News Headlines - 23 February 2012

▽Labour MP Eric Joyce arrested after Tory 'head-butted' in Commons - Metro
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/891141-labour-mp-eric-joyce-arrested-on-suspicion-of-assault-after-tory-mp-head-butted
Labour MP Eric Joyce has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of assault after an incident at the Palace of Westminster in which a Conservative MP was allegedly punched and head-butted.

▽Cherie Blair starts hacking legal case - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17133210
The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, herself a prominent barrister, launched a claim on Tuesday.
Mrs Blair's solicitor Graham Atkins confirmed a claim had been made "in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails".

▽Iraq attacks on Shia and police targets kill 50 - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17136646
At least 50 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq, police say.
The violence targeted predominantly Shia areas, in particular police officers and checkpoints.

▽New state-of-the-art police station could be built at Lincolnshire headquarters - This is Lincolnshire
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/New-state-art-police-station-built-Lincolnshire/story-15293581-detail/story.html
A new multi-million pound police station could be built in a village near Lincoln.
The news comes after private security firm G4S was awarded a ￡200 million contract to provide a host of services to Lincolnshire Police.

▽Scientists did not break speed of light - it was a faulty wire - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9100009/Scientists-did-not-break-speed-of-light-it-was-a-faulty-wire.html
Physicists who shocked the scientific world by claiming to have shown particles could move faster than the speed of light have admitted it was a mistake due to a faulty wire connection.