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Chile leader flies in for UK visit
Chilean president Sebastian Pinera is flying into the UK for talks with David Cameron, fresh from greeting the last of the 33 miners to be freed after 69 days underground. The billionaire is bringing...
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Liverpool FC takeover completed
Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow believes New England Sports Ventures' conduct in their takeover of the club shows they will be good owners. NESV, owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball...
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Figures reveal long-term jobless
Nearly 200,000 people have been claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for three out of the past five years, according to "staggering" new figures. The Government said the information revealed the extent of...
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PM steps in to limit defence cuts
Prime Minister David Cameron has personally intervened to limit cuts to the defence budget in next week's comprehensive spending review. Chancellor George Osborne had ordered the Ministry of Defence...
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Warning over debt write-off firms
Consumers have been warned not to be taken in by firms which claim they can use a legal loophole to get their debts written off. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) warned people against using companies...
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Service remembers Hatfield crash
Survivors of the Hatfield rail crash will join those bereaved by the tragedy to mark the 10th anniversary of the disaster on Sunday. The four passengers killed when an express train derailed on...
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Stop and search guidance condemned
Civil rights campaigners have accused the Government of forgetting the lessons of the Macpherson Inquiry as draft guidance for police said a person's race could be used as a basis for officers to...
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'Bigger Equitable payout expected'
Victims of the near-collapse of insurer Equitable Life look set for a more generous payout than expected. Chancellor George Osborne will use Wednesday's Comprehensive Spending Review to announce...
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Handcuff demo over climate change
Twelve female protesters have handcuffed themselves to lorries which had been parked to deliberately block the main road leading to an oil refinery. Demonstrators drove the vehicles to the Coryton Oil...
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Dizaei 'paid just £750 trial costs'
Disgraced former police officer Ali Dizaei paid just £750 towards the five-figure cost of putting him on trial, it can be disclosed. Prosecutors originally demanded £64,500 after the former Scotland...
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Prescription charges 'will be cut'
The Scottish Government will press ahead with plans to scrap prescription charges entirely, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed. She said cost cannot be seen as a "barrier" to healthcare,...
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Tests on Angolan man 'inconclusive'
Tests to find out how an Angolan man died while being deported from the UK have proved inconclusive, police said. Jimy Mubenga, 46, collapsed on a plane at Heathrow airport as he waited to be taken...
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Richards 'targeted by government'
Keith Richards claims he was "targeted by the British government" when he was famously put on trial for drugs offences in 1967. The Rolling Stones guitarist and frontman Mick Jagger were both jailed...
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'No plans' to answer Gibraltar plea
There are no plans to step up Britain's naval presence off the coast of Gibraltar in response to a call for help from Chief Minister Peter Caruana, it has emerged. Mr Caruana wrote to Foreign...
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Chilean president hails Churchill
Chilean president Sebastian Pinera has arrived in the UK bearing lumps of rock from the bottom of the San Jose mine. The billionaire flew in to London's Heathrow Airport fresh from greeting the last...
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Man arrested in farm murder probe
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a farmer who is believed to have died in a botched robbery. Julian Gardner suffered multiple injuries after apparently disturbing crooks at isolated...
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Scrapping harriers would be risky'
Two former heads of the Royal Navy have warned the Government it would be "very risky" to scrap the UK's fleet of Harrier jets before new Joint Strike Fighters are ready to take their place on board...
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Rail fares 'could leap 40% by 2015'
Rail fares could rise by as much as 30% to 40% over the next four years as a result of changes to subsidies to be announced next week, it has been claimed. Transport Secretary Philip Hammond is known...
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Fuel supplies running low in France
Diesel and jet fuel supplies are running low in parts of France as the country braces itself for another nationwide protest against government plans to raise the retirement age. Fuel supplies were a...
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Prescriptions disparity sparks fury
The Scottish Government's decision to press ahead with free prescriptions has sparked anger south of the border over disparities with treatment for English patients. Scottish National Party Health...
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