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3:38pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

The first public meeting to discuss controversial plans to position surface-to-air missiles on residential flats during the Olympics is to be held on Thursday.

3:25pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Two firefighters have been cleared of the manslaughter of four of their colleagues who died in a warehouse blaze in 2007.

3:18pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Rupert Murdoch's media empire made "veiled threats" to punish the Liberal Democrats if its controversial BSkyB takeover was blocked, Vince Cable has told the Leveson Inquiry.

3:16pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Six people have been found guilty of rioting last summer during which a police station was firebombed.

3:08pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Kylie Minogue has told of the hurt caused to her sister Dannii after Simon Cowell's biography revealed that she had a fling with the TV and music mogul.

1:14pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Shafilea Ahmed's sister has denied that she invented a "wicked" story that the teenager was killed by her parents.

12:55pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Doctors are to take industrial action for 24 hours in protest at the Government's controversial pension reforms.

12:50pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

Business Secretary Vince Cable only told undercover reporters he had "declared war" on Rupert Murdoch because he felt "under siege" from his media empire and wanted to highlight his independence, he said.

12:49pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

A "possessive and controlling" businessman who arranged the murder of his estranged wife after she began divorce proceedings has been jailed for life following a retrial.

12:33pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

A British aid worker has been released almost three months after being kidnapped by an armed gang in Sudan.