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BP boss shuns Lockerbie hearing
The outgoing chief executive of BP has refused US officials' requests to appear at a hearing next month over the release of the Libyan man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie. Tony...
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England player wins 'gagging order'
An England footballer has won a continuation of a High Court gagging order preventing the "misuse" of private information about him. The ruling was made by Mr Justice Kenneth Parker, sitting in...
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Fugitive tycoon back on UK soil
Asil Nadir has returned to Britain to face fraud charges after 17 years on the run, declaring he had a "little injustice to sort out". The fugitive tycoon said he was confident he would clear his name...
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Councils urged to 'cut the clutter'
The Government has urged councils to cut street clutter by getting rid of unnecessary signs, railings and advertising hoardings. Ministers are worried the character of urban spaces is being damaged....
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'Derisory' Iraq inquiry blasted
Campaigners have claimed that the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War had paid only "derisory" attention to Iraqi casualties in the conflict. The UK-based Iraq Body Count project, which compiles figures...
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Jack McConnell to quit parliament
Former first minister Jack McConnell has announced he will leave the Scottish Parliament at the next election. The Motherwell and Wishaw MSP - now known as Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale - said the...
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Terror risk 'from targeted inmates'
The radicalisation of Muslims in British prisons could produce hundreds of home-grown terrorists as the UK faces threats from lone bombers and assassins sent out to try their luck, experts have said....
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'Tougher' GCSE science papers call
This summer's GCSE science papers were still too easy, the head of England's exams regulator has warned. More work is needed to toughen up the qualification and rectify inconsistent standards between...
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Cameron warned over Trident funding
Defence manufacturers have urged David Cameron to clear up "confusion" over how the replacement of Britain's nuclear deterrent would be funded. Uncertainty about whether the successor to Trident would...
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Thompson to challenge BBC's critics
BBC Director General Mark Thompson is expected to deliver a "head-on" challenge to the corporation's critics in a keynote speech on Friday night. He is among the great and the good of the broadcasting...
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Ruling due on 7/7 legal aid bid
The High Court rules on Friday on a bid by the widow of a suicide bomber to overturn a decision to refuse her legal aid for representation at the upcoming inquest into the deaths of 52 people in the...
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Firefighters to vote over contracts
Firefighters in the UK's biggest brigade will start voting on Friday on whether to take industrial action in a row over new contracts. Thousands of members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in London...
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PM security review over 'near miss'
Downing Street has been asked to review security arrangements because insurgents apparently tried to bring down David Cameron's helicopter in Afghanistan. An RAF Chinook transporting the Prime...
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Spy 'may have known his killer'
The private life of a British code breaker found dead in his flat is being investigated amid speculation that he could have died during a sex game gone wrong. Detectives investigating the murder of...
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Several injured in motorway crash
Several people have been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a motorway pile-up involving eight vehicles, emergency services said. The accident occurred on the northbound carriageway...
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Figures show rise in weight-loss op
Health experts have warned of obesity's "overwhelming" burden on the NHS as figures showed a 785% rise in weight-loss surgery. Some doctors are "skirting around the rules" and not insisting on months...
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Trapped miners 'upbeat' in video
The 33 men trapped in a copper mine in Chile have been shown to be alive and kicking, singing and shouting "long live Chile" and "long live the miners" in a video broadcast on national television. The...
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Hospital sorry for plaster blunder
A hospital has apologised and launched an investigation after medical staff plastered the wrong arm of a two-year-old girl. Honey Wight was taken to the accident and emergency department of...
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Massive rise in weight-loss ops
Health experts have warned of obesity's "overwhelming" burden on the NHS as figures showed a 785% rise in weight-loss surgery. Some doctors are "skirting around the rules" and not insisting on months...
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UK economic growth revised upwards
Britain's economy grew 1.2% in the second quarter of the year, a faster pace than first thought and at a rate not seen for nine years, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics...
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