Mother not told of rapist's past
Agencies failed to tell a mother that a man living in her house, who later went on to rape her daughter, was a sex offender.

Dog attack killer jailed for life
A murderer from south London who used his dog as a weapon on a 16-year-old boy before stabbing him is jailed for life.

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Birmingham social workers sacked
Six social workers are sacked by a local authority criticised for not preventing the abuse of Khyra Ishaq who starved to death.

New expenses file passed to CPS
Scotland Yard passes a new file of evidence against a parliamentarian suspected of abusing expenses to prosecutors.

Brothers jailed for terror crimes
Two brothers from Lancashire who filmed propaganda in the style of al-Qaeda are jailed for terrorist offences.

Inquest told of bomb trap carnage
An Afghan bomb trap which killed five UK soldiers left a scene like something "from a movie", an inquest hears.

UKIP in Eurosceptics poll pledge
The UK Independence Party will not stand against hardline Eurosceptic rivals in other parties at the general election, its leader has said.

Stem cell windpipe op 'success'
A 10-year-old British boy has become the first child to undergo a windpipe transplant with an organ crafted from his own stem cells.

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