Tue, 14th Feb 2012

National News

Fresh setback for welfare reforms

6:31pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

The Government has suffered a fresh setback over its controversial welfare reforms as peers voted to limit the impact of the 'bedroom tax'

The Government has suffered a fresh setback over its controversial welfare reforms as peers voted to limit the impact of the "bedroom tax" on social housing tenants with spare rooms.

Kate greets crowds on solo visit

5:42pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

The Duchess talks to children in the Oncology ward during a visit to Alder Hey Hospital

The Duchess of Cambridge has spent Valentine's Day nearly 8,000 miles away from her husband but had no shortage of admirers as she visited Liverpool.

Rangers FC enters administration

4:52pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Rangers FC owner Craig Whyte leaves Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow after the club lodged legal papers to enter administration

Rangers Football Club has gone into administration following a tense court battle with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Whitney funeral at childhood church

4:10pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Whitney Houston's funeral will take place on Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark (AP)

Whitney Houston's funeral is to take place at the church in which she performed as a child.

Care probe hospital suspends staff

4:07pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

The Royal Cornwall Hospital says 'a couple' of staff have been suspended amid a probe into patient care

A hospital has suspended members of staff and closed a medical ward as part of an investigation into the care of a patient, it has said.

Rangers FC appoints administrator

3:29pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Rangers FC owner Craig Whyte leaves Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow after the club lodged legal papers to enter administration

Rangers Football Club has named an administrator after HM Revenue and Customs lodged a court petition to have one appointed.

£500,000 seized from canoeist wife

3:15pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

John Darwin faked his own death so his wife could claim money from insurance policies and pension schemes

Prosecutors have recovered more than half a million pounds from the wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin.

Perjury file over Lawrence trial

2:38pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Prosecutors are considering allegations of perjury against certain witnesses in the Stephen Lawrence trial

Prosecutors are considering allegations of perjury against certain witnesses in the Stephen Lawrence trial, it has emerged.

Most hate crimes feature racism

2:37pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Keir Starmer says hate crimes damage society

More than four-fifths of hate crimes prosecuted last year were racially aggravated, figures have shown.

Solo Kate in Valentine's city visit

2:37pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

The Duchess of Cambridge meets youngsters at Alder Hey Hospital

Crowds cheered and waved flags as the Duchess of Cambridge arrived for a Valentine's Day visit to Liverpool.

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