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New baby makes Downing Street debut

2:00pm Friday 3rd September 2010

David Cameron welcomed a new arrival to Downing Street, posing for pictures with his 10-day-old daughter.

New baby makes Downing Street debut

2:00pm Friday 3rd September 2010

David Cameron welcomed a new arrival to Downing Street, posing for pictures with his 10-day-old daughter.

Ex-MI6 man jailed over secrets bid

1:47pm Friday 3rd September 2010

A former member of MI6 who tried to sell secrets for £2 million has been sentenced to 12 months in jail.

Sarah Kennedy to leave BBC Radio 2

1:43pm Friday 3rd September 2010

Presenter Sarah Kennedy is to leave BBC Radio 2 after more than 17 years in the early morning slot, it has been announced.

Farage enters Ukip leadership race

1:17pm Friday 3rd September 2010

UK Independence Party MEP Nigel Farage has confirmed he is standing for the party's leadership.

Officers probed after crashing car

1:06pm Friday 3rd September 2010

Two police officers have been suspended from driving duties after they stopped a suspected drink driver then wrote-off his sports car by crashing through a garden wall.

Cricket corruption 'not widespread'

12:59pm Friday 3rd September 2010

Corruption in cricket is not widespread, it has been claimed as three Pakistan stars banned from playing over match-fixing allegations were questioned by police.

Mother in court over toddler death

12:57pm Friday 3rd September 2010

A mother has appeared in court charged with murdering her two-year-old son.

'Misery' as council axes 1,500 jobs

12:53pm Friday 3rd September 2010

Union leaders have warned that plans by a county council to axe 1,500 jobs over the next three years because of cuts in Government funds will pile "misery" into a recession-hit region.

Crime rise warning amid cuts threat

12:16pm Friday 3rd September 2010

Crime could rise if hundreds of police jobs are axed because of the Government's budget cuts, a chief constable has said.