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A jury at Birmingham crown court is deliberating whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory in Wolverhampton.

The decisive expulsion of hereditary peers from the House of Lords may have eliminated a glaring anachronism, but it can hardly be called a triumph of democracy.

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says he is closely watching the UK’s plan to scrap jury trials for offences carrying sentences of less than three years, a key change the New Zealand Government is also considering to help speed up court processes.

An original edition of the Magna Carta, which auctioneers incorrectly listed as a copy in the 1940s and sold for a "rather insignificant price," has been discovered.

Two women in their 80s have denied damaging the glass around the Magna Carta at the British Library on 10 May.