Britons are waking up to the fact that their beloved light bulb will disappear for good after 120 years. Traditional 100-watt bulbs are vanishing from the High Street because of a controversial European Union decision.
The director of a drugs charity and her two sons ran a round-the-clock service supplying cocaine to middle-class customers anywhere within the M25.
One of the world's richest men has become the latest high-profile suicide linked to the credit crunch. Police said there was no sign anyone else was involved and there was a suicide note.
Britain woke to freezing conditions this morning after the coldest night of the country's current icy spell.
A crackdown on 'Shameless' families could see state officials turning up at people's homes to get them out of bed for work and make sure their children go to school.
Marks & Spencer today confirmed it plans to axe more than 1,200 jobs and close 27 stores after one of its worst ever Christmas trading performances. The retailer revealed it will close 25 of its Simply Food stores and two of its smaller M&S outlets because of the sales slump.
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Cricketer Kevin Pietersen sensationally quit as England cricket captain today in the wake of row over his working relationship with coach Peter Moores.
A boy of 12 died after out-of-hours doctors refused to make a house call - and told his mother to treat his mystery illness with paracetamol.
The number of people diagnosed with diabetes has soared by 50 per cent in just a year.
A secret leaked memo reveals 200 bail hostels for dangerous criminals are being opened in residential streets across Britain without any consultation with the public.
Car insurance premiums could soar by a record 20 per cent this year, insurers are warning, thanks to the rise in fraud and personal injury claims.
Owners of luxury homes could be forced to slash prices by 25 per cent or more to find a buyer, a report has warned. 'Prime' manors, farmhouses and country cottages are all being hit.
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The number of terror plots targeting the UK has dropped over the past 18 months and the threat must no longer be 'hyped up', the head of MI5 has said.
A motorway speed camera which has increased the number of crashes and injuries at its site is revealed today as the most profitable in Britain.
An advert for a wrinkle treatment which promised to dramatically reduce lines has been banned. Estee Lauder claimed women would 'see wrinkles disappear instantly'.
Israel has shown the first signs of bowing to the international outcry over its 11-day onslaught of Gaza after some 40 Palestinians sheltering in a United Nations school were killed. Many children were among the dead in what Gordon Brown called the ‘darkest moment yet’ in the Gaza crisis. ...read
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