Surrey Comet: Local news in Kingston, Surbiton, Tolworth, New Malden, Worcester Park and

3:02pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told George Osborne he was "seriously worried" the government was going to "screw up" the BSkyB deal hours before he was given control over the bid, the Leveson Inquiry has been told.

2:52pm Thursday 31st May 2012

The drunken captain of a ship which collided with a passenger ferry in Northern Ireland, causing more than £1 million of damage, has been jailed for a year.

2:50pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Footballer Titus Bramble has been cleared of sexually assaulting two women.

2:24pm Thursday 31st May 2012

The families of three firemen killed in a warehouse blaze have called a chief fire officer "hypocritical", "arrogant" and "small minded" after he welcomed the acquittal of three long-serving firefighters who had been charged with manslaughter over the tragedy.

1:50pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Britain's Got Talent pop-opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte are recording their debut album less than a month after losing out in the final of the show to a dancing dog.

1:03pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Controversial plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations have been scrapped by Chancellor George Osborne, the Treasury has announced.

12:58pm Thursday 31st May 2012

A detective sergeant has been jailed for eight years for raping a mother in her own home.

12:35pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Andy Coulson will "vigorously contest" perjury allegations against him if they are ever brought to trial, a lawyer for David Cameron's former communications chief has said.

12:31pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Investigations into allegations of corruption at the heart of the Stephen Lawrence investigation have turned up no new evidence, it has been announced.

12:25pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Corruption in cricket must be eradicated to enable the game to survive as a "truly competitive sport", the country's top judge has stressed.