Evidence from celebrities, politicians and relatives of crime victims could be televised as part of the judicial inquiry into media phone-hacking... more
Dozens of celebrities, politicians and relatives of crime victims were named today as key participants in the judicial inquiry into media phone hacking - but not Rebekah Brooks... more
Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has defended the decision to review the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance in Portugal in 2007... more
Mother of Madeleine McCann attended a candlelit vigil to mark the 37th birthday of missing chef Claudia Lawrence - as detectives admitted they are no closer to a breakthrough in the case... more
British police helped 'develop' evidence against Madeleine McCann's parents as they were investigated by Portuguese authorities looking into their daughter's disappearance, according to WikiLeaks... more
The good news is that Frankie Boyle has hinted this may be his final tour - the bad news is there are another eight mind-blowingly offensive London shows left... more
UK policing agency that advised Portuguese detectives to consider the possibility of Madeleine McCann’s parents being involved in her disappearance said it is common practice... more
Businessman once hired to help look for Madeleine McCann who is wanted by US authorities over an alleged fraud was arrested at a hotel, according to sources... more
An Australian millionaire socialite and her daughter are unable to provide any 'relevant assistance' to investigators searching for Madeleine McCann, they said... more
Widow and daughter of Australian property tycoon say they are 'perplexed' by reports linking their luxury yacht to the Madeleine McCann investigation
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Investigators searching for Madeleine McCann issue image of Australian woman they want to interview in connection with the girl’s disappearance... more
Final attempts by private detectives searching for Madeleine McCann to interview a convicted British paedophile about her disappearance have failed... more
The fund set up to help find Madeleine McCann raised almost £2million in its first 10 months - with well-wishers giving money at a rate of almost £260 an hour, accounts show... more
Sarah Montague of the Today programme was much reproved for having asked Shannon Matthews's mother, Karen: "It's a slightly complicated family picture you have, isn't it? You've got seven children, by six fathers?"... more
Rebecca Drysdale's canny one-woman sketch show, One Woman In Several Pieces, runs the gamut of religious, sexual, social, racial and, erm, time-travelling issues.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports