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'50st teenager' cut free from home

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:20:13 +0100

A teenager thought to weigh more than 50st had to be cut free from her home by emergency services because she was too big to leave the house.

Councils issue more parking tickets

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:20:08 +0100

Local councils handed out an increased number of parking tickets last year despite cutting back on traffic wardens, according to latest figures.

Heatwave will last into weekend

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:20:02 +0100

The unseasonably fine and hot weather is set to continue into the weekend, forecasters say.

Girls' seven-plus abortion history

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:19:58 +0100

Abortions were given to three teenage girls in England and Wales who had previously had at least seven pregnancies terminated, latest figures reveal.

Second Briton is tested for rabies

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:19:53 +0100

A possible new British case of rabies is being investigated, disease control experts have confirmed.

Patients to rate hospital treatment

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:19:49 +0100

Patients are to be able to rate the treatment they receive in hospitals to ensure that people are treated with dignity and respect on wards.

MPs warn over defence cost-cutting

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:19:43 +0100

Mass job cuts at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) are being determined by short-term cost-cutting, not long-term military needs, MPs have warned.

Wpc murder: Yard team goes to Libya

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:19:37 +0100

Scotland Yard is preparing to send a team of detectives to Libya to seek out new information which might lead to the killers of Wpc Yvonne Fletcher, who was shot outside the country's London embassy in 1984.

Hunt's ex-aide faces press inquiry

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:19:33 +0100

Under-pressure Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is braced for more revelations as his former special adviser and top civil servant give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into media standards.

Clegg warning over Greece euro exit

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:19:29 +0100

Greek exit from the euro could set off a "chain reaction of uncertainty" which would result in a "grinding slowdown in economic activity" across Europe, including the UK, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has warned.

Brave schoolboy wins police award

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:16:47 +0100

A schoolboy who was stabbed while trying to prevent a fellow pupil being attacked and a man shot in the stomach while seeking to foil a robbery at a jeweller's have been honoured at a police bravery awards ceremony.

Hospital inquiry into rabies case

Thu, 24 May 2012 02:07:22 +0100

An investigation has been launched into how a woman suffering from rabies was reportedly turned away from a hospital emergency department.

Libya visit in Wpc murder inquiry

Thu, 24 May 2012 02:07:00 +0100

A Metropolitan Police team is to fly to Libya to continue the investigation into the murder of Wpc Yvonne Fletcher, the Prime Minister has announced.

Hunt defended over BSkyB letter

Thu, 24 May 2012 02:06:40 +0100

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has come under renewed pressure following the publication by the Leveson Inquiry of a memo in which he made private representations to the Prime Minister supporting News Corporation's bid to take over BSkyB.

Recession is deeper than feared

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:06:34 +0100

Britain's double-dip recession is deeper than previously thought after revised estimates showed a sharper decline in the economy in the first three months of 2012.

Elephants 'salute' Olympic torch

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:45:09 +0100

The Olympic torch has been "saluted" by two flag-waving elephants at a safari park after the flame was transported aboard a train for the first time.

Funeral for 'outstanding' soldier

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:42:41 +0100

A 19-year-old soldier who died along with five of his comrades when their armoured vehicle was blown up in Afghanistan has been described "as an outstanding young individual" at his funeral.

Huhne partner vows to fight on

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:18:19 +0100

MP Chris Huhne's partner Carina Trimingham has vowed to fight on in her High Court privacy and harassment action.

Shopkeeper loses wife murder appeal

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:47:18 +0100

A shopkeeper found guilty of bludgeoning his postmistress wife to death has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his murder conviction.

Calcium-heart attack link found

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:43:44 +0100

Calcium supplements, taken by millions of elderly people and post-menopausal women to prevent bone thinning, may double the risk of having a heart attack, a study has found.