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The CPS says there was not enough evidence to act sooner against jailed Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri.

The 2004 local elections in Birmingham were marred by widespread postal vote fraud, a judge rules.

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A leading British orchestra conductor has been jailed for nearly four years for sexually abusing young boys. Robert King, 46, assaulted five youngsters, one when he was 12 years old, after plying them ...

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