Patients 'Failed' By NHS Complaints System

A health watchdog has accused the NHS of letting down patients who complain about their care. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's investigation looked into 150 complaints regarding allegations that patients had died or suffered avoidable...

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Tax Havens Face Blacklist Threat From Labour

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent Tax havens such as Bermuda, Jersey and Guernsey will have six months to open their books or face international blacklisting if Labour wins the General Election in May, Ed Miliband has vowed. The Labour...

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Hunt For Man Who Stole Dying Pensioner's Purse

Police are hunting a man who stole an elderly woman's purse as she lay dying in the road. Greater Manchester Police were called to Leigh Road, Leigh, following reports an 82-year-old had been hit by a lorry at 11:45am on 4 February. When they arrived...

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Outrage Over Barrister's 'Appalling' Rape Post

A top barrister has been critcised for claiming men should be cleared of rape if the victim was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Writing on his blog, David Osborne said in his view, "consent is consent, blind drunk or otherwise", and "regret...

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Farage Cancels Rotherham Event After Protests

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has cancelled a public appearance in Rotherham because of protests outside his party's office. The politician had been due to cut the ribbon on the campaign office of UKIP's parliamentary candidate Jane Collins, but his staff...

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Mass Web Surveillance By GCHQ Was Unlawful

By Tom Cheshire, Technology Correspondent British spies acted illegally in accessing millions of personal communications collected by the US National Security Agency (NSA), according to a ruling from Britain's most secretive court. The Investigatory...

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Ex-Children's Doctor Guilty Of Sex Assaults

A former children's doctor has been found guilty of assaulting young girls in the same hospital as Jimmy Savile. Michael Salmon preyed upon girls at Stoke Mandeville Hospital during the same period Savile prowled the wards. The 79-year-old was...

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Jihadi Who Faked Death Gets 12 Years In Jail

A British jihadi who fled to Syria, then tried to sneak back into Britain after faking his own death has been jailed for 12 years. Imran Khawaja has been sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court. While in Syria, he was pictured holding up a severed...

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Tesco Facing Probe Over Supplier Dealings

An official investigation is to be launched into practices at troubled supermarket giant Tesco, including delays in payments to suppliers. The move was announced by the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), Christine Tacon, who said she had formed...

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E-Cigarettes Are Harmful To Lungs - Study

E-cigarettes contain toxic chemicals which could damage the lungs and immune system, scientists have discovered. Experiments carried out on mice found e-cigarette fumes harmed the animals' lungs and made them more susceptible to respiratory infections....

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GP Patients To Be Asked For Proof Of Nationality

Patients will have to prove their nationality when registering for a GP following a fresh crackdown on migrants accessing the NHS. The Department of Health plans to launch pilots of the scheme later this year, in an effort to help recover the costs...

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Glasgow Bin Lorry Crash Driver Breaks Silence

Glasgow Bin Lorry Crash Driver Breaks Silence We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok. Close The lorry sped along a pavement before crashing into a hotel The driver of the...

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One In Two Britons Will Get Cancer, Say Experts

Play video "Fifty Percent Chance Of Cancer" Video: Fifty Percent Chance Of Cancer By David Bowden, Senior Correspondent One in two people in the UK will get cancer at some point in their lives, according to the latest forecast by experts....

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McIlroy Settles Multi-Million Pound Lawsuit

By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent Golfer Rory McIlroy and his former manager have reached a settlement in their multi-million pound legal dispute. It means the 25-year-old world number one will be spared cross-examination in Dublin High Court....

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Police And Councillors Face Child Abuse Claims

Police And Councillors Face Child Abuse Claims We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok. Close A police officer is being investigated over sex abuse claims By Mike McCarthy,...

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Iraq Inquiry Report Out 'As Soon As Possible'

The chairman of the inquiry into the Iraq War has said he is unable to say when his long-awaited report will be published. Sir John Chilcot faced questions from MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee about why the document has yet to be released....

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MPs Set To Vote On Three-Person Babies

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent Britain could today become the first country in the world to legalise the creation of IVF babies with DNA from three different people. MPs will debate the controversial technique that involves changing...

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More Snow For Britain As Mercury Plummets

Parts of the UK have been waking up to a fresh blanket of snow, following a night that saw temperatures drop as low as -11C (12.2F). Even parts of London are seeing light snow falls but higher ground such as the North York Moors and Lincolnshire Wolds...

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CCTV Footage Exposes Slaughterhouse Cruelty

CCTV Footage Exposes Slaughterhouse Cruelty We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok. Close Play video "Animal Cruelty In Abbatoir" Video: Animal Cruelty In Abbatoir By...

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Whole-Life Sentence Challenge Dismissed By Judges

A triple murderer has lost an appeal against his whole-life prison sentence. Arthur Hutchinson was jailed in 1984 for stabbing husband and wife Basil and Avril Laitner to death after breaking into their Sheffield home on their daughter's wedding night,...

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Bristol Trials Two Smoke-Free Public Squares

Two Bristol squares could become Britain's first major public outdoor spaces to go smoke-free. Millennium Square and Anchor Square on Bristol's harbourside could be free of cigarette smoke due to a pilot launched by Smokefree South West....

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Cameron's 'All-Out War' On Mediocre Schools

Headteachers at coasting primary and secondary state schools face being sacked in an "all-out war on mediocrity", David Cameron is to announce today. In a speech later, the Prime Minister will say that any English school assessed as requiring improvement...

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Freezing Temperatures And More Snow Forecast

Up to 3cm of snow could fall across eastern coasts this week as forecasters warn of more freezing temperatures and travel disruption. The Met Office issued a severe weather warning and advised the wintry conditions could cause widespread disruption....

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