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Chile leader flies in for UK visit
Chilean president Sebastian Pinera is flying into the UK for talks with David Cameron, fresh from greeting the last of the 33 miners to be freed after 69 days underground. The billionaire is bringing...
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Richards 'targeted by government'
Keith Richards claims he was "targeted by the British government" when he was famously put on trial for drugs offences in 1967. The Rolling Stones guitarist and frontman Mick Jagger were both jailed...
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Volcanic ash cost airport £600,000
The eruption of an Icelandic volcano that caused disruption to flights across Europe cost an airport £600,000. East Midlands Airport said the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in May, which sent a vast...
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Handcuff demo over climate change
Twelve female protesters have handcuffed themselves to lorries which had been parked to deliberately block the main road leading to an oil refinery. Demonstrators drove the vehicles to the Coryton Oil...
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Man arrested in farm murder probe
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a farmer who is believed to have died in a botched robbery. Julian Gardner suffered multiple injuries after apparently disturbing crooks at isolated...
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Barrister tells of inquiry emotion
One of the UK's most celebrated barristers, Michael Mansfield QC, has revealed the culmination of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry was the most emotional day of his career. The leading human rights lawyer,...
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President has rock gift for Queen
Chilean president Sebastian Pinera is taking in the sights of London on the second day of his visit to the UK. The billionaire flew in to Heathrow Airport on Saturday night bearing lumps of rock from...
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Man quizzed over farmer's death
A man is being questioned by police on suspicion of murdering a farmer believed to have died in a botched robbery. Julian Gardner, 53, suffered multiple injuries after apparently disturbing crooks at...
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Rail fares 'could leap 40% by 2015'
Rail fares could rise by as much as 30% to 40% over the next four years as a result of changes to subsidies to be announced next week, it has been claimed. Transport Secretary Philip Hammond is known...
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Hundreds join oil refinery protest
Hundreds of demonstrators have blockaded the road to an oil refinery and claim to have stopped 375,000 gallons of fuel from leaving the depot. The protesters, who barricaded the road leading to the...
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Poll: Public puts trust in Tory duo
David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne enjoy a substantial advantage over their Labour counterparts in terms of public trust as they go into next week's crucial spending review, according to a...
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Over 16s 'facing child benefit cut'
David Cameron and George Osborne are putting the final touches to the most brutal public spending review in several generations amid speculation that they will scrap child benefit for over-16s. The...
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Benefits cheats 'mugging taxpayers'
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a crackdown on benefit cheats, comparing them to muggers robbing taxpayers of their hard-earned money. A new drive to tackle benefit and tax credit fraud will...
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Repeat cheats 'will lose benefits'
Repeat benefit cheats will have their welfare payments halted for up to three years as part of a tough new crackdown announced by Chancellor George Osborne. And the Chancellor said that every wrongful...
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Car ploughs into nightclub crowd
Fourteen people were taken to hospital after a car ploughed into a group of people outside a nightclub, police have said. Officers are hunting the motorist and his passenger who deliberately mounted...
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Osborne determined on spending cuts
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne says he is determined to press ahead with the Government's multi-billion programme of public spending cuts, declaring: "We have to see this through". Mr...
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World Cup vote sale claims probed
An investigation is under way into allegations that two Fifa officials offered to sell their votes to one of England's competitors in the race to host the 2018 World Cup. The Sunday Times claimed to...
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Goat sacrifice 'triggered stampede'
An argument over sacrificing goats during a Hindu festival has triggered a stampede that killed 10 people in a packed temple in northern India, officials said. More than 40,000 people, many...
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Warning over 'skinny celebrities'
Watching stick-thin female frames on television can have an impact on women's health, according to a new scientific paper. Dr Aric Sigman claims that seeing women on screen who are underweight but...
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Planes axed for aircraft carriers
Britain's aircraft carriers will be left without planes for a period because of cuts to the military budget in next week's spending review, Defence Secretary Liam Fox has confirmed. Two former heads...
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