A Briton arrested on suspicion of organised fraud has been found hanged in a French jail.
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The charity Help For Heroes has been swamped with donations, leading to its website crashing, after Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered while wearing one of its tops.
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International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has faced questions at a special Paris court over her role in the 400 million euro (£342 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.
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The family of the soldier hacked to death in Woolwich has paid tribute to "a loving son, husband, father, brother and uncle" who always wanted to be in the Army and "live life and enjoy himself".
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Mourners have gathered to pay their respects to the soldier killed in the brutal terrorist attack in London.
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A shares plunge wiped £36.6 billion off the value of the FTSE 100 as a global stock market slump saw it suffer its biggest one-day reverse in a year.
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The number of 16 to 18-year-olds not in school, work or training is at its lowest level for a decade, official figures show.
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A mother-of-eight has been found guilty of fraudulently receiving more than £350,000 in benefits and tax credits by claiming some of her children had disabilities and conditions.
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A total of four people, including the two men shot by police, have now been arrested in connection with the murder of a soldier in Woolwich.
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A family doctor who filmed himself sexually abusing female patients with his James Bond-style wristwatch has been jailed for 12 years.
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The Queen picked up some tips to pass on to the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to a maternity hospital, a mother has joked.
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The victim of the terrorist murder in Woolwich has been named as father-of-one Lee Rigby.
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A woman has been found guilty of fraudulently pocketing more than £350,000 in benefits and tax credits by claiming her children had disabilities and conditions.
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International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court over a controversial financial deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.
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A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his James Bond-style wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients has been jailed for 12 years after admitting a string of sex charges.
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The mysteries of conception have been explained to the Queen as she toured a world-leading research institute dubbed the "Nobel Prize factory".
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Muslim groups have united in condemning the attack in Woolwich as un-Islamic.
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The two men shot by police after the terrorist murder of a soldier were both known to security services, it has been confirmed.
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Two men have been jailed for life for shooting the stepson of gangland celebrity and author Dave Courtney.
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Scotland Yard has hit back after questions were raised about how long it took officers to reach the scene of the terrorist murder in Woolwich.
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The man accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones in a sexually motivated attack has told a jury he put her body "somewhere where it has not been found".
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The two men shot by police after the terrorist murder of a soldier were both known to security services, it has been confirmed.
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Anti-terror police investigating the "barbaric" murder of a soldier in London have searched a property 150 miles away in Lincolnshire.
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Net migration into Britain has fallen by more than a third, according to fresh figures, as the number of immigrants arriving in the country dropped ''significantly''.
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Anti-terror police have been preparing to question the two men shot and injured after the Woolwich soldier killing as details about their backgrounds began to emerge.
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Motor company Nissan is recalling thousands of cars in the UK due to a potential steering wheel problem.
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A woman who risked her life to confront an armed man suspected of slaughtering a British soldier in broad daylight has described how she tried to calm him moments after the barbaric attack.
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Experts are calling for better recording and sharing of information to help tackle child abduction in the UK.
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Eight people have been arrested by police investigating an arson attack that left eight members of the same family dead more than a decade ago.
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Authorities have shot dead a Chechen immigrant who turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bomb suspects.
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Lord Mandelson is to be installed in the ceremonial role of High Steward of Kingston Upon Hull.
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Eighty-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.
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The former slaughterman accused of abducting and murdering April Jones is to resume giving evidence after he denied "weaving a complex web of lies" about the schoolgirl's death.
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Authorities have shot dead a Chechen immigrant who turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bomb suspects.
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The Government's emergency response committee, Cobra, is to reconvene to discuss security measures after a man was butchered in broad daylight on the streets of London.
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HERE are the front and back pages of today's Huddersfield Examiner.
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Sex and relationships education should be compulsory in secondary schools as ministers are failing to take action to protect children and women, a damning report has claimed.
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Almost half of all money invested in developing countries is channelled through tax havens and deprives the world's poorest countries of tax revenue, according to charity ActionAid.
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Stronger scrutiny is required of elected police commissioners to prevent "maverick decision making", a damning report by MPs has warned.
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Two men have been arrested after separate attacks on mosques following the terrorist incident in Woolwich.
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A FIRST time comprehensive Double Taxation Agreement between the UK and Albania was signed in Tirana last month by Nicholas Cannon, HM Ambassador to Albania. The agreements aim to eliminate duel taxation of income or gains arising in one territory and paid to residents of another and this move is set to kick-start the property market.
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A mother confronted the Woolwich attackers, asking them to hand over their weapons and warning them: "It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose", it has been reported.
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Scotland Yard's top officer has confirmed two men had been arrested after a man was butchered in broad daylight on the streets of London.
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Shocking footage has emerged of one of the Woolwich attackers, heavily bloodied and saying: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
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Eyewitnesses have described seeing the "crazed" Woolwich attackers "hacking" at their victim and posing for pictures before charging at police wielding meat cleavers.
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Terrorism returned to the streets of London as two suspected Muslim fanatics butchered a man in broad daylight in the name of "Allah".
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Britain will "never buckle" in the face of terrorist incidents, David Cameron vowed, as he condemned the "absolutely sickening" killing of a man in a street in London.
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Relatives of a "perfect couple" killed by a disqualified driver fleeing police have called for tougher sentences for motorists who kill.
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One of the men behind a barbaric terror attack on the streets of London was filmed wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and saying, "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you."
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David Cameron has hailed a breakthrough in efforts to crack down on tax evasion and "aggressive" tax avoidance.
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The former slaughterman accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones has denied "weaving a complex web of lies" when "fabrications" about his life history were revealed to a jury.
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Eyewitnesses have described seeing the "crazed" Woolwich attackers "hacking" at their victim and posing for pictures before charging at police wielding meat cleavers.
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One of the men behind the attack in Woolwich, south east London, was filmed wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and saying, "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you", in footage shown on ITV News.
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Irish prime minister Enda Kenny has brushed off attacks on Ireland's tax regime for helping multinationals avoid billions in tax - insisting he was backing plans for global tax transparency and an end to tax havens.
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The FTSE 100 Index moved closer to an all-time high amid signs that central banks will continue to prop up the global economy with vast stimulus injections.
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An anonymity order preventing the media from naming triple child killer David McGreavy, who impaled the bodies of his victims on railings, has been overturned by the High Court.
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A major police operation was launched after two suspected terrorists murdered a man in the street in broad daylight.
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A man has been killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds following a "serious incident" understood to involve a serving soldier.
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A man has been jailed for 10 years and six months for killing a couple on a tandem bike when he mowed them down with his car while fleeing police.
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Chancellor George Osborne must bring forward as much spending on infrastructure as possible to turn round Britain's ailing economy, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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Afghan interpreters who served on the front line in Helmand with British troops for more than a year may be eligible for a five year visa to the UK, it has emerged..
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A 61-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of four soldiers in the IRA Hyde Park bomb in 1982.
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Afghan interpreters who regularly served on the front line in Helmand with British troops will be offered five-year visas to come to the UK, the Government confirmed.
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A 61-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of four soldiers in the 1982 Hyde Park bomb.
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MP Eric Joyce is facing breach of the peace charges following an incident at Edinburgh Airport.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has put pressure on George Osborne to change economic course in a critical assessment of the state of the British economy.
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The former slaughterhouse worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones in a "sexually motivated" attack has admitted to a jury that he lied about having a military past.
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Ed Miliband has highlighted a "culture of irresponsibility" at some major companies, during an address in which he accused Google of going to "extraordinary lengths" to avoid paying taxes.
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POPULAR pony ... Minnie the pony was the star attraction at a spring fair held by Quarry Hill Playschool, Waterloo, in May 1992.
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A man has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the IRA's 1982 Hyde Park bombing, Scotland Yard said.
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Police killer Dale Cregan has admitted the murders of a father and son.
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Freezing weather drove retail sales 1.3% down in April on a month earlier as barbecue goods and garden furniture remained stuck on stores' shelves.
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Public sector borrowing dipped to £6.3 billion in April to give the Government breathing space in attempts to slash the deficit.
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Nick Clegg raised the controversy over Google's tax affairs directly with the internet giant's boss Eric Schmidt at a meeting in Downing Street, the Deputy Prime Minister has revealed.
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The High Court has overturned an order granting anonymity to a killer who committed "exceptionally horrific crimes".
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David Cameron has insisted he was proud of legislation to introduce gay marriage, despite a Commons rebellion which saw 130 of his own MPs oppose the change on Tuesday night.
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David Cameron has continued to reach out to his party's grassroots, insisting "I feel I am one of them" in the wake of the damaging claims an ally had sneered at activists.
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David Cameron has insisted it is his intention to keep the coalition together until the 2015 general election.
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David Cameron is to step up the campaign against tax evasion and "aggressive" tax avoidance as Apple joins multinational corporations in the spotlight.
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Plans to give heads the power to award higher pay rises to good teachers will result in larger class sizes for children, the Chief Inspector of Schools has warned.
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Rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared areas down to bare earth and claimed 24 lives, including nine children.
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David Cameron is facing a fresh bout of Tory strife after the coalition's plans to introduce gay marriage cleared the Commons.
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More than 50 English beaches have met tough new EU standards to receive Blue Flag awards for 2013.
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Billions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being lost because of the failure of HM Revenue and Customs to clamp down effectively on fraud and error, MPs have warned.
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People using tax havens have deprived governments worldwide of £100 billion in revenue, enough to end extreme poverty twice over, according to new figures published by Oxfam.
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Education Secretary Michael Gove has approved more than 100 free school applications, which will make up around 50,000 school places.
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A police force that spent more than £11 million on a headquarters it has never used has announced it will sell the site after it has been empty for five years.
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UK wildlife is "in trouble", with almost 2,000 species of birds, animals, insects and plants known to have declined in the past half century, experts have warned.
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Around 600 Afghan interpreters are to be offered the chance to settle in Britain after an apparent coalition rethink.
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Food outlets in parts of the London borough of Bexley have the worst hygiene standards of more than 2,000 postcodes, while those in Birmingham's B35 area offer the best, according to a Which? investigation.
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Nick Clegg will insist that he and David Cameron are both "absolutely committed" to governing in coalition through to 2015 as he attempts to calm speculation over the future of the power-sharing deal.
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ONCE upon a time Saturday night entertainment would always come replete with Debbie McGee’s life partner and work colleague Paul Daniels pronouncing ‘And that’s magic!’
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THERE is no keeping an old character down and Phil Tufnell was back at his charmingly daft best at Lord’s last week.
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YOU have to feel a lot of sympathy for England manager Roy Hodgson as he is yet again hampered as he attempts to take the next couple of steps to preparing his team to ensure qualification for the World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014.
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ON a miserable Saturday in May, an interesting (and free) tourist attraction might seem like a popular destination for people keen to get out of the house but not crazy about getting a soaking while they’re at it.
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IT was an interesting enough night, though not as good as watching John Terry cry in the rain.
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COUNCILLORS in Calderdale aim to go to court to try to claw back millions spent on an aborted waste plant plan.
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COUNCILLORS have decided not to take away a pub’s licence despite serious breaches of fire regulations.
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The Government's plans to legalise gay marriage have cleared the House of Commons despite more Tory MPs voting against the proposals than voting in favour of them.
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The search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb raked by a massive tornado is almost complete, a fire chief says.
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