Man jailed for mobile phone murder
A killer has been jailed for stabbing to death his teenage nephew after a petty argument over a mobile phone. Alan Cooper knifed 14-year-old Jordan in front of the victim's grandmother - the killer's...
View ArticleTraveller site injunction extended
Residents facing the threat of eviction from the UK's largest illegal travellers' site have been given more breathing space over the weekend. A judge continued an existing injunction until 4pm on...
View ArticleMan held over contaminated Nurofen
A man has been arrested by police investigating how packs of Nurofen Plus were found to contain anti-psychotic and anti-epileptic drugs, Scotland Yard said. The 30-year-old is from Bromley in south...
View ArticleSecurity Council sent Palestine bid
The Palestinian statehood application has been relayed to the Security Council, the United Nations spokesman's office said. Washington has threatened to veto the measure if the Palestinians can muster...
View ArticleOsborne sets debt crisis deadline
Eurozone countries have just six weeks to devise a long-promised solution to the debt crisis, Chancellor George Osborne has warned. Mr Osborne said a meeting of the G20 nations in France in November...
View ArticleDetails of miners' deaths revealed
Four miners killed in a tragic colliery disaster were all exposed to flooded pit contents under pressure, post-mortem examinations have revealed. Detailed examination results relating to each man are...
View ArticleLocals baffled as boy's body found
People in a quiet suburban street have said they could not understand how a family may have been living in a house with the decomposing body of a young boy. Police made the grim discovery of the body...
View ArticleCoulson to sue over legal fees
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson is suing News Group Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International, over their decision to stop paying his legal fees. Mr Coulson resigned from his...
View ArticleMuslims to join peace conference
More than 12,000 Muslims are to attend a peace conference at Wembley Arena. The Peace for Humanity event is to be addressed by a leading Islamic scholar who will call for an end to terrorism and...
View ArticleMan held over Nurofen drug mix-up
A man has been arrested by police investigating how packs of Nurofen Plus were found to contain anti-psychotic and anti-epileptic drugs, Scotland Yard said. The 30-year-old is from Bromley in south...
View ArticleCall to end 'erosion of childhood'
Children are growing up too quickly because of a combination of early testing in school, advertising, bad childcare, and a reliance on computer games and television, experts have warned. The group of...
View ArticleFirst-time buyers younger in north
First-time buyers are four years younger on average in the North, Wales and Scotland than in London, according to a new report. The average age for a first time-buyer is 28 in these areas, compared...
View ArticleHistorical SAS records published
Secret records from the earliest days of the Special Air Service (SAS) carrying out daring attacks behind Nazi lines in north Africa and France have been published in a new book marking the regiment's...
View ArticleMedia group faces new hacking blows
New allegations about the phone-hacking scandal have hit News International, with claims of more victims and fresh legal rows. It was revealed tonight that former News of the World editor Andy Coulson...
View ArticleLabour sets out energy split plans
Giant energy firms should be forced to pool all the electricity and gas they produce to encourage smaller operators to join the market and force down spiralling domestic bills, plans to be unveiled by...
View ArticleWilliam praises 'incredible' Queen
The Duke of Cambridge has given an insight into his close relationship with the Queen, describing the long-standing monarch as "incredible". In a candid interview, William said the bond between them...
View ArticlePolice quiz pair over boy's remains
A man and woman are being questioned by detectives after the decomposing body of a three-and-a-half-year-old boy was discovered inside a family home. Police found the body of the youngster at a...
View ArticleSatellite's fall to Earth slows
A six-ton Nasa satellite on a collision course with Earth is clinging to space, apparently flipping position in its ever-lower orbit and stalling its death plunge. The old research spacecraft was on...
View ArticleSix-ton satellite falls to Earth
Nasa says that a defunct six-ton satellite has fallen from the sky. The agency posted on its official Twitter site that the spacecraft crashed through the atmosphere early on Saturday morning. A...
View ArticlePutin to run for presidency in 2012
Vladimir Putin has said he will run for Russia's presidency in 2012, almost certainly ensuring a return to the office he previously held and foreshadowing years more of a strongman rule that many in...
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