Warm weather gives Britain a boost
Britain will bask in an Indian summer this week with temperatures set to soar to as high as 28C, weather forecasters predicted. High pressure currently over Europe is set to drift northwards bringing...
View ArticleNo promises on spending now - Balls
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls insisted he could make no promises now to reverse coalition tax rises and spending cuts in four years' time. In an attempt to restore Labour's credibility on the public...
View ArticleSix face court on terror charges
Six men are due to appear in court accused of terror offences. The men, all from Birmingham, were charged on Sunday night after being arrested in a major operation by the West Midlands Counter...
View ArticleFootsie slips amid eurozone fears
The London stock market continued to slide as traders digested emerging details of a multitrillion-pound eurozone rescue plan. The FTSE 100 Index was nearly 2% lower as crisis talks between world...
View ArticleNew chief pledges 'total policing'
Britain's most senior police chief has said that Scotland Yard will be a service criminals fear, as he rose before dawn to meet officers and staff across the capital on his first day in office....
View ArticleMen held in Kenya 'were undercover'
Three British men arrested in Kenya reportedly on suspicion of terrorist activities were working undercover for a private intelligence firm, their company has said. Nick Cryne, 30, Niall Young, 34,...
View ArticleMarkets nervous about euro rescue
European markets have seen more volatility as traders digested a multitrillion-pound emergency plan being drawn up to rescue the euro. It is thought the package, costing up to three trillion euro...
View ArticleDrug contamination accused remanded
A man has been remanded in custody accused of contaminating packs of the painkiller Nurofen Plus with anti-psychotic and anti-epileptic drugs. Christopher McGuire, 30, of no fixed address, appeared in...
View ArticleBalls sets out five-point plan
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has set out a five-point plan to kick-start the flagging economy, including help for home-owners and small businesses. Mr Balls called on the Government to slash VAT on home...
View ArticleFire victims mourned at assembly
Hundreds of school children have gathered for an assembly in memory of two "wonderful" teenage girls who were killed with their mother and three younger siblings in a house fire. Grieving youngsters...
View ArticleMan remanded over terror charges
One of six men accused of terror offences has appeared in court and been remanded in custody. Mohammed Rizwan, 32, from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, appeared at West London Magistrates' Court charged with...
View ArticleTravellers win Dale Farm reprieve
Residents have won a temporary reprieve in their long-running battle to stay on the UK's biggest illegal travellers' site. A judge ruled that residents of Dale Farm near Basildon in Essex were...
View ArticleBoy, two, dies in balcony fall
A two-year-old boy has died after falling from a third-floor balcony. Devon and Cornwall Police said the child was taken to hospital by ambulance after falling from a building in Torquay, Devon, on...
View ArticleLockerbie case closed, says Libya
The Lockerbie bombing case is closed, Libya's transitional justice minister has said. Mohammed al-Alagi noted that the only man convicted in the case, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was freed on...
View ArticleSix men remanded on terror charges
Six men accused of terror offences have been remanded in custody over an alleged UK suicide bombing plot. Some of the defendants are accused of wanting to be suicide bombers, having trained for terror...
View ArticleFamily fire victims killed by fumes
Six people killed in a house fire died from inhalation of fumes, post mortem examinations have found. Mother Muna Elmufatish, 41, and five children perished in the blaze in the early hours of...
View ArticleLondon shares recover after fall
London's top shares index has swung wildly as jumpy investors digested emerging details of a eurozone rescue plan which would reportedly allow Greece to default on half its debts. The FTSE 100 Index...
View ArticleTravellers hail latest reprieve
Residents of Dale Farm are celebrating another reprieve that has raised their hopes that they can remain living on the UK's biggest illegal travellers' site. A High Court judge granted scores of...
View ArticleUK undercover trio fined in Kenya
Three British men arrested in Kenya - reportedly on suspicion of terrorist activities - have been fined by a court in the east African country. Nick Cryne, 30, Niall Young, 34, and Ben Hope, 27, today...
View ArticleLabour offers tax breaks for growth
Labour has offered tax breaks to homeowners and small businesses as part of a five-point plan to boost growth which shadow chancellor Ed Balls said could help Britain avoid a decade of economic...
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