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Scepticism over Syria action claim

The Government has given a sceptical response to claims that Syrian president Bashar Assad is ready to end bloodshed and stage a referendum on a new constitution.Read

US printer wins Olympic ticket deal

Tickets for the London 2012 Olympics are to be printed in the US.Read

Qatada decision 'not acceptable'

It is simply not acceptable that Britain cannot deport a radical Muslim cleric who "poses a serious risk to our national security", the Home Secretary has said.Read

Prescott hails hacking 'justice'

Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott said he had "finally got justice" after the Metropolitan Police force admitted it failed to warn victims and potential victims of phone hacking at the time of its original investigation into the scandal.Read

Editor says sorry for email hacking

The editor of The Times has apologised to a detective unmasked by a former reporter of the newspaper who allegedly hacked his email.Read

Charles leads Dickens thanksgiving

The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to Charles Dickens as "one of the greatest writers of the English language" on the 200th anniversary of his birth.Read

Tributes to boy who died in snow

A school has paid tribute to a 10-year-old boy who died after collapsing while out playing in the snow.Read

Jury goes out in Redknapp trial

Jurors at the Harry Redknapp tax evasion trial have retired to consider their verdicts.Read

1,000 more jobs go at Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Banking Group is to axe almost 1,000 jobs and close three offices in a "devastating" blow to workers, one of the staff unions has said.Read

Cameron chairs meeting on Syria

Prime Minister David Cameron has chaired a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria.Read

Met admits phone hack probe failure

The Metropolitan Police Service has accepted at the High Court that failure in 2006 and 2007 to warn victims and potential victims of phone hacking was unlawful.Read

Russian minister arrives in Syria

Russia's foreign minister has arrived in Syria as government forces stepped up their assault on the rebel city of Homs.Read

Leveson to recall Mail editor Dacre

Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre is to be recalled to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, its chairman has said.Read

BP increases shareholder payout

BP has signalled a further step in its recovery by hiking its payout for shareholders for the first time since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Read

Labour keeps up attack on bonuses

Labour is to step up its attack on the "culture of excessive bonuses" with a warning that bumper City payouts are damaging the economy and wider society.Read

West pushes for Assad's departure

The US has closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria - now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring.Read

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