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Oliver Letwin 'said he was against cheap holidays for ordinary people'

04.04.11
Ministers were accused of double standards after policy chief Oliver Letwin apparently said the Government did not want more ordinary people taking cheap holidays abroad ... more

Canoe man John Darwin freed from jail after serving less than half sentence

18.01.11
Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin released from jail after serving less than half his sentence... more

Snow chaos cancels weekend football across UK

02.12.10
Championship and Scottish Premier League matches postponed as continued snow across the UK grinds the weekend's sport to a halt... more

Big freeze brings chaos to travellers

30.11.10
Early winter freeze makes things tough for travellers with air and rail passengers as well as drivers all struggling to complete their journeys... more

Nick Clegg pledges emergency help for hardest hit areas

02.06.10
Parts of the country hit hardest by public spending cuts will receive emergency help from the Government, Nick Clegg revealed... more

Twitter man accused of threat to blow airport 'sky high'

10.05.10
26-year-old man will go on trial for allegedly posting a message on Twitter threatening to blow an airport 'sky high'... more

Council in Edlington child torture case ‘failing for 15 years'

19.04.10
Two boys were subjected to a 90-minute torture ordeal due to failings by 'poorly-run' Doncaster council, a report concludes... more

Hargreaves slides on UK Coal merger link

10.03.10
Shares in Hargreaves Services, the coal haulage company, slide as it admits it is in merger talks with UK Coal... more

Man charged over 'airport bomb hoax' Tweet

18.02.10
Man arrested after an alleged airport bomb threat was posted on Twitter has been charged with sending a menacing message, police said... more

Police officer numbers fall in a quarter of forces

26.01.10
Police officer numbers fell over the past five years in a quarter of forces as 13 out of 43 forces in England and Wales reported cuts... more

James Bulger mother: Name torture brothers

25.01.10
Mother of murdered toddler James Bulger said today the young brothers who sadistically tortured two other boys should be named... more

Torture boys get five years - social staff blamed for failing to stop them

22.01.10
Latest: Brothers aged 11 and 12 locked up for sadistic attack on a pair of schoolboys that shocked the nation... more

‘You go and I’ll die here’ said boy, 11, after torture attack by Edlington brothers

21.01.10
11-year-old boy who was brutally attacked by two brothers in a wooded ravine told nine-year-old 'You go and I’ll just die here'... more

Championship review: West Brom stunned by Cardiff

09.12.09
Peter Whittingham sealed an impressive away win at The Hawthorns as Cardiff sent out a message that they will not let the Coca-Cola Championship's top two have things all their own way... more

UK Coal eyes golden future despite loss of £81 million

27.08.09
Widening half-year losses - at £81million eight times worse than they were a year ago - are just the prelude to a profitable new era for UK Coal, chief executive Jon Lloyd has promised... more

Barnsley sign Hammill from Liverpool

10.08.09
Barnsley have completed the permanent signing of winger Adam Hammill after agreeing "a significant six-figure deal" with Liverpool... more

Government 'committed' to helping Hillsborough families

20.04.09
Football: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said today the Government is "committed" to helping those who lost loved ones in the Hillsborough Disaster ... more

Texting peer in death crash is jailed for danger driving

25.02.09
Labour peer Lord Ahmed was jailed for 12 weeks for sending and receiving text messages shortly before a motorway accident left a man dead... more

Girl, 16, is killed in sledging accident

04.02.09
A 16-year-old girl died after crashing through a barbed wire fence on a sledge... more

Teenager in sledge tragedy hoped for Oxbridge place

04.02.09
A gifted student who died after she crashed through a barbed-wire fence at high speed on a makeshift metal sledge was hoping to study at Oxford or Cambridge... more

Burberry axes up to 290 to guard profits

20.01.09
Retail: Fashion house Burberry said it is axeing up to 290 UK jobs to protect profits... more

Labour's eco-towns are shrinking rapidly

19.08.08
Labour's flagship "eco-towns" plan has been delayed amid fears that there is a lack of applicants for the housebuilding expansion... more

If it's racism you want, head out of town

10.07.08
This city was awarded the Olympics for its energy, diversity and irrepressible optimism - and there was a welcome reminder of that this week... more

Fellows proves there is still life in comic creation

19.06.07
John Shuttleworth, the creation of character funnyman Graham Fellows, is comedy with a large helping of niceness... more

Large scale police operation to put out Fire

04.05.07
After last week's police raid on Fire nightclub in Vauxhall, Scott Manson discusses the Met's attitude towards the capital's clubbers.... more


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