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Tomato stunt costs council £24,000
A former city mayor is ruing an expensive slip-up after his failure to vault a giant human tomato cost his council £24,000. Jim Rodgers accidentally kicked Belfast City Council employee Lorraine...
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Universities 'face cuts of £4.2bn'
University bosses have been warned their budgets could be slashed by £4.2 billion in the Government's spending review, it has been disclosed. In a leaked email to vice-chancellors, Steve Smith,...
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MacAskill: I answer to Holyrood
The man who controversially freed the Lockerbie bomber has insisted he is accountable to the Scottish Parliament and "no other". US senators had wanted to question Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny...
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UK aid worker kidnapped in Somalia
A British consultant working for Save the Children in Somalia was abducted by masked gunmen on Thursday night along with his native colleague, the aid agency has said. The pair were taken from a guest...
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Liverpool FC takeover deal 'done''
New England Sports Ventures has completed the £300million takeover of Liverpool. The owner of the Boston Red Sox has taken control of the club after Tom Hicks and George Gillett were defeated in their...
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Date set for firefighters' strike
Firefighters are to stage two eight-hour strikes in the capital in a row over new contracts, it has been announced. Members of the Fire Brigades Union in London will walk out from 10am on October 23...
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'No Scientology aid', Pickles urges
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has urged councils not to give special tax breaks running into hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Church of Scientology. Mr Pickles said he did not believe the...
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Figures reveal long-term jobless
Nearly 200,000 people have been claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for three out of the past five years, according to "staggering" new figures. The Government said the information revealed the extent of...
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Liverpool FC takeover completed
Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow believes New England Sports Ventures' conduct in their takeover of the club shows they will be good owners. NESV, owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball...
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PM steps in to limit defence cuts
Prime Minister David Cameron has personally intervened to limit cuts to the defence budget in next week's comprehensive spending review. Chancellor George Osborne had ordered the Ministry of Defence...
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Tests due on blaze death woman
Detectives investigating the death of a young woman found on fire behind a house are expecting the results of a post-mortem examination. The 23 year old, thought to have been pregnant, was found with...
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Fixing botched gas jobs costs £100m
Rectifying botched illegal gas jobs is costing customers £100 million a year, the Gas Safe Register has said. The register, which replaced the Corgi registration scheme in April 2009, said illegal gas...
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Service remembers Hatfield crash
Survivors of the Hatfield rail crash will join those bereaved by the tragedy to mark the 10th anniversary of the disaster on Sunday. The four passengers killed when an express train derailed on...
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'Bigger Equitable payout expected'
Victims of the near-collapse of insurer Equitable Life look set for a more generous payout than expected. Chancellor George Osborne will use Wednesday's Comprehensive Spending Review to announce...
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Stop and search guidance condemned
Civil rights campaigners have accused the Government of forgetting the lessons of the Macpherson Inquiry as draft guidance for police said a person's race could be used as a basis for officers to...
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Warning over debt write-off firms
Consumers have been warned not to be taken in by firms which claim they can use a legal loophole to get their debts written off. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) warned people against using companies...
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SNP: Prescription charges to be cut
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is due to confirm that the Scottish Government is to axe prescription charges - despite looming cuts in public spending. The Nationalist administration has been...
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Prescriptions disparity sparks fury
The Scottish Government's decision to press ahead with free prescriptions has sparked anger south of the border over disparities with treatment for English patients. Scottish National Party Health...
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Dizaei 'paid just £750 trial costs'
Disgraced former police officer Ali Dizaei paid just £750 towards the five-figure cost of putting him on trial, it can be disclosed. Prosecutors originally demanded £64,500 after the former Scotland...
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Tests on Angolan man 'inconclusive'
Tests to find out how an Angolan man died while being deported from the UK have proved inconclusive, police said. Jimy Mubenga, 46, collapsed on a plane at Heathrow airport as he waited to be taken...
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