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Police Creative Writing Awards praise ‘most imaginative witness statements ever’

Public can't help asking 'Hello, hello, hello. What's going on 'ere, then?'‘This year’s crop of literary creations features the grittiest crime, fantasy and romantic writing from some of the best imaginations ever to escort a witness down a police station staircase,’ said chairman of judges, Jeffrey Archer.

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Posted: Jan 3rd, 2013
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Rebekah Brooks to pay full costs of Leveson inquiry out of £10.8m payoff

because she's worth itFormer News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has decided as a gesture of goodwill to pay for the entire costs of the inquiry into Culture, Practice and Ethics of the press led by Lord Leveson out of her £10.8million severance package from News International.

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Posted: Dec 13th, 2012
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News of the World latest: Mystic Meg hacked Sagittarians’ voicemails

The newspaper insists that the hacking which produced uncannily personalised horoscopes was limited to ‘one rogue fortune teller’.

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Posted: Nov 30th, 2012
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Churchill to take up role as new press watchdog

small print on page 34 will probably show you didn't have adequate coverAfter a decade and a half of advising people on their car insurance, the famous talking dog Churchill is to take up the hotly-debated role of independent press watchdog advocated by Lord Justice Leveson’s report on press standards.

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Posted: Nov 29th, 2012
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Leveson Inquiry delayed to allow time to appoint Parseltongue translator

‘We can’t go on like this any longer,’ Lord Leveson declared. ‘I only asked her to confirm her name and position, and her eyes immediately rolled back into her head and she started whispering ‘Si a-hashii’eth’ over and over.’

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Posted: May 11th, 2012
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