UK today, Editoweb, 21 april 2008

'Blackmail' tape played in court
Tapes at the heart of a royal gay sex blackmail trial have been played to jurors in a restricted court session.

The Old Bailey has been told that the recordings contain claims that a married royal performed a sex act on an employee, known only as witness D.

Ex-Detective Held Over Axe Murder
Five men - including a former Scotland Yard detective - have been arrested over the axe murder of a private investigator in a pub car park 21 years ago.

A sixth man - a serving officer - is being questioned over leaking information.

Brown heads off tax rebellion
Gordon Brown has promised Labour MPs he will "sort out" problems with the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax.

In an address to the party's MPs in Westminster, Mr Brown assured backbenchers he was listening to their concerns over the impact of the change on the poorest households at a time of rising food and fuel prices.

Arrests made in private detective murder case
Detectives investigating the 21-year-old murder of a private detective who was about to expose police corruption have made six arrests.

Daniel Morgan, 37, was found in a pub car park in Sydenham, south London in 1987 with an axe embedded in his head. His family maintained he was killed by a professional hitman.

Blind patients given 'bionic eyes'
New hope has been given to sufferers of a hereditary disease affecting the retina after the first UK operations were carried out to implant so-called "bionic eyes" into patients, it has been disclosed.

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