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Morning news headlines for June 19, 2013

George Osborne will shed light on plans for the state-owned banks and David Cameron faces MPs questions on G8 agreements on Syria and tax dodging

‘Angels of Woolwich’ petition presented to Downing Street

The Rev Jesse van der Falk, Rector of Woolwich delivers a petition to 10 Downing Street with wife Louise van der Falk and John Fahy, Councillor for Woolwich Riverside
More than 85,000 people have signed a petition calling for bravery medals to be given to three women who intervened in the aftermath Lee Rigby's murder

‘Angels of Woolwich’ petition presented to Downing Street

The Rev Jesse van der Falk, Rector of Woolwich delivers a petition to 10 Downing Street with wife Louise van der Falk and John Fahy, Councillor for Woolwich Riverside
More than 85,000 people have signed a petition calling for bravery medals to be given to three women who intervened in the aftermath Lee Rigby's murder

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George Osborne, David Cameron, Stephen Gough and Julian Assange

Morning news headlines for June 19, 2013

George Osborne will shed light on plans for the state-owned banks and David Cameron faces MPs questions on G8 agreements on Syria and tax dodging

G8 leaders from left, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy walk prior to a group photo opportunity during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

The day's news in pictures: June 18, 2013

The day’s biggest stories from the UK and around the world in pictures

The Rev Jesse van der Falk, Rector of Woolwich delivers a petition to 10 Downing Street with wife Louise van der Falk and John Fahy, Councillor for Woolwich Riverside

‘Angels of Woolwich’ petition presented to Downing Street

More than 85,000 people have signed a petition calling for bravery medals to be given to three women who intervened in the aftermath Lee Rigby's murder

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Moors Murderer Ian Brady appearing via video at his mental health tribunal at Manchester Civil Justice Centre

Ian Brady banned from carrying pens and ‘only comes out of his room at night’

Moors Murderer wants to be moved from Ashworth Hospital to a prison where he believes he will be free to starve himself to death

David Cameron is joined by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande, along with other G8 leaders for the second Plenary Session of the G8 summit

G8 Summit: Leaders seal agreement which will 'rewrite the rules" on tax

The Lough Erne Declaration vows to “fight the scourge of tax evasion” by changing the rules to stop multinational companies shifting profits across borders

Culture Secretary Maria Miller

Internet giants and Westminster agree approach to tackle online child abuse images

The Culture Secretary said a “fundamental change” to the way the Internet Watch Foundation works has been agreed

Katherine Jenkins arrives for day one of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot Racecourse

Royal Ascot: Racegoers arrive for opening day of the world-famous race meet

Today's meeting, which will be attended by the Queen, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall heralds the start of five days of racing

Eunice Huthart

Angelina Jolie's stunt double Eunice Huthart in phone hacking claim

Liverpool-born Huthart claims News Corp, owners of the now defunct News of the World, hacked her mobile phone's voice mails

Claude Monet's famous 1903 painting The Houses of Parliament, Sunset, that has been recreated as a pizza

Pizza portraits are a tasty twist on classic artworks

Celebrated food artist Prudence Staite has recreated some of the art world’s most beloved paintings on dough including Sunflowers by Vincent van Gough

A tyre wrapped around the Duckmarine propeller

Yellow Duckmarine's sinking blamed on "rogue tyre"

Photographs released by the vehicles' operator show a shredded tyre wrapped around a propeller, which led to the vessel sinking in a Liverpool dock

National News updated

Sun journalist and a prison officer charged through corrupt payments probe Operation Elveden

Nick Parker faces three counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office and prison officer Lee Brockhouse is charged with misconduct and conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office

Mike and Sully attend the world premiere of Monsters University at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles

World in Pictures, June 18, 2013: Monsters University opens in LA and G8 protests

Eye catching pictures from events at home and around the world

Culture Secretary Maria Miller

Internet giants get two months to build plans to block online child abuse images

Maria Miller will meet with representatives from technology firms and insist they do more to tackle access to illegal online content

Nigella Lawson

Charles Saatchi admits assaulting Nigella Lawson outside London restaurant

Shocking photographs showed the art collector gripping his wife around the neck, images which he said were the result of a “playful tiff”

Ministry of Defence is looking to make 5,300 soldiers redundant

Army redundancies: 4,480 soldiers told they have lost their jobs

Ministry of Defence said the move is necessary to help balance its books but insists operational capability will not be affected by the personnel reduction

Growth forecast has been slashed

Inflation rises to 2.7% as households continue to feel the pinch

A 22% increase in the cost of air fares and the slowing rate of price falls for petrol and diesel lifted inflation higher than expected

David Cameron attends a news conference with Barack Obama and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the G8 summit

G8 Summit: George Osborne hopeful of ‘concrete progress’ on tightening tax rules

Bid to change outdated international tax rules which allow companies to locate profits in low-tax countries to avoid paying tax on them in the countries where they were earnt

David Cameron, Angela Merkel, Maria Miller, Nigella Lawson and the Queen

Morning news headlines for June 18, 2013

David Cameron is hoping for a show of unity over Syria at the G8 summit and thousands of soldiers learn today is they have lost their jobs in the latest round of Army redundancies

The day's news in pictures: June 17, 2013

The day’s biggest stories from the UK and around the world in pictures.

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Veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall jailed for 15 months for indecently assaulting girls as young as nine

Hall, 83, had initially issued an impassioned public denial of any wrongdoing before he finally admitted his guilt at Preston Crown Court in April.

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