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Yorkshire Ripper seeks term review
Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe will challenge a High Court judge's order that he can never be released. Mr Justice Mitting announced his decision in London on July 16, ruling that the serial killer...
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Councils 'spending £315m on CCTV'
Councils spent at least £315 million on installing and operating CCTV cameras over the last three years, according to campaigners. Birmingham City Council, home of the controversial Project Champion...
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Prince 'criticised France and US'
The Duke of York's role as trade ambassador is at the centre of controversy after a leaked document showed how he criticised France and America and condemned "idiotic" anti-corruption investigators...
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25% of farmers 'below poverty line'
A quarter of farming households live below the poverty line, the Government's rural watchdog said as it urged ministers to help farmers access benefits and develop their businesses. The poorest 25% of...
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Fees demos 'may scare off students'
Protests against proposed increases in tuition fees risk scaring young people from poor backgrounds off going to university, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has warned. In a letter to the National...
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Student shoots himself in stand-off
A student armed with a handgun held nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage in a US high school for about five hours before shooting himself when police broke into the classroom. Officers who...
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Big freeze set to engulf all of UK
The big freeze is expected to engulf the whole of Britain with forecasters predicting snowfall and subzero temperatures in almost every corner of the country. Freezing Arctic conditions that have...
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Arctic Britain blanketed with snow
Snow showers have swept across almost all of Britain as bitter easterly winds continued to bring Arctic conditions to the country. Almost every corner of the UK woke up to between 0.8in (2cm) and 4in...
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Platini plays down Fifa bribe probe
Uefa president Michel Platini says England's 2018 World Cup bid will not be affected by the Panorama investigation into alleged Fifa bribes. The BBC documentary accused three Fifa executive committee...
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School siege gunman shoots himself
A student armed with a handgun held nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage in a US high school for about five hours before shooting himself when police broke into the classroom, authorities...
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New public health approach planned
The Government will take a "less intrusive" approach to public health - nudging people rather than restricting their choices, the Health Secretary is due to say. Andrew Lansley will set out plans for...
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Coroner rules out Baby P inquest
An inquest into the death of Baby P will not go ahead, a coroner has ruled. The 17-month-old, now named as Peter Connelly, died at the hands of his mother Tracey, her sadistic boyfriend Steven Barker...
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Household spending down amid slump
UK household spending has fallen for the first time in almost a decade, the Office for National Statistics has said. Family Spending, the annual report from the ONS, found that in 2009 the average...
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Football chief faces 'bribe' probe
Claims of corruption made against Fifa vice-president Issa Hayatou in a BBC documentary are to be investigated by the International Olympic Committee. Hayatou is also an IOC member and the Panorama...
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Extra duty on high-strength beer
Taxes on high-strength beers and lagers are to be increased as part of a drive to encourage responsible drinking. The additional duty will come into effect from autumn 2011 and will be imposed on beer...
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Closed 7/7 inquests plea 'hopeless'
MI5's argument that the coroner for the 7/7 inquests has powers to hold closed sessions to hear top secret evidence has been dismissed as "hopeless" by a senior judge. Coroner Lady Justice Hallett...
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Ripper seeks 'finite' prison term
Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe's mental disorder justified a minimum jail term of a "finite" number of years instead of an order than he should never be released, Court of Appeal judges have heard....
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Cable 'would abstain in fees vote'
The Cabinet minister in charge of tuition fees will abstain in a key vote on the Government's policy if that is what fellow Liberal Democrat MPs decide to do as a group, he said. Business Secretary...
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12% surge in hate crimes revealed
More than 50,000 hate crimes were reported across England, Wales and Northern Ireland last year, figures show. These included more than 43,000 race-related crimes and almost 5,000 incidents motivated...
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Royal Mail beats delivery targets
Targets for delivering first and second-class letters on time have been beaten in recent months, the Royal Mail has revealed. A total of 93.7% of first-class mail was delivered the next working day...
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