British mother-of-two facing the death penalty in Malaysia after police raided a resort she was running with her husband and allegedly uncovered an estimated £16,000 of illegal drugs... more
The Government halts talks to privatise search and rescue helicopters after the preferred bidder says it had become aware of a problem with its bid... more
Families of six Red Caps killed in Iraq have received Government assurances that the fight for justice will continue despite a devastating legal blow... more
She's the new Dusty Springfield and the latest in an astonishing line of young female British singing talent. But what the fans who've made Duffy No 1 for five consecutive weeks - and the biggest-selling artist of 2008 so far - don't know is the harrowing story of the dark and dangerous world she escaped... more
Flash floods could hit Britain as the big freeze turns into the big thaw. But despite rain and warmer weather, temperatures are set to plunge again... more
Around 230,000 children were given the day off as icy roads and cancelled bus services forced heads of at least 454 state schools across London – one in five – to shut... more
Airbus has been lent £340 million by the government, a deal that should secure 5,000 jobs but which is thought to be half the amount that the plane manufacturer had wanted... more
A small council-run London gallery which has been transformed with around £2 million of Lottery cash has reached the final of the UK's largest arts prize... more
Japanese car giant Toyota has announced cuts in production and pay at its two UK factories in another sign of the crisis facing the motor industry... more
These are the first pictures of two brothers killed in a fireball with four other members of their family when a lorry crashed into their car on the M6... more
Police chief Michael Todd sent a last text message before he died, saying: "I'm sorry for what I have done, forgive me in another life," the inquest into his death heard... more
Sienna Miller was so keen to avoid the prying eye of the camera lens as she left a restaurant after a lunch date in Los Angeles yesterday, that she hitched a ride from a car load of strangers. Flustered Sienna, 26, seemed in a hurry to escape the attentions of Hollywood's ever-present paparazzi pack after lunching with former love, Welsh actor Matthew Rhys, 33, star of US drama Brothers and Sisters at a Hollywood restaurant... 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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