Snow: England's Big Chill Set To Begin

The Met Office has issued a weekend weather warning with snow expected to blanket most of England. The Level 2 Alert warns there is a high risk of severe cold, icy and snow conditions from now until Tuesday. The alert highlights all of England as being...

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Two Stabbed To Death In Birmingham City Centre

A man is being questioned on suspicion of stabbing two men to death in Birmingham city centre last night. The men, who are believed to be in their 40s, were attacked just before 6pm. One victim is thought to have been stabbed outside a Sainsbury's...

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Two Charged With Midnight Mass Murder

Two men have been charged with murdering the church organist Alan Greaves in Sheffield on Christmas Eve. Ashley Foster, 21, and Jonathan Bowling, 22, have both been charged with the murder of Mr Greaves, a lay preacher, who was attacked just a few hundred...

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Adoption: 'Hotspots' Map Released To Cut Waits

A map showing the parts of England where most children are in need of adoptive parents has been published. Education officials are concerned that prospective parents are often not being pointed to high-need areas if their own has few youngsters on its...

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Organist Murder Inquiry: Fourth Man Arrested

A fourth man has been arrested in connection with the killing of church organist Alan Greaves on Christmas Eve. The lay preacher was making his way to Midnight Mass at St Saviour's Church, near his home in High Green, Sheffield, when he was attacked....

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MoD Overspends Equipment Budget By £6.5bn

The Ministry of Defence has overspent its equipment budget by £6.5bn and some of its major orders are likely to be delivered 39 years late. The National Audit Office (NAO), in its latest report into the MoD's spending, has revealed that the 16 most...

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Pensions 'Plunge Over £3,000 In Five Years'

People planning to retire this year expect to be living off the lowest average incomes recorded in six years, it has been claimed. This year's retirees expect to have a typical annual income of £15,300, making them around £3,400 a year worse off than...

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Council Parking Charge Profits Attacked By IAM

Councils are making huge profits from parking charges while cutting road safety spending, according to new figures. Councils in England took more than £411m in parking charges in 2011/12 - an increase of almost 15% on 2010/11, the Institute of Advanced...

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Moira Anderson Case Sees Grave Exhumed

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent A family grave in Scotland is to be exhumed as part of an attempt to solve a murder mystery dating back more than 50 years. Police will dig up the grave at Old Monkland Cemetery in Lanarkshire as they try...

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Online Sales Fail To Boost 'Sluggish' December

By Ursula Errington, Business Reporter Strong online sales in December have failed to boost what has been described as an "underwhelming and sluggish" Christmas on the high street. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said retail sales for the month...

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Teenage Girl Killed In Police Pursuit Crash

A 13-year-old girl has died in a crash involving a car which was being pursued by police in south east London. The teenager was travelling with her mother, father and brother in Ilderton Road, between New Cross and South Bermondsey, on Sunday when their...

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Belfast: Loyalist Call For Peaceful Protests

Leading loyalists have held talks with Northern Ireland's chief constable Matt Baggott, as fresh disturbances erupted in Belfast. In a statement after the meeting, Billy Hutchinson - who leads the Progressive Unionist Party, the political wing of the...

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Child Benefit Payment Cut-Off For Families

By Emma Birchley, East of England Correspondent Child benefit payments to more than a million people are due to be cut from Monday, as part of the Government's plan to reduce spending. If either parent earns £50,000 then payments are to be reduced...

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NI Clashes: 'Several Shots Fired' At Police

A man has been arrested in Belfast on suspicion of attempted murder after gunshots were fired during clashes between loyalist and nationalist protesters. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) confirmed the arrest of the 38-year-old man. Thirteen...

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