Fears after sex offender Facebook murder

Killing prompts police to issue further warnings to youngsters highlighting the dangers of using social networking sites to meet people.

Chapman was a manipulative liar who used the internet to kill

The Red Road towers from which the three Russians fell

The estate where asylum seekers abandon hope

The high-rise flats where a Russian family jumped to their deaths are, for many, the last stop before deportation.

Vigilantes could murder Venables, says judge

Baroness Butler-Sloss backs refusal by Jack Straw to reveal more details of allegations against Bulger killer

Alan Johnson said some owners breed and keep dogs for the sole purpose of intimidating others, in a sense using dogs as a weapon.

Dog owners facing tough insurance regulations new

Proposals suggest forcing every dog owner to take out insurance and have their dog microchipped.

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Living proof of the Armenian genocide

Robert Fisk: Evidence for Turkey's slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians is in an orphanage near Beirut.

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Dominic Lawson: There are so many initiatives that it is easy to imagine how this one got forgotten.

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Hit & Run: Whitehall – by bus

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Bigelow, Bridges and Bullock are best in show at the Oscars

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City workers face highest tax bill from next month

Fears that London faces an exodus of bankers increased yesterday as it emerged that many will have to pay more income tax from next month than in any of the capital's rival financial centres around the world.

Einstein's manuscript of relativity goes on display

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Tally ho: why Hunt has the scent of BBC blood in his nostrils

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Firm convictions: Pole introduced subjects such as slavery to the syllabus

Professor Jack Pole: Eminent scholar best known for his work on the history of colonial and revolutionary America

Professor Jack Pole was the leading British historian of America of his generation. His early work was on Abraham Lincoln, but he is best known as a historian of colonial and revolutionary America.