Scores of bankers today failed in a bid to prevent their names being revealed during preliminary hearings of a British High Court case centred on the rigging of a lending rate by Barclays staff.

Eight men were cleared today of murdering three friends who were mowed down by a car during last summer’s riots.

A schizophrenic mother unlawfully killed her three-year-old daughter before dousing her body in acid, a jury in Britain ruled today.

American rap star Busta Rhymes today won his British High Court battle for the right to perform at a charity concert tonight.