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PM slates failure to inform ministers of 11yo misidentified by police, handcuffed, and drugged
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Man who threatened to shoot kids in school says he was just ‘having a bad day’
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Man alleged to have murdered child with hammer can now be named
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‘Violence on violence’: Inmate sentenced for brutal prison yard assault
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No by-election ahead of local elections, council decides
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