MP Eric Joyce was spared jail today for attacking four politicians while drunk.

He was banned from entering pubs and bars for three months, fined and imposed with a curfew order from Friday to Sunday.

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David Cameron has defended his decision to authorise a rescue operation in Nigeria - where a British and Italian hostage died.

That's after the Italian President said they weren't consulted about the mission.

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A big party's underway in Poole to celebrate the 40 million pound twin sails bridge...

It's not open to traffic yet, but it is mostly finished and to mark the occasion there's a flotilla, music entertainment and a parade on the former power station site at Hamworthy.

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and Sports Minister Hugh Robertson says anyone competing for Britain at the Olympics should know the words to the national anthem.

A row over so-called "Plastic Brits" has erupted after America-born Tiffany Porter was appointed captain of the British team at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.

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