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'60 stone' woman still in hospital

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:58:59 +0100

A chronically obese teenager cut free from her home by workmen after she grew too big to go outside remains in hospital.

Heatwave will last into weekend

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:58:54 +0100

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

Second possible rabies case probed

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:58:51 +0100

A second possible British case of rabies is being investigated, disease control experts said.

Ex-soldier jailed for sex attacks

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:58:49 +0100

A former soldier who carried out a string of sex attacks has been jailed indefinitely.

Baby P social workers lose appeal

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:58:45 +0100

Two of Baby P's social workers have lost an appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked.

Woman accused of £2.5m Lloyds scam

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:58:39 +0100

A former security chief at Lloyds Banking Group is to be prosecuted over an alleged £2.5 million fraud.

Clegg warning over Greece euro exit

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:58:36 +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.

Hunt 'told special adviser to quit'

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:58:33 +0100

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told his special adviser to quit after highly damaging emails revealing the close relationship between his department and the Murdoch empire were released, the former aide said.

Libyan PM visits Fletcher site

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:08:18 +0100

Libyan prime minister Abdurrahim El-Keib has made a historic visit to the spot where policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead outside the country's London embassy in 1984.

Patients to rate hospital treatment

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:12:38 +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.

Mother killed in pushchair accident

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:55:17 +0100

A woman has been killed by a lorry while crossing the road with her 20-month-old son in his pushchair.

Girls' seven-plus abortion history

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:45:41 +0100

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

MPs warn over defence cost-cutting

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:46:47 +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.

Councils issue more parking tickets

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:19:51 +0100

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

Brave schoolboy wins police award

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:16:40 +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.

Recession is deeper than feared

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:06:19 +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.

Hospital inquiry into rabies case

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:06:14 +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 01:06:05 +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 01:05:55 +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.

Elephants 'salute' Olympic torch

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:44:48 +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.