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The public will be able to veto council tax rises in England if charges are above an agreed limit in a "radical extension of direct democrary", Communities Secretary Eric Pickles will announce.

A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London begins.

Fulham confirm the appointment of Mark Hughes as their new manager, replacing Roy Hodgson.

A luxury car worth £1.2m is clamped outside Harrods in central London after being illegally parked.

A Sussex teaching assistant is jailed for secretly filming schoolchildren as young as five as they changed for sports lessons.

A Sussex teaching assistant is jailed for secretly filming schoolchildren as young as five as they changed for sports lessons.

Firefighters are damping down a blaze that has forced the temporary closure of Warburtons' bakery in Bolton.

A sex education teacher is found guilty of having an unlawful relationship with a 15-year-old female pupil in Worcestershire.

Triple jumper Phillips Idowu wins Great Britain's second gold of the European Championships as Martyn Bernard takes high jump bronze.

Great Britain duo Dai Greene and Rhys Williams both qualify for Saturday's European Championships 400m hurdles final but Nathan Woodward misses out.

Former Wigan Athletic footballer Marlon King is looking for a new club to join after being released from jail.

The Attorney General is to review the sentences given to two teenage members of a "happy slapping" gang who fatally injured a man.

Father finds sick daughter's cure on internet

Eoin Morgan makes a superb maiden Test century as England reach an imposing 331-4 after day one of the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

A Cheshire businessman accused of killing a man has charges against him dropped - the third time he has been cleared of murder.

An independent inquiry into the Essex police officers who arrested a man using CS spray has concluded the arrest was lawful.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visited Birmingham's new Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine.

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

A 25-year-old woman speaks of her horror as she saw her father plunge to his death in a parasailing accident during a family holiday in Turkey.

A vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages over four years as part of an illegal immigration scheme.