Clever Boys Losing Out Due To Wealth Divide

Clever boys from poorer backgrounds learning to read in England and Scotland are lagging around two and a half years behind their richer, bright male classmates. A new study suggests that high-achieving boys from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely...

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Teachers' Unions Announce One-Day Strikes

Teachers will stage a one-day national walkout in the autumn in an ongoing row over pay, pensions and workload. Every region in England and Wales will be affected by rolling regional strikes in the week beginning September 30 and the week beginning...

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Litvinenko: No Inquiry Into Spy's Death

The Government has refused to set up a public inquiry into the death of poisoned Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in a blow to his widow's quest for the truth. Coroner Sir Robert Owen told a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice that his request to...

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NHS Computers With Patient Data Sold On Ebay

An NHS trust has been fined £200,000 by the data watchdog after it sold an old computer which contained the personal details of more than 3,000 patients. The sensitive information was left on the computer sold by a data destruction company employed...

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Belfast Bonfires Piled High Ahead Of Parades

Huge bonfire towers will be set ablaze in Belfast at midnight as police brace themselves for possible violence surrounding the annual Orange Order parades. The fire stacks, made with tyres and wooden pallets, are adorned with Union Flags and some are...

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Taser Death: Jordan Begley Dies In Manchester

A man who died after police shot him with a Taser has been named locally as Jordan Begley. The 23-year-old suffered a "medical episode" and died after police fired at him with the stun gun in Manchester. Police were responding to a disturbance in Beard...

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Herbie Hide Faces Arrest After Court No-Show

Former world champion boxer Herbie Hide is facing arrest after he failed to turn up in court on drug charges, saying he was suffering malaria in Nigeria. The 41-year-old, who is accused of conspiring to supply cocaine, was supposed to be at Norwich...

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Stuart Hall Sentence Sent To Court Of Appeal

The Attorney General has referred the sentence of disgraced BBC presenter Stuart Hall to the Court of Appeal for review after complaints it was too lenient. The 83-year-old former It's A Knockout presenter was jailed for 15 months in June after admitting...

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Brit Drugs Suspect Arrested In Athens Sting

A British man wanted in connection with a multimillion pounds drugs seizure has been caught in a sting operation at a pub in Athens. Kevin Hanley, 50, had just settled down to watch the British and Irish Lions' rugby triumph against Australia when Greek...

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NHS Reforms Cost £430m In Staff Pay-Offs

The NHS has spent hundreds of millions of pounds making staff redundant as part of the coalition's controversial health reforms. Official figures reveal more than £435m, an average of £43,095 per person, went on redundancies with some staff receiving...

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Deadly West London Flat Fire 'Suspicious'

The Metropolitan Police have said they are treating a fire which led to the deaths of two people and tore through neighbouring flats in Heston, west London, as suspicious. Some 58 firefighters and officers were called to the blaze, which broke out above...

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Asylum Seekers Rescued On P&O Dover Ferry

A "critical incident" has been declared in Dover after 15 asylum seekers were found in a lorry on a cross-Channel ferry. They were found on P&O's Spirit of France and two have been taken to hospital amid inquiries into whether they had come in contact...

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M&S Clothing Sales Continue To Unravel

Retailer Marks and Spencer has seen a continued decline in its troubled clothing department, according to its latest trading update. It said like-for-like clothing sales declined by 1.6% during the 13 weeks to the end of June. Clothing sales have been...

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Dismembered Body Identified: Son Arrested

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent Police have named a woman whose dismembered body was found in a shallow grave in Edinburgh as 66-year-old Phyllis Dunleavy from Dublin. A 39-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with...

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Whole-Life Inmates Win Human Rights Victory

Locking up some of Britain's most notorious killers for life without any prospect of release is a breach of their human rights, European judges have ruled. Murderer Jeremy Bamber is among those facing a review of their whole-life tariffs after...

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Barry George Loses Dando Compensation Bid

Barry George has lost his bid for compensation for being wrongfully convicted of the murder of television presenter Jill Dando. After the ruling, Mr George's sister Michelle Diskin said outside the Royal Courts of Justice that the Court of Appeal judge's...

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Jillings Report Found 'Extensive' Child Abuse

A report written 17 years ago about children's homes in North Wales concluded abuse was "extensive", it has been revealed. The Jillings Report, which focused on allegations of abuse within the North Wales council care system in the 70s and 80s, was...

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Zara and Mike Tindall Expecting First Child

The Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall is expecting a baby with her husband Mike Tindall. "Both families are delighted with the news," confirmed the Queen's press secretary. "Mr and Mrs Mike Tindall are very pleased to announce that Zara Tindall is...

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Labour Unite Row: Tories Ask For Met Probe

The Tories have moved to pile more pressure on Labour by asking police to investigate the party's selection processes in another two constituencies. Tory vice-chairman Bob Neill wrote to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe about...

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Bull Terrier 'Bites Head Off Harmless Pet'

Police have seized a Staffordshire bull terrier which allegedly bit the head off a family pet dog in a vicious attack. Gemma Antell claimed her pet Pomeranian, Elvis, was decapitated outside the home of her mother-in-law in Warrington on Saturday after...

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Newlywed Brit Killed In Cancun Hit-And-Run

A newlywed has died in a suspected hit-and-run crash while he was on his honeymoon in Mexico. Ray Cottam, 55, died in Cancun, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said. Mr Cottam, of Middlestown, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was on holiday...

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Michael Parkinson: Chat Show Host Has Cancer

Chat show host Sir Michael Parkinson has revealed he is being treated for prostate cancer but has no intention of stopping working. The television star, 78, is currently undergoing radiotherapy but is expected to make a full recovery. Sir Michael,...

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Saatchi To Divorce Nigella After Neck Row

Art collector Charles Saatchi has announced he has filed for divorce from Nigella Lawson - citing her refusal to defend his reputation after he was pictured with his hand around her neck at a restaurant. In a statement, the 70-year-old told The Mail...

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Abu Qatada Denies Terrorism Charges In Jordan

Radical preacher Abu Qatada has pleaded not guilty to terror charges - just hours after his deportation from the UK to Jordan. After landing at an isolated airstrip near the Jordanian capital Amman, Qatada was driven by police escort to the State Security...

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