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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt apologises as the Olympic ticket resale site remains closed. Continue reading »

US First Lady Michelle Obama starts a Twitter account – run by campaign staff from her husband’s re-election bid – and immediately picks up a huge following. Continue reading »

The Duchess of York has been charged by a Turkish court with illegally filming orphans for a 2008 television documentary Continue reading »

Richard Desmond has told the Leveson Inquiry into press standards that the parents of Madeleine McCann waited four months before taking legal action about stories which suggested they may have been responsible for her disappearance. Continue reading »

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran leads the nominations for this year’s Brit awards, it is revealed. Continue reading »

Ministers have been forced to bail out the NHS compensation fund because it is struggling to pay for the rising number of negligence claims. Continue reading »

A West Midlands couple are banned for life from keeping pets after causing unnecessary suffering to a young monkey which had to be put down because of its injuries. Continue reading »

A “depraved” rapist who terrorised elderly women in south London for more than 10 years will spend the rest of his life in jail, a judge orders. Continue reading »

A 22-year-old Cardiff man is charged with murder over an early hours car crash in the city which killed a pedestrian. Continue reading »

Several hundred Syrian and foreign activists, part of an independent aid convoy, are prevented from entering Syria at the border with Turkey. Continue reading »