Girl died trying to save boyfriend
The family of a teenage girl who drowned in a canal has said she died trying to save her boyfriend. Sara Rylance, 17, and Fayz Uddin, 18, died in hospital on Wednesday night after being pulled from...
View ArticleCity protesters face legal action
Anti-capitalists camped outside St Paul's have been told they will face legal action to evict them as the cathedral reopened after being forced to close for a week because of the protests. St Paul's...
View ArticleForces coming home after Libya job
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has congratulated British military personnel on a "job well done" in Libya as they were given the green light to come home. Mr Hammond approved the immediate return of...
View ArticleSordid sex life of killer revealed
Vincent Tabak turned from sordid voyeur to murderer after becoming obsessed with images of women being strangled during sex, it can be revealed. He also paid a prostitute having trawled escort and...
View ArticleFamily's regrets over death penalty
Joanna Yeates's parents have said they wished their daughter's killer could have been given capital punishment after a jury found him guilty of her murder. In a statement read by police outside court,...
View ArticleHuhne police seek more evidence
Prosecutors have asked police to obtain more evidence over allegations that Energy Secretary Chris Huhne dodged a speeding penalty. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had requested additional...
View ArticleDepraved Tabak gets life for murder
Joanna Yeates's murderer Vincent Tabak was obsessed with images of women being strangled during sex, it can now be revealed. The killer was jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years after a jury...
View ArticleSean 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...
View ArticleWomen gain equal succession rights
Prince William's first child will follow him on to the throne whether it is a girl or a boy, after agreement was reached on historic constitutional changes to end gender discrimination in the rules of...
View ArticleHiggins declared Irish president
Ireland's ninth president will be Labour's Michael D Higgins after the first official count gave the veteran politician 40% of the vote. The resounding victory - 701,101 votes out of 1.77 million -...
View ArticleCriminals' benefits set to be hit
Benefit claimants who break the law will be stripped of up to five times as much state cash per week in fines in a clampdown ordered by David Cameron in the wake of the summer's riots. Courts will be...
View ArticleHiggins comeback wins presidency
Michael D Higgins will be Ireland's ninth president after one of the most remarkable political comebacks in the history of the state. The Labour Party veteran, poet and campaigner, seized an...
View ArticleCharter passengers in plane dispute
Police were called to an aeroplane at Birmingham Airport after a "civil dispute" broke out between passengers and an airline, a force has said. A West Midlands Police spokesman said officers boarded...
View ArticleTabak should hang, say Jo's parents
The parents of Joanna Yeates have spoken of their regret that Vincent Tabak will not hang after he was found guilty of her murder. Instead they hope the rest of his life would be "a living hell". The...
View ArticleCameron seeks human rights progress
David Cameron was pressing for progress on a range of human rights issues as he embarked on a second day of summit meetings with fellow Commonwealth leaders amid continued disputes over key issues....
View ArticleBid to let there be 'more' light
The clocks go back for what could be the last time - but only if the Scots agree. British Summer Time ends at 2am, but if a new Daylight Saving Bill which has received ministerial backing goes ahead...
View ArticlePublic 'wants UK powers returned'
More than two thirds of the public wants the coalition to claw back powers from Brussels, according to a poll. And a majority would support refusing to sign any new European treaty unless that...
View Article80,000 seek Christmas post jobs
The Royal Mail has received over 80,000 applications for 18,000 seasonal Christmas jobs, thousands more than last year, new figures have showed. The postal group said it was delighted with the strong...
View ArticleEmpire Medal to be brought back
A medal for local heroes scrapped by John Major in 1993 as part of his bid to make the honours system "classless" is to be revived, David Cameron has announced. Hundreds of British Empire Medals (BEM)...
View ArticleBid to evict St Paul's protesters
Anti-capitalist protesters camped outside St Paul's are facing legal action to evict them after the cathedral finally reopened following a week of closure. St Paul's and the City of London Corporation...
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