Sugababe faces drink-driving charge
Sugababe Amelle Berrabah has been charged with drink-driving, police said. The 26-year-old singer was at the wheel of her Mercedes when she was pulled over by officers in Camden Street, north London,...
View ArticleMay to pay tribute to fallen police
The Home Secretary is expected to join hundreds of people to honour police officers killed in the line of duty. Theresa May will join police chiefs and families, friends and colleagues of the fallen...
View ArticlePolice chief broke air miles policy
One of Britain's top police officers used air miles collected during official trips to help buy flights for his family. Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates broke his own force's...
View ArticleCall to include calories on menus
The Government has called for more restaurants to print calorie information on their menus. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley urged businesses to set a target date by which they will set out the...
View ArticleMideast peace talks under threat
Israel's 10-month slowdown in West Bank settlement construction is set to end at midnight, threatening to upend the fragile new round of Mideast peace talks. Attempts to find a compromise between the...
View ArticleLib Dem MP in 'seduction' probe
A senior Liberal Democrat MP is being investigated by police following allegations he tried to seduce a vulnerable female constituent, it has been disclosed. Mike Hancock, MP for Portsmouth South, was...
View ArticleGreen activists in oil ship protest
Environmental activists have swum in front of an oil drill ship in a fresh attempt to halt its operations. Greenpeace said campaigners wearing drysuits dived into the North Sea one day after legal...
View ArticleTributes paid to fallen police
Society must never forget the selfless sacrifice of police officers who have given their lives in the line of duty, a memorial service on Sunday heard. Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford...
View ArticleBriton 'missing in Afghanistan'
The Foreign Office is investigating the disappearance of a British national in Afghanistan, a spokeswoman said. It is not known which area of the country the Briton was in when they went missing. The...
View ArticleEd Miliband vows 'no lurch left'
Ed Miliband on Sunday declared the New Labour era over, but insisted the party would not embark on a "lurch to the left" under his leadership. Mr Miliband was cheered on to the stage as he made his...
View ArticleWaitrose vows to match Tesco prices
Supermarket Waitrose has announced plans to take on rival Tesco by matching its prices on 1,000 branded products. It is the first time the upmarket chain has adopted price-matching tactics associated...
View ArticleBarclays offering prisoner accounts
Barclays is to become the first major bank to offer basic accounts to prisoners reaching the end of their sentence, an ex-offenders association has said. The bank is working with Unlock, the National...
View ArticleEx-rugby league star found dead
Former Great Britain Rugby League star Terry Newton was found hanged after worried friends alerted police. Newton, 31, was sacked by Wakefield earlier this year after being handed a two-year...
View ArticleMan on NI terror-related charges
A man has been charged with a series of terrorism related offences linked to dissident republicanism after police uncovered a major haul of guns in Northern Ireland. The 54-year-old was arrested in...
View ArticleLib Dem MP denies 'seduction' claim
A senior Liberal Democrat MP has denied allegations he tried to seduce a vulnerable female constituent. A spokesman for Mike Hancock, MP for Portsmouth South, said all he did was "offer help and...
View ArticleHague presses Israel on settlements
Britain has renewed calls on Israel to extend a moratorium on settlement building in the West Bank amid fears the expiry of the 10-month ban could scupper Middle East peace efforts. Foreign Secretary...
View ArticleNearly 10% of Labour votes spoiled
Nearly 10% of votes cast in the Labour leadership election did not count. More than 36,500 of the 375,000 ballots were declared spoiled by officials. The overwhelming majority of those came in the...
View ArticleDavid Miliband to face conference
All eyes will be on David Miliband as he takes to the stage at the Labour Party conference amid intense speculation about his future. The vanquished Labour leadership hopeful has been keeping a low...
View ArticleSearch for kidnapped UK aid worker
British officials are in contact with the family of an aid worker, believed to be Scottish and in her 30s, who was abducted in Afghanistan and are urgently trying to resolve the matter. Tim Waite, a...
View ArticleCall to scrap child vetting system
The Government must scrap the vetting system for people working with children and vulnerable adults or risk creating a broader culture of fear that will "poison the relationship between the...
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