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Furore over royal wedding guest list

Jonathan Brown: Bahraini prince pulls out after global outrage at crackdown on protests.

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The Crown Prince of Bahrain was due to sit in a prominent place inWestminster Abbey, at the special invitation of the Queen

Royal couple face rogue's gallery of despots in Abbey's front row

Monday, 25 April 2011

Sitting in the front rows at the Royal Wedding, well ahead of the pop stars, sporting heroes and celebrities, will be figureheads from some of the world's most controversial regimes.

Crime Scene Investigators at the Tesco Express in Stokes Croft after 160 police were sent to arrest four squatters

Police under pressure to explain Tesco raid

Monday, 25 April 2011

Police in Bristol were under pressure to produce evidence backing their decision to storm a squat opposite a newly opened Tesco store that resulted in a seven-hour riot.

King Mswati III of Swaziland will be staying at The Dorchester

Catwalk models, butlers and £300 plates of sea snails for visiting royals

Monday, 25 April 2011

Truffles sparkling with gold leaf and £60,000 bottles of champagne are some of the treats awaiting the foreign royalty who descend on London for this week's wedding, as the capital's five-star hotels, exclusive restaurants and luxury services industry – which includes everyone from chauffeurs to shopping chaperones – prepares for perhaps its richest single influx of customers ever.

Puppies sold may need a microchip

Puppies may have to be chipped in battle against violent animals

Monday, 25 April 2011

Dog owners could be forced to have a microchip implanted under their pet's skin under government plans to combat dangerous animals.

Rail reforms 'will lead to rising fares and lost jobs'

Monday, 25 April 2011

Rail passengers face higher fares under reforms which would see ticket offices closed and reductions in on-board staff, according to leaked documents.

Family of dead tourist demands full investigation

Monday, 25 April 2011

Relatives of a British tourist who died in custody in Dubai have criticised the police and demanded a full investigation.

Private prisons illegally restrain children

Monday, 25 April 2011

Juveniles in private prisons are at risk of serious injury or death through the use of illegal restraints, according to research by the penal reform charity the Howard League.

Vanessa Perroncel (right) found herself pursued by the media after she was accused of having an affair with the footballer John Terry

Exclusive: 'Judges made me a non-person'

Sunday, 24 April 2011

David Connett: Woman who had long relationship with public figure tells IoS how she was stripped of her rights.

Poll backs royal succession rule changes

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Almost two thirds of Britons would like to scrap the existing law giving preference to male heirs, a survey has revealed.

Outrage at 'dictators' invited to royal wedding

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Peter Tatchell has accused the Queen of putting 'royalty before human rights' as dictators prepare to join celebrities at this week's royal wedding.

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