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Man arrested for murder in Newton Heath
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a house in Manchester.
At about 10.15am today, police received a report that a woman had died at a house on Surbiton Road, Newton Heath. Officers attended and found the body of a woman in the house.
A 40 year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in police custody for questioning. A post mortem examination will take place later to establish the cause of death.
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Seventh person arrested on Osu murder
Merseyside Police has arrested a 47-year-old man as part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Jason Osu. Mr Osu, 31, was shot as he was parking his car in his driveway on Beauclair Drive in Wavertree on Monday, 19 November 2012.
He died in hospital a week later as a result of his injuries.
The 47-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and remains in police custody at this time.
He is the seventh person to be arrested in connection with the murder.
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Read the full storyDefence Secretary Philip Hammond defends army cuts
Latest round in job cuts as Govt aims to reduce Army
Today's announcement that 4,480 military personnel would be made redundant is the latest round in army job cuts.
- Round 1: 920 military personnel lost their jobs with 28% of them compulsory.
- Round 2: 2,880 military personnel were made redundant with 28% of them compulsory.
- Round 3: 4,480 military personnel lost their jobs with 16% of them compulsory.
There will be four tranches of cuts as the Government aims to reduce the number of regular soldiers to 82,000 by 2018.
General Sir Peter Wall, Chief of the General Staff, said the fourth round of army cuts would be less than the amount announced today.
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