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  • GAME CENTRAL: London 2012

    The Olympic Games start imminently, and as with every one that’s been hosted within the last twenty years, there’s going to be an official game of it (the first accompanied Barcelona 1992 and was called “Olympic Gold”, if you’re interested).

  • Galloway denies he converted to Islam

    Respect’s George Galloway today denied claims he had converted to Islam at a secret ceremony more than a decade ago. The maverick MP took part in the “shahadah” conversion ceremony, attended by members of the Muslim Association of Great Britain, at a

  • Teenager faces jail over 'terror magazine'

    A teenager is facing jail today after admitting four terror charges at the Old Bailey. Mohammed Abdul Hasnath, 19, pleaded guilty to four counts of having copies of al Qaida magazine Inspire on his computer. The prosecution case was that the publications

  • Riots men in 'hyper mode'

    A group of men who gathered in the street to protect businesses from looters during last summer's riots in Birmingham were in "hyper mode" on the night three men were mown down by a car, a court heard. Haroon Jahan, 20, and brothers Shazad

  • Court convicts Pakistani PM

    Pakistan’s supreme court convicted the prime minister of contempt today for refusing to reopen an old corruption case against the country’s president. But Yousuf Raza Gilani was spared a prison term in a case that has stoked political tensions in the

  • King of comedy Johny Lever on tour

    Bollywood comedy legend Johny Lever is set to perform in three major cities across the UK. Johny returns to the UK for the first time in seven years performing first at St Georges Concert Hall, Bradford on 2 May followed by Watford Colosseum on 5 May