The three Pakistan cricketers barred from the sport over match-fixing allegations are expected to be questioned by police. ...

LONDON (AFP) - Cricket's world governing body charged three Pakistan stars with anti-corruption offences and provisionally suspended them, as the trio protested their innocence in ...

Home-educated Arran Fernandez sailed through GCSEs and A-levels before going through the university's notoriously challenging interview process. ...

The pathologist who carried out the first post mortem on Ian Tomlinson, who died at last year's G20 protest, is due to find out whether he is to be struck off the medical register. ...

The Spice Girls musical will get an absolutely fabulous plot - courtesy of writer Jennifer Saunders. ...

The BBC denies the director general compromised its independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the govenrment's spending cuts. ...

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is due in court today to finally face multi-million pound charges over the collapse of his Polly Peck business empire. ...

Unemployment should be tackled by spending £250m on creating 200,000 jobs and placements for people out of work, Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls has said. ...

London's wealthiest City bankers have put their hands in their rather large wallets to raise thousands of pounds for the capital's poorest children. ...

Cheryl Cole is due to be divorced from her footballer husband Ashley, according to reports. ...

Unemployment should be tackled by spending £250m on creating 200,000 jobs and placements for people out of work, Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls has said. ...

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is due in court today to finally face multi-million pound charges over the collapse of his Polly Peck business empire. ...

3 PLAYERS charged with corruption as it is reported cash trail led to Pakistan skipper ...

A health watchdog reports a marked improvement in 999 response times at Yorkshire Ambulance Service. ...

Unison Scotland members will discuss how to respond to a move by councils to impose a pay deal on 150,000 workers. ...

Andrew Curwell was looking for his lost wallet containing £100 holiday money when he fell from sheer cliffs onto the Great Western Beach at Newquay last summer. ...

Tony Blair, the former occupier of the highest office in the land, chooses to share with us everything from his toilet arrangements to family secrets. ...

The extraordinary public statement by William Hague could yet prove to be the most catastrophic mistake in a brilliant career marred by public relations blunders. ...

The bankers who landed us in this mess are raking in the cash and promises to rein in their behaviour have come to nothing. ...

William Hague's controversial room-sharing activities with ex-aide Chris Nyers haven't discouraged International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell. ...

The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion. ...

UK Independence Party members gather for their autumn conference in Torquay with the search for a new leader top of its agenda. ...

Hundreds of thousands of women taking drugs to combat bone thinning could be doubling their risk of cancer of the oesophagus, warn British researchers. ...

Bethany Storro recalled the moment a woman approached her and said 'Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?' - before throwing acid into her face. ...

Marchella Pierce had marks on her ankles that were consistent with being tied up, officers said. Detectives are now questioning the child's mother, 30-year-old Carlotta Pierce (lef ...

White youngsters are more likely to leave school either well-educated or poorly-educated with fewer in between, research suggests. ...

Language experts have found the increased speed at which people communicate on social networking sites means they are more likely to lapse into colloquialisms. ...

Traces of the metal in milk were found to be much higher than is legally allowed in water, according to scientists, with one brand containing more than 800 micrograms per litre. .. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Metro Bank, whose launch in July marked the birth of Britain's first new high street retail bank in more than 100 years, said on Friday it was creating 100 new j ...

X Factor judge Cheryl Cole is due to divorce love rat hubby Ashley in the High Court today ...

VICTORIA Cross hero Johnson Beharry is training to appear in Dancing On Ice comp ...

WACKY popstar was in hospital six times in 2009 due to her her yo-yo dieting, it is claimed ...

TRANSFORMERS film director Michael Bay puts bounty on girl who threw pups into a river ...

TONY Blair reveals as a young man he had a 'passionate' affair with a woman in France ...

DAVID Miliband warns Labour against Left lurch, urging members not to elect brother Ed ...

A GERMAN bomber shot down in World War II is discovered 50ft below the sea ...

NEIGHBOURS from hell on the run with their foster son are urged to surrender ...

BBC's boss faced Govt grilling after confessing body had been riddled with left-wing bias ...

13 workers flung into sea close to site of BP disaster, but all safe and no spills reported ...

ROYAL Bank of Scotland axes 3,500 jobs just weeks after £1bn profits revealed ...

TOP Gear's James May says The Stig will be viciously killed off & replaced by new driver ...

RENOWNED Prof challenges religion by insisting Big Bang followed physics laws ...

UNDERTAKER caught leading funeral cortege while pocketing 1000s in disability benefits ...

ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern ...

Staff rooms at 4,700 primaries are solely populated by women - 150 more than last year. And just one man under the age of 25 works in a state-run nursery. ...

The Act - which opponents say is biased against British citizens - is being used to extradite Asperger’s sufferer Gary McKinnon for computer hacking. ...

The BBC was caught in a political row last night after its boss Mark Thompson was apparently attempting to cosy up to the Government following complaints over Left-wing bias. ...

Steve Moore, a 25-year veteran in the bureau, said that on re-examining the case he had no doubt the Knox, 23, could not have killed her roommate. ...

Tony Blair's introduction in the U.S. edition of his book has described American presidents as occupying 'Olympian heights' and says that the memoir is as much about the country as ...

A lottery system for school places in Brighton failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say. ...

Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association suggest. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of th ...

The Prince was accused yesterday after his horse suffered a bloody injury during a polo match. He was photographed riding the animal despite it appearing to have been stabbed by on ...

After Wookie ran out into the road in front of her, the mystery woman stormed up the driveway of his home to confront the dog’s owners - before taking him away. ...

Foreign Secretary William Hague says his decision to publicly deny speculation about a gay affair was "not an easy thing to do". ...

A hidden danger in the garden has been highlighted by the case of a man who contracted Legionnaires' disease from handling compost. ...

The UK has seen its biggest fall in alcohol consumption in 60 years, according to new figures from an industry body. ...

Ed Balls has put employment at the centre of his campaign for the Labour leadership by outlining a £250 million plan to create 200,000 jobs and work placements for the unemplo ...

A controversial "lottery" designed to allocate school places fairly has failed to reduce segregation between rich and poor pupils, research suggests. ...

The International Cricket Council has "provisionally suspended" the three accused Pakistan players - who will be interviewed by Scotland Yard in the morning. ...