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Food and clothing push up inflation
A record surge in both food and clothing costs drove up the rate of inflation in November, official figures have revealed. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate of inflation was 3.3% last month, up...
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Forecasters predict white Christmas
The prospect of a white Christmas has become more likely as Britons prepare for another Arctic blast to hit the UK this week. Forecasters said snow and bitterly cold weather are on the way after a...
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Police arrest 182 over fees demos
More than 180 people have been arrested by police investigating rioting during the series of protests against rising student tuition fees. Senior officers said the vast majority of the 182 suspects...
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Hunt for Sweden bomber accomplices
Detectives are hunting the accomplices of the British-based Stockholm suicide bomber. Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28, killed himself and wounded two people in a botched attack in the Swedish capital...
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UK 'tops obesity league in Europe'
The UK has the highest level of obesity in Europe, according to an influential health study. The Association of Public Health Observatories revealed that the West Midlands was the fattest region in...
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New power plants could put bills up
Energy bills could rise by hundreds of pounds under plans for the construction of a new generation of power plants unveiled by the Government. But ministers insisted that prices would have risen...
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IPCC to probe 'attack' on protester
The police watchdog will supervise an investigation into complaints that a student fees protester was hit with a police baton, dragged from his wheelchair and pulled across the street. Jody McIntyre...
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Man charged over police stabbings
Police have charged a 30-year-old man over a knife attack in which two police officers were stabbed after they challenged a suspect during a routine bus ticket check. Scotland Yard said unemployed...
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Welfare plans 'will raise poverty'
Hundreds of thousands of people will be dragged into poverty by the Government's tax and benefit reforms, according to research. The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) forecasts an overall...
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Weather hits Christmas deliveries
Thousands of families have been warned they could be in for a miserable Christmas because online gifts may not be delivered and homes could go without heating. A backlog of around four million parcels...
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Freed Assange vows to continue work
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has vowed to "continue his work and protest his innocence" after being released on bail. The 39-year-old whistleblower was greeted outside the London's High Court by...
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Safety fears over coastguard cuts
The Government has slashed the number of 24-hour coastguard stations from 18 to three sparking fears about safety around the UK's coast. Shipping Minister Mike Penning said the major reorganisation of...
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Human rights question over fees
Charging university students up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees may contravene human rights law. The hike - agreed by MPs in the Commons last week - may be open to challenge because it could...
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Conviction upheld in Meredith case
Italy's highest criminal court has upheld the conviction and 16-year prison sentence of an Ivory Coast man for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher. The British student was found stabbed in the neck...
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Fury at crash driver's asylum win
A man whose daughter was killed by a failed asylum-seeker has spoken of his fury after he was allowed to remain in the UK. Hit-and-run driver Aso Mohammed Ibrahim, 33, an Iraqi Kurd, left 12-year-old...
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Driver's deportation win challenged
The UK Border Agency will appeal against a tribunal ruling preventing the deportation of a failed asylum seeker who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit-and-run driving incident, immigration minister...
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PM tax threat to banks over bonuses
David Cameron has threatened the banks with higher taxes if they fail to rein in lavish bonuses. The Prime Minister signalled a new focus on banking sector tax revenues, saying that unpopular...
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Patient dies after ambulance crash
A man has died after an ambulance left a country road in poor weather conditions and careered into a bush. Police said the man, aged in his early 30s, received life-threatening injuries when his Mini...
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Victims' mothers oppose jail plans
Mothers of murder victims have protested against Government proposals which they claim would see killers spending less time in prison. Members of Mothers Against Murder and Aggression (Mamaa) gathered...
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Bank denies WikiLeaks' Sudan claim
A part-nationalised British bank has said there is "no evidence" to back claims exposed in leaked US diplomatic cables that Sudan's president may have stolen £5.8 billion from his country and...
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