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12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Some families are being denied access to free nursery education unless they agree to pay compulsory "top-up fees" for extra hours, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Inequality in modern Britain is a form of social engineering, and claims that promoting social mobility artificially skews society are nonsense, Nick Clegg is to insist.

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

The Duke of Cambridge has revealed how he tore up the official guestlist for his wedding on the Queen's advice.

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A new community trigger to force police to investigate any incident of anti-social behaviour reported by at least five people will do little to tackle the problem in the long-term, campaigners have said.

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Women struggling to have babies should be offered IVF treatment into their 40s, the health watchdog has said.

10:45pm Monday 21st May 2012

The driver of a car has walked away with just minor injuries after his vehicle became trapped under the side of a lorry on a motorway.

9:21pm Monday 21st May 2012

A police officer has suffered serious burns to his face in a suspected gas blast which injured five others.

7:52pm Monday 21st May 2012

Three police officers and an engineer suffered serious injuries after a suspected gas explosion at a flat, a spokesman has said.

7:16pm Monday 21st May 2012

Ed Miliband has sought to play down speculation that he will promise a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union if he takes power - insisting it was not his priority.

7:04pm Monday 21st May 2012

A violent boyfriend who strangled his aspiring-model girlfriend in a jealous rage has been described as "evil" by the dead teenager's grieving family.