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- Judge bans vulnerable woman from having sex as she lacks the 'mental capacity' to consent:
The case involves an autistic woman with an IQ of 64 from having sexual intercourse on the grounds she does not fully understand the risks involved.
- Property tycoon accused of hiding millions from estranged wife told he cannot leave country for ¿charity trip¿:
Property tycoon Scot Young has failed in his High Court bid to get his passport back after claims that he needed it to travel to Africa for charity work were labelled by the judge as 'highly implausible'.
- Homs massacre: 200 dead as Assad's troops pound Syrian city with mortars:
Activists claim the military carried out a night of shelling on the city of Homs killing 200 people including women and children.
- The human hourglass: The Romanian model who has just a 20-INCH waist:
30-year-old Ioana Spangenberg weighs just six stone, with 32 inch hips, despite eating three square meals a day, including pizza and kebabs.
- 24-stone woman loses half her body weight to achieve lifetime ambition of going skydiving:
Emma Doggett, 34, from Norfolk was told she was too fat to jump, so lost 12 stone so she could fulfill her ambition.
- Longleat 'lockout': Ramblers claim they are being barred from Lord Bath's country estate:
Ramblers have had free access to the 100,000-acre grounds of the Wiltshire estate (pictured) for centuries. Now they say they are being stopped by security staff and ordered to pay £27.50.
- Hair today gone tomorrow: PM reveals balding patch during swift visit to Devon garden centre:
David Cameron revealed a balding patch at the back of his head during his impromptu visit at Endsleigh Garden Centre in Ivybridge
- UK weather forecast: 15cm of snow on the way as Met Office issues severe weather warning:
Temperatures plunged as low as Himalayas overnight, reaching -10.6C in Chesham, Buckinghamshire and -10.3C in Benson, Oxfordshire.
- Romanian 'Cinderella', 7, trafficked to Britain for a better life forced to work as family¿s slave:
Romanian nationals, Aurel Zlate, 46, and his wife Alexandra Oaie, 43, are accused of making the girl look after their children and beg in the street upon her arrival at their home in north London.
- Fred Goodwin knighthood: You can bank on David Cameron to pass the buck:
KELVIN MACKENZIE: It’s always the same. It doesn’t matter what the issue is, when the going gets tough... Cameron gets going — in the opposite direction.
- The mystery of the blue balls: Scientists find unexplained globules in Dorset come from nappies:
The mysterious blue balls which 'rained' down on a Dorset garden were merely a common substance found in nappies, scientists have claimed.
- Newly-weds split up after just 13 days of married life with groom arrested for breaching restraining order banning contact with wife:
Tricia Young, 47, and Jeremy Houlston, 41, tied the knot in a register office at Rhyl, North Wales, on December 17.
- Rachel Hatton benefit fraud charges: Former Miss Great Britain hopeful accused of false claims:
Rachel Hatton, 28, allegedly claimed income support, housing benefits and council tax benefits after falsely telling officials she lived alone. She denied three charges at Northampton Magistrates' Court today.
- Forget planking, owling and Tebowing¿ The latest internet craze is Lion King-ing:
Copying a famous scene from the film The Lion King, the video trend sees pet owners around the world lifting their animals above their head.
- Mick and Jean O'Shea still claiming disability benefit 6 YEARS after £10m Lottery win:
Mick and Jean O'Shea won the huge EuroMillions sum in 2005 but Mr O'Shea still receives £500 a month disability allowance because it is not means-tested in England.
- Lipstick, a crisply folded £10 note and a portable hook: The secrets of the Queen's handbag revealed:
For years the question of whether or not the Queen carries cash in her handbag has been debated and deliberated.
- Indonesian twin sisters reunited in Sweden three decades after being separated discover they live just 25miles apart:
Non-identical twins Emilie Falk and Lin Backman were adopted from an orphanage in Indonesia by different Swedish parents nearly 29 years ago met for the first time last year.
- Separated at birth? Meet the amateur actor who beat 782 others to win George Clooney lookalike contest:
David Glendon, from Kilkenny in Ireland will go to the Oscars in Hollywood as part of his prize for winning the competition.
- Council spends £800 a DAY cleaning Britain¿s longest clutter-free street despite cutbacks everywhere else:
London's first 'clutter-free' street is costing council bosses £800 a day to clean while other streets are neglected due to cutbacks.
- A real choker: Peckish cormorant attempts to gobble down 5lb PIKE:
A ravenous cormorant found its lunch a bit too hard to swallow after diving to snare a 5lb pike.
- Berlin opera house forced to reschedule Hitler¿s favourite Wagner work set for Nazi leader¿s birthday:
Berlin's biggest opera house has been forced to reschedule plans to stage a version of Adolf Hitler's favourite Wagner production after uproar about it being launched on the Nazi leader's birthday.
- The Diamond Queen: Princes William and Harry say Elizabeth 'doesn't care for celebrity':
The 21-year-old, pictured, made the revelations in an insightful BBC mini-series to mark the Diamond Jubilee set to air on Monday.
- Row over bonuses is making London the worst place to do business, warns leading bankers:
Government ministers have been accused of trying to gain favour with the public by openly criticising banking chiefs in the City.
- 'You have showed no remorse': Judge blasts alcoholic couple who stabbed to death RAF hero who served his country for 16 years:
Raymond McEnery, 55, and girlfriend Dana Webb, 34, attacked Peter Wilson, 47, (pictured) in Coventry and left him to bleed to death.
- Prince Charles right that plants really can communicate with one another:
In news to gladden the heart of Prince Charles, once much mocked for having conversations with cabbages, it appears science has caught up with what many gardeners have long held true – plants can communicate.
- Openly gay verger accused of groping married woman in cathedral is cleared:
Nicholas Whitaker, 34, was accused of putting his arms around the woman and fondling her breasts. Today a jury at Leeds Crown Court took less than 30 minutes to acquit him of sexual assault.
- FA strips John Terry of England captaincy for second time ahead of Anton Ferdinand race row trial:
John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy for the second time yesterday and a number of team-mates believe he should not be picked by Fabio Capello while allegations of racism persist.
- Thanks Ma'am, that's one planted. Now just 5,999,999 trees to go! How you can take part in the Queen's Jubilee Woods celebration:
Just as the Coronation of King George VI was marked by the planting of millions of trees, so Britain is about to start putting down royal roots once again with help from the Mail.
- Mars is too dry to support life on its surface:
Samples of soil found that the surface had been starved of any moisture that might enhance the view that there are living organisms on the red planet.
- Most expensive art piece sold: Qatar buys Cézanne's The Card Players for £160m:
The Card Players, one in a series of five works depicting French peasants playing cards, was bought by the Gulf kingdom of Qatar.
- Number of cancer cases set to rise 30% by 2030 due to ageing population:
The UK ranks 16th out of 27 countries in the European Union for the predicted rise in cases, according to the data published by the World Cancer Research Fund.
- 50,000 pet owners face crippling vet bills after their insurance is axed:
Furious pet owners must now fund the veterinary bills themselves – totalling thousands of pounds – or face the painful alternative of putting their animals to sleep.
- Mamma beer! Bizarre drink that's gone down a storm in the U.S. hopes to get slice of UK's lager market:
The beverage is brewed by Tom and Athena Seefurth, (pictured) from Illinois, U.S. who gave up their jobs to make the beer which will soon be heading for the UK.
- Tragedy of the 50 soldiers killed in Afghanistan who couldn't afford life insurance:
They could not afford premiums of up to £74 a month to cover their loved ones in the event of their death or serious injury.
- Royal College of GPs says Health and Social Care bill should be scrapped:
Members of the Royal College of General Practitioners have written to the Prime Minister declaring their outright opposition to the plans.
- More than half of women gamble after a surge over the last decade:
There have been particularly large rises in the numbers of women buying scratch cards, playing slot machines and betting online.
- SamCam to join PM for first official trip abroad:
The White House said Barack and Michelle Obama would host the Prime Minister and his wife on a visit to 'highlight the fundamental importance of the U.S.-UK special relationship'.
- Now that's cheap! Why the most expensive roses may not be the best:
Researchers came up with the claim after ordering a dozen blooms ranging from £30 to £50 from five major retailers.
- Stock market surges as US job creation and UK services revival boost hopes for global economy:
A monthly 'health check' of the UK economy showed it rebounded strongly in January, easing fears of a double-dip recession after a slump at the end of last year.
- Apple forced to stop selling iPhones and iPads in Germany over row about patents:
The technology giant was told this morning it had to stop selling the products on its online store because of an on-going patent issue.
- Radioactive leaks at crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant increase two months after it was declared safe:
Radioactive water was spotted by workers at the reprocessing areas and were found to release enough beta rays that can lead to radiation sickness.
- Chris Huhne resignation: Downfall of a deeply divisive minister:
The decision to charge Chris Huhne with perverting the course of justice brings a theatrical end to the Cabinet career of one of Westminster’s most divisive figures.
- Girl cuts hair of mother suffering from cancer: A touching moment too intimate for youtube?:
AMANDA PLATELL: A video on YouTube this week shows six-year-old Lola Etchells cutting the hair from her mother Sara’s head before it would have fallen out as a result of chemotherapy for breast cancer.
- Blue Peter studies and the £246,000 professor:
QUENTIN LETTS: David Cameron and Michael Gove oppose Professor Les Ebdon (pictured) becoming university access supremo. Looking at the Mickey Mouse courses offered by his college, it is not hard to see why.
- Don't jump! Oh, he can't... Incredible chalk drawings that appear to change London's skyline:
At first glance he appears to be inches from disaster. But the image is actually an illusion and the man is standing on a picture - although he appears to be about to fall from a London rooftop.
- The Queen wears head scarf to protects against 'Siberian' cold at Jubilee tree planting ceremony:
Wrapped up warm against the freezing conditions, the Royal pair weren't kept away from the ceremony at a new 20-acre Jubilee Wood on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk today.
- Microlight pilot who survived 1,000ft plunge after tail snapped mid-flight receives £100,000 from plane-maker:
Jim Martin miraculously lived after plunging 1,000ft from the sky after the the tail of the microlight he was piloting snapped off midway through a flight in December 2007.
- You can sell Hitler schnapps! Austrian police abandon investigation into sale of alcohol with Hitler's face on bottle:
A legal probe was launched last year after the Austrian site offered sales of spirits in 'nostalgic bottles of former historical greats' (pictured).
- Diamond jubilee: Undermined for 60 years by politicians, the Queen is still Britain's greatest asset:
SIMON HEFFER: Contrary to some reports, Her Majesty has enjoyed reasonable relations with all her Prime Ministers. For their part, though, most have damaged and undermined the institution of monarchy.
- Was British writer murdered in Moscow? Family of Colin Adams, 70, fear Russian police cover-up:
Mr Adams' (pictured) ex-wife fears police may now be trying to protect the reputation of the Kosmos hotel, built for the 1980 Olympics and one of the largest in Moscow.
- Gamer lies dead in Taiwan internet cafe for 9 HOURS before anyone notices:
Chen Rong-yu, 23, is thought to have suffered a heart attack after playing League of Legends for 23 hours in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
- Windmills of your mind: Optical illusion that proves the brain sees things that aren't really there:
Look at it for a moment, and this brain-baffling optical illusion will begin to spin before your eyes. But what your brain perceives as a spiral is actually something rather different.
- Grandmother, 90, finally reveals her astonishing past as Dutch resistance fighter who hid Jewish families from the Nazis:
Frail pensioner Grietje Scott has finally told how she became a decorated WW2 hero who was part of an elite fighting force in the Dutch Resistance.
- Internet gambling addict frittered away £400,000 from company - and her boss has to retire five years later to pay for it:
Suzan Smith, a senior employee who had been trusted implicitly, stole £398,651.26 from Graham Wuyts & Co Accountants (pictured) in Attleborough, near Wymondham, Norfolk.
- United Nations declares famine in Somalia is over, but says it could easily slip back:
The world body moved the crisis from the top step of a five-point scale - based on the death rate - to the fourth step, humanitarian emergency.
- Paralympian, 12, who lost hands and feet when doctors misdiagnosed meningitis as a tummy upset gets £8m compensation payout:
The girl from South Norwood had large parts of all four of her limbs amputated in order to save her life, after suffering meningococcal septicaemia.
- Caparo T1: Fastest supercar in the world put up for sale for £280k:
This Caparo T1, being advertised for sale by Stratton Motor Company in Norwich, was designed to be the closest thing to a road-legal F1 car. It can go from 100mph to zero in just three seconds.
- PCSO Michael Yardley who had affair with girl, 12, jailed for rape:
Michael Yardley, 35, was employed by Lincolnshire Police as part of a neighbourhood policing team. His wife saw him kissing and cuddling the child in the marital home.
- City on the fast track: Despite strong opposition, the new high speed link could boost Birmingham¿s future housing market:
Cutting a minute off a commuter train journey to London adds £1,300 to the price of the average terrace home in Cat Deeley's home town.
- Virtual reality contact lenses that beam images directly into your eyes could be on sale in 2014:
Contact lenses with screens could be on sale as early as 2014, says U.S. company Innovega.The tiny 'screens' sit directly on users' eyeballs and focus images and information into their eyes.
- Children exposed to anaesthetic early in life 'have double risk of ADHD':
Children given two or more doses of anaesthetic before they turned three had more than double the incidence of ADHD than children who had no exposure, Mayo Clinic research found.
- UK weather: 4 inches of snow to fall across Britain as mercury plummets to -10c:
A level three 'amber' cold weather alert has been issued, which warns of health risks to the elderly and vulnerable, and the likelihood of disruption to transport.
- Stab victim Abigail Witchell's mother: How did the News of the World know my girl was pregnant?:
Speaking at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, Baroness Hollins, pictured, said she had no idea how the now-defunct tabloid acquired the information.
- If Kate Middleton wants to know the joys and pitfalls of cocker spaniels, she should collar my soppy brother-in-law:
TOM UTLEY: My brother-in-law has just written a children's book about his cocker spaniel. The timing could hardly be better, with the news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge acquired a male cocker puppy.
- Killers' convictions could be erased in just SEVEN years under new 'rehabilitation' plans:
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, pictured, will also slash the time period before convictions become ‘spent’, to help criminals get back into work.
- UK benefits cap welfare reform: Sky TV, Special Brew, Superkings...those benefit cuts in full:
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The BBC has been doing sterling work in highlighting the ‘victims’ of the ‘savage’ cuts, such as unemployed father-of-seven 'Raymond', from North Wales.
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- Bürgerkrieg in Syrien: Russland blockiert UN-Resolution:
Der UN-Sicherheitsrat kommt in Sachen Syrien nicht weiter: Mit einem Veto verhinderten Russland und China eine Resolution - gegen eine große Mehrheit aus Arabern und Europäern.
- Video: Moskau: Zehntausende demonstrieren gegen Putin:
Einen Monat vor der Präsidentenwahl haben Zehntausende Russen am Samstag in Moskau auf getrennten Großkundgebungen für und gegen Ministerpräsident Wladimir Putin demonstriert. Trotz klirrender Kälte von Minus 17 Grad Celsius beteiligten sich nach Angaben der Veranstalter bis zu 100.000 Putin-Gegner an einem Protestmarsch, um für faire Wahlen zu demonstrieren.
- Video: Bellstedts Ballshow über Hertha BSC: Eine alte Dame wird zum Pflegefall:
Gegen Hannover gab es die nächste Pleite: Hertha BSC nähert sich nach einem kapitalen Fehlstart in die Rückrunde mit großen Schritten der Abstiegszone. Für den Möchtegern-Hauptstadt-Club geht es jetzt um die Existenz.
- Video: Thronjubiläum von Elisabeth II.: Der Aufstieg einer Königin:
Am Montag ist es soweit: Queen Elisabeth II. feiert ihr 60-jähriges Thronjubiläum. Dass das älteste Kind des Herzogs und der Herzogin von York überhaupt zur Königin aufsteigen konnte, kam überraschend.
- Video: Sensation vor Neuseeland: Forscher fangen riesigen Flohkrebs:
Flohkrebse sind kleine Meeresbewohner, die maximal zwei bis drei Zentimeter groß werden. Wissenschaftler staunten vor Neuseeland daher nicht schlecht, als sie ein Exemplar aus dem Meer holten, das mehr als 30 Zentimeter misst.
- So läuft der Spieltag: Schalke und Gladbach fallen zurück:
Vier Remis und nur ein Sieg: Schalke 04 hat gegen Mainz die erste Halbzeit verschlafen und nur ein Unentschieden erreicht. Auch Gladbach verpasste gegen Wolfsburg drei Punkte. Nur Hannover gelang ein Sieg.
- Schuldenkrise: FDP-Politiker will Griechenland umbenennen:
Neue Verfassung, neues Image, neuer Name. Der FDP-Europaabgeordnete Jorgos Chatzimarkakis plädiert für einen radikalen Neuanfang Griechenlands. Das Land seiner Ahnen erinnert ihn an die Zeit der Weimarer Republik.
- Kältewelle fordert viele Opfer: Winterchaos in Europa:
Der Winter ist noch kurz, wird aber für viele Menschen schon zum Alptraum. Südeuropa versinkt im Schnee, über 250 Menschen erfrieren, Deutschland erlebt die frostigste Nacht des Jahres. Es bleibt kalt.
- Eiszeit in Europa: Kapriolen der Kälte:
Snowboarder auf der Straße, Schnee im Sommerparadies und Glühwein für Affen - die Kältewelle in Europa treibt seltsame Blüten. Eisige Bilder aus der Coolness.
- Video: Zwillinge nach 28 Jahren wieder vereint: Eine Familie dank Facebook:
Die schönsten Geschichten schreibt das Leben, so wie die von Lin Backman und Emelie Falk. 28 Jahre lebten die beiden nur wenige Kilometer voneinander entfernt. Dann fanden die gebürtigen Indonesierinnen heraus, dass sie Zwillinge sind - dank Facebook und eines DNA-Testes.
- 2. Bundesliga: Fortuna Düsseldorf strauchelt - St. Pauli verliert:
Die Spitzenteams patzen: Tabellenführer Fortuna Düsseldorf ist gegen Ingolstadt nicht über ein Remis hinausgekommen. Der FC St. Pauli kassierte auf dem Tivoli in Aachen eine schmerzhafte Niederlage.
- Streit um Uno-Resolution zu Syrien: Russlands zynische Treue zu Assad:
Auf der Sicherheitskonferenz wird hinter den Kulissen darum gerungen, dass der Uno-Sicherheitsrat das Gemetzel in Syrien verurteilt - möglichst heute. Moskau steht noch zu Assad. Warum eigentlich?
- Video: Bradley Manning: WikiLeaks-Informant muss vor US-Militärgericht:
Der mutmaßliche WikiLeaks-Informant Bradley Manning muss sich in den USA vor einem Militärgericht verantworten. Der entlassene Soldat wird verdächtigt, während seines Dienstes im Irak mehr als 700.000 geheime US-Diplomatenberichte an das Internet-Enthüllungsportal WikiLeaks weitergegeben zu haben. Bei einer Verurteilung würde die Todesstrafe drohen.
- "Hasty Pudding Award": Jason Segel trägt BH:
Ruhm und Ehre für "How I Met Your Mother"-Star Jason Segel: Der Schauspieler darf sich über den Titel "Man of the Year" freuen, den "Hasty Pudding", das Studententheater von Havard, alljährlich vergibt. Dafür allerdings musste er so einiges über sich ergehen lassen.
- Rugby-Fans in Wellington: Wenn Bräute und Milchtüten auf den Rängen feiern:
Ob frivole Bräute, betrunkene Polizistinnen oder gruselige Kleinkinder - sie alle leben für Neuseelands inoffiziellen Nationalsport. Die Fans in Wellington verleihen ihrer Begeisterung für Rugby vor allem mit skurrilen Kostümen Ausdruck.
- Großdemo in Moskau: Alle gegen Putin:
In einem Monat wählen die Russen einen neuen Präsidenten - also Wladimir Putin. Gegen den Machthaber sind nun mehr als 100.000 Menschen auf die Straße gegangen - bei minus 20 Grad.
- Video: Ägypten nach der Fußballkatatrophe: Ein Land versinkt im Chaos:
In Ägypten ist es am Samstagmorgen den dritten Tag in Folge zu Ausschreitungen zwischen Demonstranten und der Polizei gekommen. Ausgelöst hatten die Proteste Krawalle in einem Fußballstadion in der
Port Said, bei denen am Mittwoch 74 Menschen getötet und etwa 1000 verletzt wurden.
- Video: Syrien-Konflikt: Mehr als 200 Tote in Homs:
Kurz vor der Abstimmung des UN-Sicherheitsrates über eine Resolution gegen Syrien sind in dem Land nach Angabe von Augenzeugen mehr als 200 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Sie seien von syrischen Sicherheitskräften in der Protesthochburg Homs erschossen worden.
- Unruhen in Syrien: Hunderte Menschen sterben bei Blutbad in Homs:
Bei einem Blutbad in der syrischen Rebellenhochburg Homs sollen mehrere hundert Menschen ums Leben gekommen sein. Opposition und Regierung beschuldigen sich gegenseitig.
- Bundesliga: 2:0 in Nürnberg - BVB legt vor:
Der deutsche Meister Borussia Dortmund hat zu Beginn des 20. Bundesligaspieltags vorgelegt. Die Westfalen siegten beim 1.FC Nürnberg mit 2:0 und übernahmen die Tabellenführung. Nun lautet die Frage: Können Bayern, Schalke und Gladbach nachziehen?
- Video: Dschungelkönigin Brigitte Nielsen: "Die Männer waren eine Crew von Pussycats":
Trotz Truthahnhoden und Straußenanus: Die frisch gekrönte Dschungelkönigin Brigitte Nielsen zog bei stern TV ein positives Fazit über ihre Tage im Camp. Nur von ihren männlichen Mitstreitern war sie richtig enttäuscht.
- Diagnose Alzheimer: Ein Kampf gegen das Vergessen:
Lange hat Rudi Assauer das Geheimnis bewahrt, nun berichtet der Ex-Manager von Schalke 04 in seiner Autobiografie davon, dass er an Alzheimer leidet. Es ist auch ein Buch gegen das Vergessen.
- Siegerin Brigitte Nielsen bei stern TV: "Vor dem Essen hatte ich die größte Angst":
Sie hat es geschafft: Brigitte Nielsen ist die Siegerin der sechsten Staffel von "Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus!". Tapfer ertrug die Dänin ihre zahlreichen Dschungelprüfungen und plauderte sogar Intimes aus ihrem Liebesleben aus.
- Nach dem "Costa Concordia"-Unglück: Wiedersehen der Überlebenden bei stern TV:
Fast drei Wochen ist es nun her, dass die Costa Concordia vor der italienischen Küste gesunken ist. Die Suche nach den Vermissten wurde eingestellt und die Überlebenden kämpfen mit den Folgen des Unglücks. Doch es gibt auch gute Nachrichten.
- Abgehoben: Ein Schwabe verleiht Autos Flügel:
Rainer Mugrauer bringt so ziemlich jedes Objekt dazu, die Bodenhaftung zu verlieren: Fässer können fliegen, Ufos, Raketen - und sogar Kühlschränke. Auch mehr als 65 Autos hat der Konstrukteur bereits in die Luft befördert.
- Video: Leichtflugmodelle: Wenn Autos fliegen lernen:
Rainer Mugrauer bringt so ziemlich jedes Objekt dazu, die Bodenhaftung zu verlieren: Fässer können fliegen, Ufos, Raketen - und sogar Kühlschränke. Auch mehr als 65 Autos hat der Konstrukteur bereits in die Luft befördert.
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- Scotland referendum: We need a poetry of the Union to defeat Salmond's freedom shtick:
The Tories are the natural romantics of the Union and should be supplying the passion to hold us together, says Graeme Archer.
- Fred Goodwin: a modern-day knight made to suffer a medieval punishment:
Fred Goodwin should challenge the judgment of David Cameron's kangaroo court, argues Charles Moore.
- Alex Salmond: will disgraced Lords now be stripped of honours?:
Scottish First Minister suggests other bankers involved in financial crisis and convicted peers should lose titles.
- Ed Miliband: cabinet of millionaires will not fight soaring City bonuses:
Affluent backgrounds of Cameron and cabinet put them in "worst position" to curb soaring bonuses for bankers, says Labour leader
- Fred Goodwin: decision to strip knighthood was result of 'anti-business hysteria':
Decision to strip former RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin of knighthood criticised by leading business figure.
- Fred Goodwin is shredded: former RBS boss stripped of knighthood:
Whitehall committee of senior civil servants rules that Fred 'The Shred' Goodwin was an "exceptional case", stripping former bank boss of knighthood despite him not having been convicted of criminal offence.
- Former RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin stripped of his knighthood:
Disgraced former RBS boss degraded honours system says Cabinet Office, as David Cameron claims it was "right decision".
- Vince Cable: footballers deserve lavish pay, bankers don't:
Business Secretary Vince Cable says failure in football is "severely punished", while the City "rewards mediocrity".
- Man arrested in connection with prison van escape of John Anslow:
Detectives hunting an "extremely dangerous" murder suspect who escaped from a prison van following a "well-orchestrated armed ambush" have arrested a man in connection with the incident.
- Executive pay is 'unjustifiable', says City superwoman Nicola Horlick:
City investment 'superwoman' Nicola Horlick has said it was wrong for executive pay to increase when company profits have struggled.
- Executive pay to be linked to rank-and-file salaries:
Executives' pay should be set partly according to how much they pay their rank-and-file staff under new government proposals.
- Sunday Times emails could enforce case against Chris Huhne:
Energy Secretary to discover fate after Sunday Times agreed to hand to police emails between a journalist and his ex-wife.
- Chris Huhne may be charged within weeks:
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne will learn within weeks if he is to be charged with an offence after the Sunday Times dropped their challenge to a police bid to obtain emails relating to the speeding case.
- Huhne may be charged within weeks:
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne will learn within weeks if he is to be charged with an offence after the Sunday Times agreed to give police access to key emails.
- Chris Huhne gets vote of confidence from David Cameron:
David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has said he "has confidence" in Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, and will decide whether he should be sacked if he is charged over the speeding fine row, Downing Street insisted today.
- Sunday Times may pass Chris Huhne's speeding case emails to police:
The publishers of the Sunday Times today dropped their challenge to a police bid to obtain emails relating to the Chris Huhne speeding case.
- Concordia: How the disaster unfolded:
Interactive timeline shows the key events of Costa Concordia cruise disaster
- Elderly may be told to pay £60,000 for care:
Report recommends doubling proposed £35,000 cap on amount an elderly or disabled person would pay for care over their lifetime.
- Prof Stephen Hawking too unwell to deliver own 70th birthday speech:
It was meant to be an opportunity for the world's most famous living scientist to reflect on a remarkable career in front of an audience of friends and peers.
- Prof Stephen Hawking too unwell to deliver own 70th birthday speech:
It was meant to be an opportunity for the world's most famous living scientist to reflect on a remarkable career in front of an audience of friends and peers.
- Stephen Lawrence's mother Doreen describes emotions on hearing guilty verdicts:
The mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has described her emotions on hearing the guilty verdicts for her son's killers 18 years after he died.
- Stephen Lawrence murder: reaction to conviction of Gary Dobson and David Norris:
Gary Dobson and David Norris were convicted of the murder of the teenager Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after the killing took place. Here is a round up of the reaction to the verdicts:
- Family dreams that died with Stephen Lawrence's murder:
Doreen and Neville Lawrence lost not only their son Stephen on the night of April 22 1993, they lost the life that should have been, writes Neil Tweedie.
- Stephen Lawrence Murder: killers' mothers should be prosecuted for perjury, says Duwayne Brooks:
The parents of Stephen Lawrence's killers should be prosecuted for perjury after they appeared to provide false alibis for their sons, the murdered teenager's best friend has said.
- Stephen Lawrence Forensic:
Two of Stephen Lawrence's killers were brought to justice by tiny fragments of blood, hair and fibres which were so small that they would "not fill a teaspoon", the court heard.
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