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.

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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.

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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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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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Labour non-dom donor 'will pay all UK taxes' new

Labour donor Lord Paul indicated today that he is prepared to give up his controversial non-dom status.

MPs to investigate Lord Ashcroft's tax deal

Carers deserve better than this diversion of their money

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

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England step up security after hotel was bugged

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Hit & Run: Whitehall – by bus

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Seen in a new light, Giotto's Florentine masterpieces

Restoration experts have used ultra violet rays to shine an astonishing new light on the work of one of the most important painters in the history of Western art.

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

The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, which helps explain everything from black holes to the Big Bang, yesterday went on display in its entirety for the first time.

Apple iPad to hit US stores on 3 April new

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The most searched for public data and statistics terms gives birth to Public Data Explorer tool

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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.