UK & USA Today Editoweb 28 september 2009

Bullied mother kills herself, daughter

Police apologised Monday for failing to help a mother who killed herself and her disabled daughter by setting fire to their car after years of abuse from a gang of youths.

EastEnders triumphs at soap awards

EastEnders has scooped the top honours at this year's Inside Soap Awards including a fourth consecutive Best Actress win for Lacey Turner, who plays Stacey Slater.

Police Failures 'Contributed To Deaths'

Police and two councils failed to help a mother and her disabled daughter who were found in a burning car after they endured years of abuse by youths, a jury has found.

Police chief 'sorry' for car deaths

A police chief has apologised for his force's failure to help a single mother and her disabled daughter who died in a burning car after suffering years of abuse from a gang of youths.

Mandelson: 'If I can come back, so can Labour'

Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has told the Labour party conference he still believes the party will win the General Election.

Okla. teen claims he was held in closet for years

A woman was arrested after her 14-year-son told authorities he escaped from a home where he'd been kept for 4 1/2 years, spending most of his time locked in a bedroom closet, police said Monday.

3 charged in beating death of Chicago student

Three teenagers were charged Monday in the beating death of a 16-year-old Chicago honor roll student on his way home from school, a melee captured on a cell phone video that shows a group striking him with boards and kicking him as he lay on a sidewalk.

12 charged in NY with Colombia terror link

A dozen members of a Colombian organization have been charged with conspiring to aid a foreign terrorist group and taking a U.S. citizen hostage last year in Panama, authorities announced Monday.

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