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Police defend phone-tapping probe

3:18am Saturday 4th September 2010

The Metropolitan Police has defended its handling of phone-hacking allegations after former home secretary Alan Johnson suggested an independent investigation.

Leave Hague alone, media warned

3:04am Saturday 4th September 2010

A long-standing friend and political colleague of William Hague called on the press to "back off", branding coverage of the Foreign Secretary's personal life "contemptible".

Pakistan cricketers freed by police

3:04am Saturday 4th September 2010

The three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of match-fixing allegations were released without charge after being questioned under caution by police.

Bishop condemns trafficking stance

2:23am Saturday 4th September 2010

The Archbishop of York has called the Government's decision to stay out of a new draft EU directive on human trafficking "seriously flawed".

Checks urged over web alcohol sales

12:10am Saturday 4th September 2010

Not enough is being done to stop teenagers buying alcohol through supermarket online delivery services, according to a report.

Taxpayers 'should not pay for Pope'

12:10am Saturday 4th September 2010

More than three quarters of Britons think the taxpayer should not contribute to the cost of Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming visit to Scotland and England, according to a survey.