Savile Abuse Scandal: Helpline Calls Soar

The number of calls to a charity helpline reporting serious sex abuse of children has almost doubled following the Jimmy Savile scandal. In June and July this year, the NSPCC received 594 calls to its 24-hour helpline that were referred to police and...

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Charles Bronson Supporters Want Him Freed

By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent Supporters of notorious prisoner Charles Bronson will today urge the Prime Minister to help free him after nearly 40 years in jail. They are to hand in to 10 Downing Street a petition of 10,000 signatures calling...

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Thousands Of Pupils Hurt On Roads Near Schools

More than 1,000 children a month are being injured on roads near schools in Britain, according to new figures. There were 85,814 child casualties on roads in a 500-metre radius around UK schools between 2006 and 2011, the equivalent of 1,190 a month,...

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'Low-Tech' Police Force Losing Crime Fight

Crime in London is higher because police technology is "out-of-date, ineffective and expensive to maintain", a report has claimed. Members of the London Assembly said officers "take a step back in time" when they go to work and that Scotland Yard faces...

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Shetland Helicopter's Black Box Located

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent Salvage experts believe they know the location of the black box flight recorder from the Super Puma helicopter which crashed off Shetland. Current sea conditions, however, are too rough for a close inspection...

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Serco: Police To Probe Prison Firm Over 'Fraud'

Security firm Serco faces a police fraud investigation over its £285m prison escorting contract. Serco staff allegedly recorded prisoners as having been delivered ready for court - a key performance measure - when in fact they were not, the Ministry...

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Jamie Oliver Says British Workers 'Whinge'

The television chef, Jamie Oliver, has said that if his restaurants had to rely on British staff rather than European immigrants they would close. Oliver said that immigrants were "stronger" and "tougher" than their British counterparts who tended to...

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Computer Games And TV Make Children Depressed

By Nick Martin, News Correspondent Children who spend too much time watching television or playing computer games could be at a higher risk of anxiety and depression, a major report has claimed. A link between time spent in front of screens and...

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Ovarian Cancer: Hopes Over UK Screening

Cancer charities are hoping that a new screening programme for ovarian cancer to save thousands of lives a year may be rolled out across the UK. Known as the silent killer, ovarian cancer is responsible for the deaths of 4,500 women a year and is notoriously...

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Ex-Army Officer With Royals Link Killed In Kenya

A retired British Army officer who ran a game reserve where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were guests has been killed in a botched robbery at his home in Kenya. Lieutenant Colonel David Parkinson, 58, and his wife Sonja were attacked after a gang...

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NHS Managers Pocket £1.4bn In Exit Packages

NHS chiefs have squandered £1.4bn on axing staff as part of David Cameron's shake-up of the health service, Labour have claimed. Latest Department of Health figures show that over the past three years more than 32,000 NHS managers received "exit packages"....

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Woman Shot Dead On Birthday: Hunt For Killer

Police are hunting the killer of a woman who was gunned down while out celebrating her 24th birthday with friends. Sabrina Moss, of Neasden, north-west London, died in hospital after being involved in a double shooting. Another 24-year-old woman is...

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