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A Hertfordshire school is banning girls from wearing skirts over concerns their length could "impact adversely on girls' learning".

The UN Human Rights Council adopts a resolution urging Sri Lanka to investigate alleged abuses during the final phase of war with Tamil rebels.

Catering and hospitality experience, efficiency and discretion are among the requirements as the Royal Household advertises for a trainee butler to work at Buckingham Palace.

SYDNEY (AP) -- Australia's most wanted man, who eluded capture for seven years by hiding in dense forests, was captured and charged with murder Thursday, ending a frustrating and at times violent hunt, police said....

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Neighborhood watch groups were designed to be the eyes and ears of police - passively observing what they see and reporting back to law enforcement - not to enforce the law themselves....

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Neighborhood watch groups were designed to be the eyes and ears of police — passively observing what they see and reporting back to law enforcement — not to enforce the law themselves.

Most neighborhood watches follow the rules, and confrontations are rare. But after the killing of ...

Officers’ determination that they could hold defendant for 48 hours on an illegal arrest was the cause of defendant’s statement, and it should have been suppressed. State v. Bishop, 2012 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 171 (March 14, 2012).*

Talking to defendant sitting in a parked car was a “consensual encounter” under Ohio case law, and the officer’s plain view of two roaches in the ashtray was valid. State v. Calhoun, 2012 Ohio 1128, 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 994 (11th Dist. March 19, 2012).*

Defendant's 2255 was couched in terms of a Fourth Amendment violation and not a Sixth Amendment violation, so it should have been raised in the direct appeal. Ford v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38296 (E.D. Mo. March 21, 2012).*

Backstage with the boy band as they crack the US

Convicted sex attacker Antoni Imiela, described by a judge as the M25 rapist, is jailed for 12 years for an attack on a woman in 1987.

A police sniper shot and killed the gunman who carried out a spate of murders in southern France, prosecutors say, after a 32-hour siege.

George Osborne has defended plans set out in his Budget to end age-related tax allowances for pensioners, amid claims millions of pensioners will be left worse off.

Video emerges of suspected gunman Mohammed Merah joyriding in 2010.

A report into corruption in the Republic's planning process finds that former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern failed to truthfully account for a number of financial transactions.

Bolton boss Owen Coyle says some of his squad may struggle to play against Blackburn after Fabrice Muamba's collapse.

Penguins at Edinburgh Zoo are moving to a new home while their pool is refurbished.

Opposition groups in Syria say at least 10 civilians have died on a bus trying to flee to Turkey, with about 60 people killed throughout the country.

UK retail sales volumes fell by 0.8% in February compared with the previous month, official figures show, a sharper decline than expected.

DUBLIN (AP) -- A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption....

DUBLIN (AP) -- A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption....

Stolen jewellery and coins which could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are recovered during a police operation in Dumbarton.