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NHS 'fails to match Euro standards'
Thousands of people may be dying unnecessarily in an NHS that "is too centralised, overly-managed by politicians and is too insulated from competition", a lobby group has said. Analysis of mortality...
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'In-depth' Litvinenko inquest plea
Lawyers for the widow of murdered Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko are to call for a detailed inquest to be held into his death. Marina Litvinenko's legal team will urge St Pancras coroner Dr...
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Think-tank backs £14bn tax breaks
The 50p top rate should be scrapped and corporation tax cut to breathe new life into the British economy, according to a think-tank. The Centre for Policy Studies is also calling for employers'...
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Group wants long-term nuclear plans
The Government must establish long-term plans for a new generation of nuclear power plants so future generations are not left dealing with its legacy, experts have urged. Ministers must work with the...
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Leaders to lock horns over economy
Party leaders are set to lock horns over the economy again after gloomy unemployment figures further fuelled concerns about the prospects for recovery. Prime Minister David Cameron, who stuck...
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Digital inheritance added to wills
Online users are leaving internet passwords in their wills as Britons amass a £2.3 billion digital inheritance, new research suggests. A poll of 2,000 adults found 25% had more than £200 worth of...
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Charity fears for family services
Disadvantaged and vulnerable families are at breaking point and services set up to support them are struggling to cope, a charity has warned. Action for Children said a mix of problems including...
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Hospitals' elderly care criticised
A fifth of NHS hospitals are breaking the law on care of the elderly, according to a new report, with two trusts given prior warnings still leaving patients without intravenous fluids and one...
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Export figures raise economic hopes
Chancellor George Osborne has received some respite as strong export growth in August signalled a better-balanced economy than previously thought. The UK's trade in goods deficit fell to a four-month...
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Site clearance 'sooner than later'
Clearance of the UK's largest travellers' site will start "sooner rather than later", Basildon Council has said. The residents of Dale Farm lost their High Court battle against eviction after trying...
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Get facts first, says PM in Fox row
Prime Minster David Cameron has suggested he would be "a weak leader" if he made a decision on Liam Fox's future before the facts about the financial affairs of his close friend and self-styled...
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Police may get extra curfew powers
Police could be given more powers to demand face coverings are removed and to impose curfews to deal with crowds in the wake of this summer's riots under plans being considered by the Home Secretary....
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Miliband calls for emergency budget
Ed Miliband has called for the Government to hold an "emergency budget" to help tackle the "economic emergency". The Labour leader said the coalition needed to show a "greater sense of urgency" to...
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Payne seeks job working for victims
The mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne has put herself forward as a candidate to replace Louise Casey as Victims' Commissioner. Sara Payne held the position of Victims' Champion for a year to...
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Jo was dreading weekend, court told
Joanna Yeates told friends she was "dreading" spending the weekend alone, hours before she was killed, a court has heard. Over a drink the 25-year-old confided in a work colleague of her fears of...
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BlackBerry users suffer more chaos
BlackBerry users will be hoping for an end to days of chaos after the smartphone's maker announced "significant improvement" to its services. Research in Motion (RIM) - the firm behind the BlackBerry...
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Campaigners win incinerator battle
Campaigners have won a High Court battle and thrown plans for a £117 million waste incinerator project in the West Country into disarray. In a judgment with important implications for new waste...
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BlackBerry user problems continue
BlackBerry users have been told there is still no end in sight to the disruption to services they have suffered this week. Research in Motion (RIM) - the firm behind the smartphones - has attracted...
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Navy medic 'objector' loses appeal
A Royal Navy medic found guilty of disobeying a lawful command by refusing to attend rifle training because of his "moral objection" to bearing arms and the war in Afghanistan has lost his appeal...
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BlackBerry services 'restored'
BlackBerry services have finally been fully restored after more than three days of disruption. Research in Motion (RIM) - the firm behind the smartphones - has attracted widespread anger after...
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