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5:36pm Friday 18th May 2012

Almost 8,500 students were suspected of copying in their university applications last year.

5:00pm Friday 18th May 2012

Facebook co-creator Mark Zuckerberg pocketed more than one billion dollars (£630 million) after one of the biggest US stock-market flotations.

2:35pm Friday 18th May 2012

Muslim cabinet minister Baroness Warsi has hit out at the "small minority" of Pakistani men who see white girls as "fair game".

2:29pm Friday 18th May 2012

Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada could be freed on bail by the end of the month.

2:26pm Friday 18th May 2012

The Queen has been accused of making a catastrophic error of judgment by dining with the King of Bahrain, whose regime is accused of a catalogue of human rights abuses.

2:14pm Friday 18th May 2012

The Queen's Jubilee concert is to echo celebrations of a decade ago with another performance from the roof of Buckingham Palace, organiser Gary Barlow has revealed.

1:40pm Friday 18th May 2012

A juror on a rape trial who smoked a cannabis joint in his lunch hour has been fined £450 after admitting contempt of court.

12:32pm Friday 18th May 2012

David Beckham has spoken of getting "goose bumps" over being part of the official handover of the Olympic Flame to London.

12:04pm Friday 18th May 2012

Two of the men accused of killing honeymoon bride Anni Dewani intend pleading not guilty when their trial starts in July in the Western Cape High Court.

11:25am Friday 18th May 2012

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser Adam Smith will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry next week.