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UK 'should have listened' to warnings over Pakistan

Britain must share the blame for the murder of a senior politician in Pakistan, former cricketer turned party leader Imran Khan has said.

Mr Khan has said a rival party leader, who lives in exile in England, is behind the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain, and that the UK government should have listened to the warnings.

ITV News Correspondent Martha Fairlie reports:

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Emergency services attend to scene of Newark blast

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said appliances from Tuxford, Newark, Southwell and Collingham has attended to a suspected gas blast that ripped through a house in the area.

Fire and Rescue services attend to scene of Newark suspected gas blast. Credit: ITV News
The gas blast is thought to have left the house 'in pieces'. Credit: ITV News

Coronation Street takes Best Soap award

Coronation Street has picked up the coveted Best Soap award at the British Soap Awards.

Malcolm Hebden, who plays Norris Cole, picks up Coronation Street's award for Best Soap.
Malcolm Hebden, who plays Norris Cole, picks up Coronation Street's award for Best Soap. Credit: ITV/Coronation Street

The soap wrote on its Twitter page: "A huge thank you to everyone who voted in the British Soap Awards 2013".

Eyewitness 'drags man out' from gas blast rubble

A local resident has told reporters that he and four other people helped to drag a man out of a wrecked property, after a suspected gas blast ripped through a house in Newark in Nottinghamshire.

Audie Cashie, who was informed that man's father was in the cellar of the house, said he was then ordered to leave the area by fire crews.

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Church of Scotland facing split over gay clergy

The Church of Scotland's General Assembly, the annual conference of 850 church leaders, will vote on the issue of homosexual clergy tomorrow.

The Free Kirk, which is opposed to the change, warned Christianity was “under siege” from the rise of secularism and criticised the Church of Scotland for failing to speak with a unified voice.

Read more: Scotland to vote on ordination of gay clergy

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