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A BLUE light has been stolen from the roof of a response vehicle used for medical emergencies.

A 25-year-old Hampshire man has been given a suspended prison sentence for endangering a police aircraft by directing a laser pen at it as it flew overhead.

An approaching global climate summit has raised the temperature at what is usually a low-key meeting of leaders from Britain's former colonial empire.

A competition to design the first tartan for London will be launched on St Andrew's Day, organisers have said.

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The funeral of hero policeman Bill Barker, killed in the Cumbrian floods, is to take place, with hundreds of mourners paying their last respects.

A woman was convicted of stabbing three women in Leicester city centre. Saajidah Mullan, 20, was found guilty at Leicester Crown Court of three counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, police said.

An Olympic judo star has been convicted of being part of a 50 million drug gang.

The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, has been valued at 3.28 million, the British Museum has said.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of two jockeys in a fire in Malton.

Hollywood star Nicolas Cage is set to turn on the Christmas lights in Bath. The star of The Rock and Con Air will bring some Christmas cheer to the Somerset spa town at 6.30pm. Thousands of people are expected to line Milsom Street where Cage - who won the best male Oscar for his role as a despondent alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas in 1996 - will ...

Bing Crosby didn't have to dream of a white Christmas - he could bank on it. The crooner was from Spokane, a city that is among the most likely to have a white Christmas each year.

Detectives are investigating whether a man suspected of stabbing his three-year-old son to death is related to a wanted evangelist.

Yves Rossy has failed in his attempt to cross the Strait of Gibraltar using a homemade, jet-powered wing. He was lucky to survive and soon airlifted for a hospital check-up.

Well-intentioned dam builders in Sleaford are increasing the risk of flooding by building amateur dams on the River Slea. The townsfolk are short of entertainment since their cinema closed.

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Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Communities Wednesday 25th November 2009 - 8:37am Killer Jane Andrews back in custody after absconding from open prison A former royal aide on the run from prison for more than two days was back in police custody today after being found near the jail, police said.

Critics hope the hearings, which will call ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair and are billed as the most sweeping inquiry into the conflict, will expose alleged deception in the buildup to fighting.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Communities Tuesday 24th November 2009 - 12:35pm Four-year-old boy found stabbed to death in Southwark flat Detectives launched an inquiry today after a four-year-old boy was found stabbed to death at his home.

A man who killed his girlfriend and set her dismembered body on fire at a motorway lorry stop has been jailed for 20 years.