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Honeymoon deaths police chief fired

Eight held over murders of Catherine and Ben Mullany

3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

Antiguan Police Commissioner Gary Nelson has been fired by the island's Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer.

Ill Winehouse pulls out of concert

Amy Winehouse performs at the Oxegen music festival

3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

Amy Winehouse has pulled out of a concert in Paris due to illness, her publicist said.

Farm worker killed in baler tragedy

The man is accused of sexually molesting five girls

3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

A farm worker has died after becoming trapped in a hay baler, police have said.

Criminals 'let off' over sentences

Sir Igor Judge says the system is working as intended

3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

More than 60 judges have given "unduly lenient" sentences to offenders convicted of some of the most serious crimes, according to new figures.

Passengers stranded in refund row

Empty Zoom airlines check-in desks at Gatwick Airport

3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

Passengers scrambled to get tickets for alternative flights following the collapse of transatlantic budget airline Zoom.

France rapist may have fled to UK

Interpol officers are probing the rape of a UK student in Calais

3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

A man who raped a UK journalism student at an illegal immigrants' camp in Calais is believed be a people smuggler and may have fled to England, police have said.

Woman killed in 200ft mountain plunge

30 people have been injured in a crash in Alton

3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

A 38-year-old woman has died after falling about 200ft down a mountainside.

Hard times ahead warns Darling

Alistair Darling has rejected claims of a fuel tax bonanza

3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

Britain's economic downturn will be "more profound and long-lasting" than expected amid the worst global economic conditions for 60 years, Alistair Darling has warned.

Arson probe police examine computer

Christopher Foster, 50, his wife Jill, 49, and their 15-year-old daughter Kirstie

3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

Police were examining a missing teenager's computer as they worked to solve the mystery surrounding her family's burnt-out country estate.

Woman killed in 200ft mountain plunge

30 people have been injured in a crash in Alton

3:08am Saturday 30th August 2008

A 38-year-old woman has died after falling about 200ft down a mountainside.

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Honeymoon deaths police chief fired

Eight held over murders of Catherine and Ben Mullany

Updated 3:25am Saturday 30th August 2008

Antiguan Police Commissioner Gary Nelson has been fired by the island's Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer.


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