The son of a village postmaster was shot dead by masked gunmen during a robbery today. Craig Hodson-Walker, 29, who was engaged to be married, suffered fatal chest injuries in the attack at a family-run business in Fairfield, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. His father Ken, 56, was shot in the leg as raiders armed with a handgun and a sledgehammer targeted Fairfield Post Office and Stores.
A young Tory activist has been expelled from the party after he boasted about dressing up as Madeleine McCann at a New Year bash.
Only 10 teachers have been struck off for incompetence in almost a decade despite a Government crackdown on poor practice, it emerged today.
A bride-to-be reported her paedophile fiance to police five days before they were due to marry.
The go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow looks imminent.
The lead actor of a West End show has been sacked after he refused to work with disgraced comedian Chris Langham. Judd Charlton, 40, was due to star in a new version of the play 'Hit Me! The Life And Rhymes Of Ian Dury' but was unhappy at the script written by Langham, who spent 10 months in jail for downloading child pornography. Such was the interest surrounding the fallen star, producers reportedly asked Langham to work in secret on the musical. ...read
Within minutes of handing her number over to a BT call centre worker, a young woman found herself on the receiving end of a barrage of text-messages, peppered with kisses.
A senior French politician today launched a blistering attack on Britain’s ‘inhumane and illegal’ immigration policies.
Squatters evicted from a £6 million house in Mayfair have found a new home - a £22.5 million property just around the corner.
Just weeks ago, Gordon Brown claimed that he had saved the entire world from disaster with his economic nous but today he declared he would not mind a hand from Transformer Optimus Prime.
A teacher has been suspended after it was alleged that a pupil witnessed him having sex with a temporary teacher in a school changing room.
Israeli troops were accused today of evacuating Palestinian civilians to a house in Gaza and then shelling the building 24 hours later, killing at least 30 and injuring dozens.
A woman who dedicated her life to campaigning against violence was stabbed to death by her mentally ill grandson hours after hospital staff decided it was safe to allow him to return home, a court has heard.
A road safety campaigner was killed on the very route she warned would claim lives.
A seven-year-old hanged herself with a pink dressing gown cord while watching a Bratz movie on Mother's Day, an inquest heard.
An atheist advertising campaign claiming 'there's probably no God' has been reported to the regulator.
This is the incredible moment a $3million ransom was dropped onto hijacked supertanker Sirius Star to secure the release of hostages - including two Britons. Earlier today Somali pirates were reported to have released the hijacked supertanker. The apparent ransom money was dropped in a parachuted container by a small aircraft and observed by the U.S. Navy who provided these images.
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A vulnerable patient starved to death in an NHS hospital after 26 days without proper nourishment.
A spray that might stop flu in its tracks is being developed by scientists. It would fight off all strains of the virus, including those behind bird flu and winter flu.
A teenager was given £50 by a 'fixer' to brandish guns on the BBC's Panorama, it has been claimed. The 17-year-old was filmed assembling a shotgun for the programme about guns and gang culture in Merseyside.
An eco-friendly family have reduced their household waste so much they have only filled one bin - in six months. The Strauss throw away an average of just 100g of litter every week - enough to fit in the palm of a hand.
Huge communal bins - 40 times the size of wheelie bins - could soon be the norm for thousands of residents who will have to share them with neighbours.
