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Scandal of trafficked women held in UK

20.10.11
Almost 200 women are being unlawfully detained in immigration centres after being trafficked into Britain, it has been revealed... more

State 'could start official register for polygamy'

21.07.11
Multiple marriages could be officially recorded by the state, a government working party suggests ... more

The great British animal trail

06.07.11
Why fork out for a lodge in Africa when you can go on safari in the UK? Polly Weeks rounds up the nation's most exciting animal attractions ... more

Councillor agrees to quit over second seat in shires

26.05.11
Conservative councillor in Harrow announces that he will quit after it emerges he also sits on a council in another part of the country... more

Alastair Cook's My London

01.03.11
England cricketer shops in Covent Garden, is scared of snakes and remembers his choirboy days at St Paul's... more

Park siege gunman 'shoots himself' after 16-hour police stand-off

24.01.11
Suspected gunman apparently shot himself after a 16-hour stand-off with police, an eyewitness said today... more

Military interrogators 'told to strip and humiliate prisoners'

26.10.10
British military interrogators are being trained in techniques including sensory deprivation and enforced nakedness to provoke humiliation and fear in prisoners they are questioning, it was claimed... more

Liverpool fans stabbed in Naples

21.10.10
Two Liverpool fans are being treated for stab wounds after violence before their team’s Europa League tie in Naples... more

Showers for bank holiday.. and Reading Festival mudbath

27.08.10
Londoners begin their wet bank holiday getaway as forecasters say we may have seen the last of the torrential rain... more

'Leave or be deported' Border Agency ultimatum to families

06.08.10
Families with children facing removal from the UK are being given a two-week ultimatum to leave the country voluntarily before being deported 'within weeks' under a pilot scheme, it was reported... more

£10,000 reward to locate severed thumb kidnap victim's body

26.05.10
Family of an alleged kidnap victim whose severed thumb was found in a street have offered a £10,000 reward for information to help find his body... more

Family is convicted in Blue Lagoon headless body case

23.04.10
Five members of a family are found guilty over the death of a man whose decapitated body was found in a lake... more

AstraZeneca to cut another 8,000 jobs

28.01.10
Another 8,000 jobs are to go at drugs giant AstraZeneca on top of the 12,600 which have already been cut... more

A world of travel for 2010

23.12.09
It was a mixed 2009 for travel, with airlines folding and currencies fluctuating. Here is a global guide to what’s new for the new year ... more

First-class law degree for paralysed rugby player

02.12.09
Rugby player left paralysed from the neck down during a match has graduated with a first-class law degree - and hopes to help other spinal injury victims win compensation... more

Murder hunt launched after man dies in shooting

02.09.09
A murder hunt is under way after a man died in a shooting incident, police said... more

Snow havoc returns to roads and we’re running out of grit

05.02.09
Heavy snow showers swept across central and southern England again, causing travel disruption and a fourth day of school closures... more

Hospital food that’s healthy for patients and the environment

05.02.09
A London hospital has been shortlisted for an environmental award for its food... more

Administrator in at car dealer Camden

04.02.09
Transport: One of Britain’s biggest car businesses has become the latest victim of the credit crunch, putting 800 jobs at risk... more

Shopkeeper sees off robbers with a cuppa

11.12.08
A shopkeeper did not hesitate when knife-wielding robbers confronted her - she threw a scalding cup of tea over them... more

Go wild this summer

09.07.08
You don't have to fly to Africa to go on safari. There are plenty of places to get up close to wildlife in and around London. ... more

Places worth leaving London for...

09.07.08
You don't have to go far to discover everything from miniature villages to Willy Wonka.... more

Ealing to turn all waste food into electricity

18.04.08
Ealing has become the first London borough to recycle all its residents' food waste into electricity... more

The best places to enjoy Spring in London

17.03.08
Watch ducklings and chicks hatch, stroke baby bunnies, explore the forest and even camp in the open air as Spring arrives in the capital.... more

Zeppelin lead the fans to heaven and back

11.12.07
The reaction to Led Zeppelin's long-awaited reunion was ecstatic. ... more


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