Police surgery scheme reduced in Telford
A weekly police surgery in Telford, Shropshire, is being cut to once a...
View ArticlePhilippine officials blamed in report on bus hijack
Philippines President Benigno Aquino says investigators have recommended charges against at least 12 people over a bus hijacking last month...
View ArticleBedbug attack closes flagship Nike store in New York
Nike's flagship shop in New York has temporarily closed as the sportswear firm battles an infestation of bedbugs. Nike said it had "proactively" taken a decision to close the Manhattan store, which...
View ArticleFirst woman in five years due to be executed in US
Authorities in the US state of Virginia are preparing to execute a woman, the first to face the death penalty in the US for five years. Teresa Lewis conspired with two men to kill her husband and...
View ArticlePolice re-arrest Sudbury absconded killer
A man serving a 12-year sentence for manslaughter who absconded from a Derbyshire open...
View ArticleStars pays homage to Alexander McQueen
Some of the most famous names in fashion attended a...
View ArticleSeventh arrest in Crawley fight inquiry
A seventh arrest has been made after a "planned fight" in West Sussex left two men with serious head injuries. A 35-year-old man...
View ArticleSweden baffled - but rise of the right was obvious
Sweden is a baffled country today. At least seemingly so, at the surface. Every newspaper seems surprised by the fact that a populist/anti-immigration party - the Sweden Democrats - has made it into...
View ArticleMan killed by motorbike in County Durham
A man was killed when he was hit by a motorbike while walking home from a...
View ArticleSA President Zuma to face truths at ANC conference
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma will face some hard truths when the party that...
View ArticleChannel Island airline trials bad weather system
There could be fewer delays for Channel Island travellers during bad weather if new technology being trialled proves...
View ArticleWiltshire deputy chief constable facing investigation
One of Wiltshire's top policemen has been removed from his normal duties while what the force calls an "internal staff issue" is investigated....
View ArticleDriver on trial over pedestrian death at Luton Airport
A lorry driver has denied causing the death of an elderly woman outside Luton Airport in Bedfordshire by careless driving. Mary Whiting, 78, from Norwich, Norfolk, had returned from a family holiday...
View ArticleFarnham's former gasworks 'may need more soil tests'
A report on possible soil contamination at a former gasworks in Farnham may lead to more tests being carried out. Waverley council said a report on the first set of tests had been passed to the...
View ArticleTorquay man jailed for credit card fraud
A Devon man has been jailed for 16 months for storing people's credit card numbers and spending their money. Craig Guest, 28, of Newton Road,...
View ArticleShot Chelsea lawyer Mark Saunders warned of 'the end'
An alcoholic barrister who was shot dead by police during a stand-off sent a text to his friend saying, "This is the end", an inquest has heard. Mark Saunders, 32, was hit in the head and chest by...
View ArticleTributes paid to PoW campaigner Arthur Titherington
Tributes have been paid to a World War II labour camp survivor who campaigned for compensation for former Japanese prisoners of war. Arthur Titherington, from Witney, Oxfordshire, died at the weekend...
View ArticleStab victim found outside Nottingham pub
A 25-year-old man is in hospital with a stab wound after being found collapsed outside...
View ArticleOlympic visitors 'showing interest' in Ashford
Representatives from Olympic committees around the world have been visiting Ashford in their search for training camps in the run-up to London 2012. Ashford council said visitors from the USA, Canada,...
View ArticleThree arrested over injury at York rugby union match
Three rugby union players have been arrested in connection with an altercation during a match which left another player critically injured. Tuui Radrava, 30, suffered a brain injury at the...
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