Briton ‘seen falling from liner’

A British cruise ship passenger has fallen overboard in waters near Mexico, a travel company

Man kills himself in hairdressers

A man in his 20s has shot himself in a hairdressers in Dungannon, County

Two men held over shooting death

Two men are arrested in connection with the death of a man who was shot in an East Renfrewshire street last

Man jailed for killing woman, 94

A man is jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years for sexually assaulting and murdering a 94-year-old woman at a Bradford care

Tories’ concern at charity links

The Conservatives demand answers about links between the Labour Party and the chief executive of a charity facing allegations of financial

BT vow fibre optic ‘game changer’

Fibre optic connections to at speeds of 300 Mbps will be available ‘on demand’ in the UK next year, BT

Temperatures ‘set to reach -12′

The UK is set for another bitterly cold night with temperatures plunging again, say weather

Man Utd fan on race abuse charge

A Manchester United fan is charged with shouting racist abuse at Stoke City players during a Premier League

Snow alert issued across Scotland

The Met Office warns that snow will affect many parts of southern and eastern Scotland at the

Derailed train ‘going too fast’

A freight train engine which derailed on the West Coast mainline may have been going too fast, Network Rail

Sex assault ‘therapist’ convicted

A bogus therapist and his wife who told women they could diagnose and treat cancer are found guilty of sexual assault and

Poison arrest nurse loses appeal

A nurse arrested and later freed over the poisoning deaths of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital loses an appeal against her

Carroll accused ‘sought address’

A man accused of murdering Constable Stephen Carroll tried to collect information on another policeman for republicans, a court

Queen digs deep for Jubilee woods

The Queen launches a project to plant six million trees native to Britain, creating new woods across the country to mark her Diamond

Pub arsonist sets fire to himself

Cheshire Fire Service releases CCTV footage showing an arsonist setting fire to himself while trying to ignite a

Could cow shed be oldest house?

A project to find the ages of historic homes by dating their timbers may have found one of Wales’ oldest

England falter as wickets tumble

England’s batsmen again fail to support their bowlers as 16 wickets fall on day one of the third Test against Pakistan in

Redknapp lies ‘extremely telling’

Harry Redknapp’s admission of lying to a News of the World reporter is “extremely telling”, a court is

PFI hospitals ‘get bailout fund’

Seven English NHS hospital trusts with debts caused, in part, by PFI repayments are to have access to a £1.5bn government bailout

Terry stripped of captaincy by FA

John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy, the Football Association has