Former environment minister Elliot Morley has been freed from prison after serving a quarter of his 16-month sentence for fiddling his parliamentary expenses, sources say... more
A foreign company taking over our postal service wouldn't overhaul its monarchical trappings - but does the Queen really want to keep up her side of the association?... more
Alan Johnson vows to press ahead with plans to outlaw the drug mephedrone, known as 'meow meow', despite claims that the resignation of a key government adviser could make the ban unlawful... more
Grownmen wept on Putney Bridge last night. As the crowd poured out of Craven Cottage and headed home they shook their heads in disbelief, and laughed and hugged each other, and yes, they shed real tears... more
Tory government would hold an urgent review of 'legal highs' and consider banning the mephedrone drug linked to the deaths of two teenagers, the shadow home secretary promises... more
Three MPs and a peer accused of fiddling their expenses sought to use a 320-year-old law as they claimed that the courts have no right to prosecute them... more
Snow and heavy rain made it a miserable Monday morning for millions with forecasters predicting further wintry weather for the rest of the week... more
If Shed Media, the TV production company based in Islington, ever decides to revive its hit series Footballers' Wives it will need to go no further than its new chairman's office for the latest storyline ... more
Six pubs close every day across the country, but that has not stopped the combined stock-market capitalisation of the UK’s pub chain operators soaring 95% since January ... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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