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Kate greets crowds on solo visit

The Duchess talks to children in the Oncology ward during a visit to Alder Hey Hospital

5:42pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

The Duchess of Cambridge has spent Valentine's Day nearly 8,000 miles away from her husband but had no shortage of admirers as she visited Liverpool.


Rangers FC enters administration

Rangers FC owner Craig Whyte leaves Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow after the club lodged legal papers to enter administration

4:52pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Rangers Football Club has gone into administration following a tense court battle with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Whitney funeral at childhood church

Whitney Houston's funeral will take place on Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark (AP)

4:10pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Whitney Houston's funeral is to take place at the church in which she performed as a child.

Care probe hospital suspends staff

The Royal Cornwall Hospital says 'a couple' of staff have been suspended amid a probe into patient care

4:07pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

A hospital has suspended members of staff and closed a medical ward as part of an investigation into the care of a patient, it has said.

Rangers FC appoints administrator

Rangers FC owner Craig Whyte leaves Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow after the club lodged legal papers to enter administration

3:29pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Rangers Football Club has named an administrator after HM Revenue and Customs lodged a court petition to have one appointed.

£500,000 seized from canoeist wife

John Darwin faked his own death so his wife could claim money from insurance policies and pension schemes

3:15pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Prosecutors have recovered more than half a million pounds from the wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin.

Perjury file over Lawrence trial

Prosecutors are considering allegations of perjury against certain witnesses in the Stephen Lawrence trial

2:38pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Prosecutors are considering allegations of perjury against certain witnesses in the Stephen Lawrence trial, it has emerged.

Most hate crimes feature racism

Keir Starmer says hate crimes damage society

2:37pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

More than four-fifths of hate crimes prosecuted last year were racially aggravated, figures have shown.

Qatada deportation talks continue

Abu Qatada has been freed from prison but must abide by tight bail conditions

2:37pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

A radical cleric who poses a serious risk to the UK's national security is free to walk the streets as talks continue on deporting him as soon as possible.

Solo Kate in Valentine's city visit

The Duchess of Cambridge meets youngsters at Alder Hey Hospital

2:37pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Crowds cheered and waved flags as the Duchess of Cambridge arrived for a Valentine's Day visit to Liverpool.



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