The Government's "cash for bangers" car-scrappage scheme has begun amid confusion with top-selling company Ford among some manufacturers delaying taking part.Read
A Labour MP claimed more than £10,000 for the redecoration of his London flat - which was just 11 miles from his main home - before selling for a profit, it has been reported.Read
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is ready to resume peace talks with the Palestinians immediately - so long as any agreement is contingent on their acceptance of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.Read
A member of the British National Party was officially invited to the launch of England's bid to host the football World Cup, the right-wing group has said.Read
Three social workers and managers have been suspended after a series of errors led to a disturbed teenager being placed with a family with young children he went on to sexually abuse, an inquiry has revealed.Read
Speaker Michael Martin has faced direct calls for him to quit over the Westminster expenses scandal - but refused to give any indication if he would step down.Read
A ghostly image has been snapped at a museum prompting speculation that the spirit of the English scientist Edward Jenner could be haunting his former home.Read
A last-minute hitch to the Government's "cash for bangers" car scrappage scheme has delayed delivery of cars from leading firms including Ford and Honda.Read
Esther Rantzen has said she has received a "very warm" response to her proposal to stand for election against a Labour MP criticised for her expenses claims.Read
A last-minute hitch to the Government's "cash for bangers" car scrappage scheme has delayed delivery of cars from leading firms including Ford and Honda.Read
Three social workers and managers have been suspended after a series of errors led to a disturbed teenager being placed with a family with young children he went on to sexually abuse, an inquiry has revealed.Read
The Government's "cash for bangers" car-scrappage scheme is under way with vehicle manufacturers hoping the initiative will breathe new life into the ailing motor industry.Read
Labour MP Ben Chapman said he was "extremely distressed" after an investigation was launched into claims that he was given permission by Commons authorities to claim taxpayer-funded allowances for loan interest he was no longer paying.Read
Burma riot police have ringed a notorious prison where pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to go on trial for allegedly harbouring a US man who swam to her home.Read
Appeal judges will rule on the Government's challenge to a court decision that British soldiers can be covered by human rights laws while on the battlefield.Read
More than a thousand Sri Lankans have joined protests outside the British Embassy in Colombo, burning an effigy of Foreign Secretary David Miliband.Read
The Tamil Tigers have admitted defeat in their fierce quarter-century war for a separate homeland as Sri Lankan government forces raced to clear the last pockets of rebel resistance.Read
Commons Speaker Michael Martin is to set out expenses reform plans to MPs in a bid to quell rapidly-escalating demands for him to quit over his handling of the scandal.Read
