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12:07am Monday 13th February 2012

Immigration officers have prevented 70 sham marriages from taking place in just one month at a busy city centre register office.

12:07am Monday 13th February 2012

A leading business body has slashed the UK's growth forecasts again but believes the economy will narrowly avoid another recession.

12:07am Monday 13th February 2012

Job prospects are set to worsen in the coming months as firms make workers redundant, with unemployment sliding closer to the three million mark, according to a new report.

12:07am Monday 13th February 2012

The decline in NHS productivity, one of the reasons cited to justify the Government's controversial health reforms, is "a myth", it has been claimed.

12:07am Monday 13th February 2012

The coalition has launched a review of public sector bonuses amid anger over payouts at bodies such as Royal Bank of Scotland.

11:47pm Sunday 12th February 2012

The Grammys got under way, with the Recording Academy trying to focus on music's biggest night after of the death of one of music's biggest names - Whitney Houston.

10:58pm Sunday 12th February 2012

The solicitor representing the family of Milly Dowler as well as other alleged victims of phone hacking is taking his battle against Rupert Murdoch to America, it has emerged.

10:14pm Sunday 12th February 2012

Silent film The Artist has made a big noise at the Bafta film awards winning seven awards including Best Film, Leading Actor and Best Director.

9:06pm Sunday 12th February 2012

Overeating can double the risk of memory problems in old age, new research has found.

7:45pm Sunday 12th February 2012

The Bafta film awards have begun with a bang with Sir Tom Jones belting out the theme to the James Bond film Thunderball - more than 40 years after he first recorded the song - to mark half-a-century of the superspy's cinema adventures.