Nov 07 2009 | National News
The head of the new watchdog charged with cleaning up Parliament is at the centre of a political firestorm after it emerged that he may scrap key elements of the plan to overhaul the system of MPs' expenses. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered an embarrassing rebuff when he floated the prospect of a new tax worldwide, only to have it flatly and publicly rejected by the United States and other major financial players. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
The identity of two British ticketholders who shared a massive £90 million jackpot in Friday night's Euromillions draw was still a mystery as the cash remained unclaimed. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
The killing of five British soldiers by an Afghan policeman must not prevent co-operation between the two nations, the commander of British forces in Afghanistan said. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
A British father shot dead in a US bar was just "in the wrong place, at the wrong time", his family said. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Police have launched a murder hunt after a devoted mother of nine died saving her son from a house fire started by a firework pushed through her letterbox in Bodmin, Cornwall. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Muggers punched a two-year-old girl in the head as they demanded money from her mother, Scotland Yard said. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
A Palestinian uncle of the Fort Hood shooting suspect said that his nephew loved America and wanted to serve his country, but his work as a military psychiatrist drove him to tears. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Cannabis plants worth more than £1 million have been seized by police in one of the biggest finds of the drug in Essex. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
A British man has been shot dead after a gunman opened fire after walking into a bar in the United States. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Government plans to slash legal aid fees to barristers would be disastrous, the chairman of the Bar Council has warned. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Gordon Brown has called for a new global "economic and social contract" with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Police are treating the death of a woman in a house fire sparked by a firework as murder, and warned the culprits that they will be caught. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Union leaders have served formal notice of a ballot among thousands of British Airways cabin crew in a dispute over new contracts and job cuts. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
There have been accusations of a "behind-the-scenes stitch-up" following reports that key elements of the proposed plan to clean up the system of MPs' expenses could be scrapped. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Detectives have said they are still actively looking for the killer of a 13-year-old schoolgirl on the 15th anniversary of the day she went missing. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Two British ticketholders shared a massive £90 million jackpot in Friday night's Euromillions draw, Camelot said. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas has been questioned by police in connection with a drink-drive collision. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Every town should have an elected police commissioner responsible for meeting the needs of local people, a think tank said. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
The sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser has caused "serious concern" among the scientific community, the Science Minister Lord Drayson has acknowledged. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
The sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser has caused "serious concern" among the scientific community, the Science Minister Lord Drayson has acknowledged. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
The military psychiatrist responsible for a shooting spree that left 13 dead remains in a coma, frustrating attempts to work out what made him kill. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
A soldier will take on beauty contest duties after the original Miss England relinquished her crown following her arrest over an apparent nightclub brawl. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Leading finance ministers and bank governors will get down to business at the G20 summit as they try to nurse the global economy back to health. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
The UN Security Council has joined calls on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate". Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Scotland Yard's riot squad has received more than 5,000 complaint allegations, mostly for "oppressive behaviour", it has emerged. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Every town should have an elected police commissioner responsible for meeting the needs of local people, a think tank said. Read
Nov 07 2009 | National News
Three former defence chiefs have launched a scathing attack on Gordon Brown's Afghanistan policy. Read