Calls to save Birmingham's Appledore child safety unit
A petition has started to prevent the closure of a child protection unit run by the council which failed to prevent the death of Khyra Ishaq. Birmingham City Council was told to better protect...
View ArticleDisabled woman wins £4m damages in Essex hospital claim
A woman with severe cerebral palsy has been awarded a £4m compensation package in an agreement with an Essex hospital. The family of the 18-year-old, who cannot be identified, brought High Court...
View ArticlePakistan military taken off Washington airport plane
Pakistan's military has said it cancelled talks with American defence chiefs after a delegation sent to the US met "unwarranted" airport checks. The VIP visitors were removed from a domestic flight at...
View ArticlePhoto issued after armed raid on Essex post office
An image has been released of a man police want to speak to about an armed robbery at an Essex post office. The photograph...
View ArticleWoman killed in A64 Barton crash named by police
A 57-year-old woman who died after a collision on the A64 in North Yorkshire has been named by police. Glennis Hackney, from Bury, Lancashire, was a...
View ArticleSearch on for tiny missing Northumberland exhibits
A fingertip search is under way for 10 tiny figures missing from an exhibition in Northumberland. The little people, measuring just over an inch, were placed in the grounds of...
View ArticleHospital in Suffolk boosts number of joint replacements
More than 400 knee replacements are now carried out at a Suffolk hospital compared with only...
View ArticleMother and daughter 'found dead on bed' at home
A mother and daughter believed to have been killed by a family member were found together on a bed at their Shropshire home, an...
View ArticleCeremony to commemorate end of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'
A change of command ceremony is being held...
View ArticleGosport hospital deaths relatives want change in law
The families of patients who died at a Hampshire hospital after being given "potentially hazardous" levels of drugs are...
View ArticleTwo arrested on suspicion of murder in Swindon
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in Wiltshire after a man who was...
View ArticleQueen to name 'new QE2' cruise liner in Southampton
The Queen is to officially name the new £400m Queen Elizabeth cruise liner - seen as the successor to the QE2. The Queen will attend the ceremony in Southampton on 11 October, with the ship sailing...
View ArticleFifth arrest after anthrax found in Loughborough addict
A fifth man has been arrested in connection with the death of a heroin user from Leicestershire who was infected with anthrax. Police and the Health Protection...
View ArticleTriple bomb blasts hit Lahore Shia procession
At least three people have died and 40 been injured after three bombs...
View ArticleStudent admits rugby world cup ticket scam
A business student from Glasgow has been ordered to carry out community service for selling non-existent...
View ArticleHandover marks 'new chapter' for Iraq
US Vice-President Joe Biden has spoken at a ceremony marking the end...
View ArticleDivers steal from Holland 5 submarine off Sussex coast
Thieves have targeted a historically important submarine wreck lying in the English Channel, it has emerged. English Heritage...
View ArticleCCTV released over Huddersfield v Millwall violence
Detectives have released images of four people they want to trace in connection with violence before a football match between...
View ArticlePair's Bournemouth snooker club robbery appeal refused
Two men from NI, who were living in Bournemouth, have lost an appeal against their convictions for plotting to rob a snooker club in the town. William Grogan, 49, of Belle Vue Gardens and Alexander...
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