Commentary: Cynics say free schools are greedy interlopers, swallowing up the resources which should properly go to the existing family of schools - but this has nothing to do with the facts... more
A blundering German doctor who killed a British man with an injection of painkillers has been fined £6,000 in his homeland - but can carry on practising... more
From the dawn of newspapers, murder has been a major component of the news agenda. It is unsurprising. In civilised society, the killing by one human being of another human being is an appalling act. It is the crime of crimes... more
German doctor Daniel Ubani, who gave a patient a fatal overdose, could understand English well enough, a worker at the medical firm he was working for tells an inquest... more
More than 500 mourners paid their respects at the funeral of a volunteer soldier shot dead in Afghanistan who dreamed of becoming "a leader of men"... more
Medical leaders called for rules to prevent GPs from the EU 'waltzing in and out' of the UK to work without having proved they are fit to practise... more
The tale of four cunning old geezers fooling two sharp young whippersnappers into paying £6.5 million for 47 acres of land owned by someone else altogether must surely form the basis of a script for the next series of Hustle. ... more
My Children are big fans of an annoying book called A Squash and a Squeeze. It's about a little old lady who hates her house. A wise old man gets a hen and a goat to move in. Then a pig and cow... more