Breaking News: Man lands after 23-mile skydive
Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has landed on Earth after a jump from the stratosphere in what could be the world's first supersonic skydive.
View ArticleBreaking News: Skydiver's record 24 mile leap
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed safely on Earth after a 24-mile jump from the stratosphere in a dramatic, record-breaking feat that may also have marked the world's first supersonic skydive.
View ArticleBreaking News: Government plans to share debt data
Fresh legislation could be introduced allowing Whitehall departments to share details on people and businesses that owe them money, to help cut the Government's losses to unpaid debt.
View ArticleBreaking News: Warning against surgery age limits
Thousands of elderly patients are needlessly dying because they are being denied treatment on the grounds of their age, a report has found.
View ArticleBreaking News: Government 'for Kafkaesque justice'
The Government wants a "secret justice system straight from the pages of a Kafka novel", a leading human rights group has said.
View ArticleBreaking News: Report: Families £8 a month poorer
Families are £8 a month worse off than they were a year ago as the pressure on their finances tightens its grip, a report has found.
View ArticleBreaking News: UK recovery reliant on consumers
Consumers will have to prop up the economic recovery over the next year if the UK is to weather the storms facing exporters, a leading forecaster has said.
View ArticleBreaking News: Free childcare funding warning
Nurseries and childminders are not receiving enough cash to cover the cost of providing the Government's free childcare places, campaigners have said.
View ArticleBreaking News: Cameron to sign referendum deal
The Prime Minister is expected to sign a deal with Scotland's First Minister granting Holyrood the power to hold a historic referendum on independence.
View ArticleBreaking News: Government 'to use EU opt-out'
Home Secretary Theresa May is to tell MPs that the Government intends to opt out of a raft of EU police and justice measures.
View ArticleUK & World News: Essex fire: Father fough hard to save his family from...
A MAN who lost his wife and four children in a suspected arson attack on their home “fought hard to save his family in appalling conditions”, police said.
View ArticleBreaking News: Shot girl arrives in UK for care
A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen for speaking out about suffering under the regime has arrived in the UK for treatment.
View ArticleBreaking News: Labour MPs keep heat on Mitchell
Embattled Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell has returned to the Commons front line for the first time since his foul-mouthed row with Downing Street police and was soon reminded of his troubles by Labour MPs.
View ArticleBreaking News: May details EU crime laws opt-out
The Government plans to opt out of a series of European criminal justice measures, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.
View ArticleNorth Wales News: One airlifted to hospital as crash closes A525 in North Wales
One person has been airlifted to hospital after a 2-car collision on the A525 between Brookhouse on the outskirts of Denbigh and Llanrhaeadr.
View ArticleUK & World News: Maria Miller dismisses calls for independent probe into...
CULTURE Secretary Maria Miller has dismissed calls for an independent inquiry into the Jimmy Savile scandal – but took a swipe at the BBC for failing to broadcast its own television investigation into...
View ArticleNorth Wales News: Man suffers serious injuries in North Wales landfill site...
A man in his 40s today suffered serious stomach injuries after an accident at a landfill site.
View ArticleBreaking News: Montezemolo dismisses Vettel reports
Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has denied reports claiming that Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel has agreed to join the team in 2014 by saying he does not want "two roosters in the same...
View ArticleBreaking News: Independent Savile probe ruled out
Culture Secretary Maria Miller has dismissed calls for an independent inquiry into the Jimmy Savile scandal but took a swipe at the BBC for failing to broadcast its own television investigation into...
View ArticleBreaking News: MPs face gold-plated pensions cut
MPs face having their gold-plated pensions slashed as part of a root-and-branch review of their pay and perks, it has been revealed.
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