Communities are bracing themselves for 'bombshell' news on the locations of hundreds of new and upgraded gipsy camps across the country. Work on some of the proposed 7,500 extra pitches - some able to accommodate up to three families - will get the go-ahead within weeks under a controversial £97million scheme.
The BBC was being bombarded by thousands of complaints from Strictly Come Dancing fans today after 'dancing pig' John Sergeant quit the competition.
A father died after a single mouthful of curry triggered a nut allergy as he watched television with his family.
A boy of 12 collapsed and died after using 'copious' amounts of deodorant in a cramped bathroom, an inquest heard. Daniel Hurley was overcome by solvents in the Lynx Vice spray and his heart began to beat irregularly, the hearing was told. ...read
A row erupted today over claims that teachers were checking pupils' underwear to make sure they comply with a new school uniform policy.
A Cambridge University magazine has caused uproar by printing a raunchy page three picture of a topless student.
Schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was found hiding in the base of a double bed when police dramatically ended her 24-day ordeal.
It was a scientific breakthrough that could change the future of medicine - but the revolutionary procedure almost failed to take off.
This sepia-tinted portrait of Baby P shows markings to his face that could have alerted the authorities to the ordeal he was suffering at the hands of his abusers.
Blizzards and plunging temperatures will make this weekend feel like deepest winter, weathermen warned today.
A lucky punter collected more than £2million yesterday - the biggest single payout to a British gambler.
A schoolboy who murdered a father-of-three and then filmed himself on a mobile phone as he bragged 'eyes of a killer' has been jailed for life.
The goalkeeper who killed two young boys in a drink-drive smash on the M6 is to become a father, it has been claimed.
Stocks around the world and the price of oil tumbled sharply today as fears of a long, crippling recession took hold. The FTSE was down more than four per cent as oil dropped below $50 a barrel.
Marks & Spencer today fell victim to thousands of shrewd shoppers who returned Christmas presents only to buy them back at sale price.The canny customers swarmed the refund desks in M&S stores across Britain to make the most of its 20 per cent discount day by using the nifty trick. ...read
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