Man jailed for mobile phone murder
A killer has been jailed for stabbing to death his teenage nephew after a petty argument over a mobile phone. Alan Cooper knifed 14-year-old Jordan in front of the victim's grandmother - the killer's...
View ArticleMore legal challenges on Dale Farm
The possibility of the long-running battle over the future of the UK's largest illegal travellers' site being settled quickly has been put in doubt at the High Court. A judge was told more legal...
View ArticleLight speed 'outpaced by particles'
British scientists are to investigate astounding results which suggest Einstein was wrong when he said nothing could travel faster than light. Teams in the US and Japan are expected to re-run an...
View ArticleCouple quizzed over dead child
A man and a woman are being questioned by police after the decomposed body of a young child was found in a house. Officers made the grim discovery when they were called to the terraced property in...
View ArticleLabour urges emergency G20 meeting
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called for an emergency meeting of the G20 group of rich nations to agree "a plan for growth" to steer the global economy back towards recovery. Mr Miliband's demand came...
View ArticleBritain looks set for Indian summer
Britain is in for an Indian summer which may see temperatures soar up to 27C next week, according to meteorologists. Forecasters at the Met Office say there are signs that suggest there will be...
View ArticleClues point to Knox guilt - lawyer
"All clues" point to Amanda Knox's guilt in the murder of Meredith Kercher, prosecutors have said as they urged jurors in her appeal to consider the victim's family. Making his closing speech,...
View ArticleNews Corp faces US hacking lawsuit
American lawyers are set to launch action against News Corporation over the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Proceedings will be lodged in New York next week in a bid to seek statements from...
View Article13 years for murder bid student
An A-level student who launched a ferocious knife attack on his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend near her school gates has been sentenced to 13 years in youth custody. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard that...
View ArticleFootsie up after turbulent week
Britain's leading shares index has brought a turbulent week to a close as world leaders failed to ease global recession fears. The FTSE 100 Index lost 5.6% or £78 billion from its value this week,...
View ArticleTraveller site injunction extended
Residents facing the threat of eviction from the UK's largest illegal travellers' site have been given more breathing space over the weekend. A judge continued an existing injunction until 4pm on...
View ArticleMan held over contaminated Nurofen
A man has been arrested by police investigating how packs of Nurofen Plus were found to contain anti-psychotic and anti-epileptic drugs, Scotland Yard said. The 30-year-old is from Bromley in south...
View ArticleLocals baffled as boy's body found
People in a quiet suburban street have said they could not understand how a family may have been living in a house with the decomposing body of a young boy. Police made the grim discovery of the body...
View ArticleDetails of miners' deaths revealed
Four miners killed in a tragic colliery disaster were all exposed to flooded pit contents under pressure, post-mortem examinations have revealed. Detailed examination results relating to each man are...
View ArticleCoulson to sue over legal fees
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson is suing News Group Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International, over their decision to stop paying his legal fees. Mr Coulson resigned from his...
View ArticleSecurity Council sent Palestine bid
The Palestinian statehood application has been relayed to the Security Council, the United Nations spokesman's office said. Washington has threatened to veto the measure if the Palestinians can muster...
View ArticleOsborne sets debt crisis deadline
Eurozone countries have just six weeks to devise a long-promised solution to the debt crisis, Chancellor George Osborne has warned. Mr Osborne said a meeting of the G20 nations in France in November...
View ArticleFirst-time buyers younger in north
First-time buyers are four years younger on average in the North, Wales and Scotland than in London, according to a new report. The average age for a first time-buyer is 28 in these areas, compared...
View ArticleLabour sets out energy split plans
Giant energy firms should be forced to pool all the electricity and gas they produce to encourage smaller operators to join the market and force down spiralling domestic bills, plans to be unveiled by...
View ArticleMan held over Nurofen drug mix-up
A man has been arrested by police investigating how packs of Nurofen Plus were found to contain anti-psychotic and anti-epileptic drugs, Scotland Yard said. The 30-year-old is from Bromley in south...
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