans to lower the drink-drive limit in Scotland "as a priority" have been given a cautious welcome by road safety campaigners.

Record-breaking display by Ennis

Jessica Ennis broke the British heptathlon record of former Olympic champion Denise Lewis at a meet in Goetzis, Austria

4:08pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Jessica Ennis has answered her critics in resounding fashion by smashing the British heptathlon record of former Olympic champion Denise Lewis in Gotzis.

Woman's body found in underpass

The body of a woman has been discovered in an underpass in Berkshire

12:52pm Sunday 27th May 2012

The death of a woman whose body was found in an underpass is being treated as suspicious by police.

Syrian diplomat faces dressing down

Foreign Secretary William Hague is calling for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council over the Houla massacre

11:21am Sunday 27th May 2012

The Syrian charge d'affairs is to be summoned to the Foreign Office to hear Britain's condemnation of the "stomach-churning" massacre of civilians, including dozens of children.

Clegg dismisses immigration claims

Theresa May said Greece leaving the euro could lead to an increase in immgration levels

10:48am Sunday 27th May 2012

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has dismissed suggestions that Britain is planning to "pull up the drawbridge" on any exodus of workers from crisis-hit eurozone nations.

Clegg slams gay marriage free vote

Voting on gay marriage should not be left to MPs' consciences, Nick Clegg has said

10:40am Sunday 27th May 2012

Voting on gay marriage should not be left to MPs' consciences, Nick Clegg has said.



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