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5:26pm Friday 25th May 2012

Attempts to explore the sex life of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey and her husband provoked fierce clashes at the trial of two men accused of the crime.

3:02pm Friday 25th May 2012

A former detective specialising in rape and sex assault cases is to be prosecuted for faking police records.

1:15pm Friday 25th May 2012

A chronically obese teenager cut free from her home by workmen after she grew too big to go outside remains in hospital.

1:14pm Friday 25th May 2012

Downing Street received legal advice that Jeremy Hunt's views might appear to pre-judge the BSkyB deal on the day it handed him the job, the Leveson Inquiry has heard.

1:07pm Friday 25th May 2012

A former soldier who carried out a string of sex attacks has been jailed indefinitely.

11:57am Friday 25th May 2012

A major campaign to persuade people in Scotland to vote for independence has been launched, with Hollywood star Brian Cox telling people: "We have arrived at the moment to realise our potential."

11:37am Friday 25th May 2012

Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser told a News Corporation lobbyist that the media giant's BSkyB takeover bid would go ahead once plans to spin off Sky News were accepted, the Leveson Inquiry heard.

11:02am Friday 25th May 2012

Two of Baby P's social workers have lost an appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked.

10:53am Friday 25th May 2012

A former security chief at Lloyds Banking Group is to be prosecuted over an alleged £2.5 million fraud.

10:44am Friday 25th May 2012

A second possible British case of rabies is being investigated, disease control experts said.