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Warning over flood defence funding
A "huge funding gap" is opening up between the money needed to maintain flood defences and the cash coming from Government, it has been warned. A National Audit Office report said the Environment...
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Ex-MP on £80,000 expenses charges
Former Labour MP Margaret Moran is due to appear in court charged with fiddling her expenses by around £80,000. The 56-year-old, who represented Luton South, sobbed in the dock last month when she...
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Reading test 'a waste of money'
The Government's new reading test for six-year-olds is a waste of taxpayers' money that will fail to identify youngsters' needs, literacy experts have warned. In an open letter to Education Secretary...
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NHS patient data 'put on Facebook'
Personal details, including a photograph of a patient, have been put on Facebook as the confidentiality of NHS records is breached five times every week, figures show. There were more than 800...
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Crime-mapping website has expanded
People can now see how their police force compares to others in England and Wales as the Government's crime-mapping website has expanded. Anyone logging on to the police.uk site can now check the...
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Royal women to get equal rights
Female members of the Royal Family are to be given equality with men in the rules of succession to the throne, under historic constitutional changes agreed unanimously by the 16 nations of which Queen...
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Jury out again in Joanna trial
The jury in the Joanna Yeates murder trial is considering its verdict for a third day. Mr Justice Field has urged the six men and six women trying her neighbour Vincent Tabak at Bristol Crown Court to...
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PM voices concern at directors' pay
Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed concern after research showed directors at the country's top firms have seen their pay rise by 49% in the past year. Despite rising unemployment and falling...
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Moran faces expenses trial in April
A former Labour MP accused of fiddling her parliamentary expenses could stand trial next spring. Margaret Moran, 56, who represented Luton South, did not appear at London's Southwark Crown Court for a...
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Assange to hear extradition ruling
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will learn next week if he has won or lost his High Court bid to block extradition to Sweden where he faces sex crime allegations. Lawyers for the 40-year-old...
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IPCC launch inquiry over conduct
The police watchdog has launched a "corruption" inquiry following allegations that an officer conspired to pervert the course of justice. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is...
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St Paul's closure 'very concerning'
David Cameron has described the continued closure of St Paul's Cathedral as "very concerning" and urged the authorities to resolve the stand-off with protesters camped outside. The Prime Minister...
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MP's wife sentenced for cat snatch
An MP's wife has been given a nine-month suspended jail sentence for snatching a kitten from the home of her husband's mistress. Christine Hemming, 53, from Moseley, Birmingham, was convicted of...
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Legal bid to move St Paul's protest
Legal action will be taken to evict protesters camped outside St Paul's Cathedral, the City of London Corporation has announced. The planning and transport committee voted to go ahead with court...
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Time change plan 'needs consensus'
The Government is ready to back plans for clocks in the UK to go forward by one hour all year round, but only if Scotland agrees to the change. Prime Minister David Cameron said he is "interested" in...
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Jo jury can reach majority verdict
The jury in the Joanna Yeates murder trial has been told it can reach a majority verdict. Mr Justice Field has told the the six men and six women he will now accept a majority of 10 to two as they...
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Riot-blaze accused admits burglary
A man accused of starting a fire that destroyed a 144-year-old family-run furniture shop during the riots has admitted burgling two chain stores. Gordon Edward Thompson has pleaded guilty to burgling...
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Tabak convicted of Joanna murder
Twisted killer Vincent Tabak has been found guilty of murdering Joanna Yeates for sexual thrills. He faces life behind bars for strangling his next-door neighbour before spinning a web of lies and...
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Judges in warning over mob violence
Demonstrators who take part in mob violence were warned to expect "significant" sentences by judges as they rejected a plea by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's son that a 16-month jail term...
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Sean Gallagher concedes to Higgins
Independent candidate for the Irish presidency and one-time opinion poll-topper Sean Gallagher has conceded defeat to the Labour Party's Michael D Higgins. Businessman Mr Gallagher, a former member...
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