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Lawyers from a second South Yorkshire firm face misconduct allegations over their handling of compensation claims by ill miners.

Swindon Town reserve coach Ady Williams is remanded on conditional bail over an alleged assault.

Two former IRA prisoners blackmailed two businessmen to try to get a share of £6m, London's Southwark Crown Court hears.

Model Katie Price has a charge for an alleged speeding offence in Brighton dropped due to a legal technicality.

More than 30 people are detained in Turkey in a widening inquiry into an alleged ultra-nationalist coup plot.

Virtual reality technology will be used to investigate claims that police failed to protect a Catholic man who was beaten to death.

Chronology of key events

Jurors trying a cage fighter alleged to have been "at the heart" of Britain's biggest cash robbery are told they can return a majority verdict.

Lawyers from a second South Yorkshire firm face misconduct allegations over their handling of compensation claims by ill miners.

An Australian woman appears in court charged with murdering her husband by setting fire to his penis over alleged infidelity.

The US Congress begins an inquiry into a suspected $50bn (£32bn) fraud allegedly run by the American hedge fund manager, Bernard Madoff.

Russia's Vladimir Putin tells Gazprom to reduce gas sent via Ukraine to Europe over allegations Kiev is siphoning some off.

Three men - including the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks - go on trial in France for the bombing of a Tunisian synagogue.

A hotel assistant manager appears in court accused of robbery and threatening a colleague with a knife.

Jurors trying a cage fighter alleged to have been part of a £53m robbery resume their deliberations after a Christmas break.

Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard is arrested for allegedly drinking and driving in the US state of Illinois.

Police investigating allegations against huntsman Otis Ferry arrest a fourth person.

Every cleric in Ireland must commit in writing they will implement child protection guidelines, the church says.

Police are investigating the alleged rape of a woman aged in her 20s on New Year's Day in west Belfast.

A chronology of key events

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