Wed, 15th Feb 2012

National News

Woman relieved over stalker verdict

6:56pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

Al Amin Dhalla was convicted of orchestrating a campaign of harassment against a doctor and her mother

A doctor has spoke of her relief after her stalker ex-boyfriend was found guilty of orchestrating a campaign of harassment against her and her mother.

Man arrested over vicar's murder

6:20pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

A general view of St Mary's Church in Thornbury, south Gloucestershire, where a clergyman was found dead in suspicious circumstances

A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a clergyman was stabbed to death at his vicarage.

PM vows to tackle booze Britain

5:50pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

David Cameron is examining moves in Scotland to outlaw the sale of alcohol for less than 45p a unit

David Cameron has declared war on booze Britain during a visit to a hospital.

Pancake fans set a flipping record

5:32pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

Staff and students at the University of Sheffield take part in The Big Flip and break the Guinness World Record

Nearly 900 people have battered their way into the record books by flipping pancakes.

Girl's stab death 'a random attack'

5:27pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

A general view of Elmfield Park, Doncaster, where the body of a 13-year-old girl named as Casey-Lyanne Kearney was found

A 13-year-old girl who was stabbed in a "random, isolated attack" dialled 999 as she lay dying from her injuries, police have said.

Warning as RnBXclusive shut down

4:53pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

Popular music site RnBXclusive has been shut down by police and a man has been arrested

Popular music site RnBXclusive has been shut down by police and a man has been arrested.

Man guilty of harassment campaign

4:26pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

Al Amin Dhalla was convicted of orchestrating a campaign of harassment against a doctor and her mother

A jilted former City worker is facing a jail sentence after being found guilty of orchestrating a campaign of harassment against a doctor and her mother.

Woman quizzed on girl's stab death

3:39pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

A general view of Elmfield Park, Doncaster, where the body of a 13-year-old girl named as Casey-Lyanne Kearney was found

Police are continuing to question a woman arrested after a 13-year-old girl was found with fatal stab wounds in a park.

Joblessness figures 'very worrying'

3:29pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

The unemployment total is now the worst since the end of 1995, figures showed

The UK's jobs "crisis" has worsened after the unemployment rate reached a 16-year high and new figures showed a record number of people working part-time because they cannot find full-time positions.

Man held in vicarage murder probe

3:21pm Wednesday 15th February 2012

A general view of St Mary's Church in Thornbury, south Gloucestershire, where a clergyman was found dead in suspicious circumstances

A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a clergyman was found dead at a vicarage, police said.

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