An unexploded WWII mine dredged up off Kent by a trawler will be made safe in a controlled explosion. |
Twelve people are arrested in connection with alleged physical and sexual abuse of children dating back 30 years. |
Only half of Londoners use NHS dentists despite there being an above average number available in the city, a reports shows. |
The owner and operator of Hastings Pier are each fined 80,000 for breaching health and safety laws. |
A surgeon "butchered" one patient and botched several breast operations, the GMC is told. |
Nine men admit being part of a drugs network after cocaine with a street value of up to 100m is seized. |
A man convicted of carrying out a series of robberies on security guards is jailed for 24 years. |
Two people die in a crash on the M1 in Northamptonshire involving two lorries and a car. |
A man is arrested on suspicion of arson following a fire which destroyed a factory in Bedfordshire. |
Rolls-Royce announces plans to close its plant on Merseyside with the loss of more than 200 jobs. |
A former mayor and his wife are convicted of fraudulently claiming state benefits. |
A hospital security guard is found wrapped in barbed wire and with flammable liquid poured over him. |
Police are treating the death of a father of four whose body was found in a castle well as suspicious. |
US singer Meat Loaf is forced to cut short a concert in Newcastle due to "exhaustion and stress". |
A 19-year-old soldier who was wounded in Iraq is awarded 57,000 by the Ministry of Defence. |
A state-of-the-art marina is to replace ageing wooden wharfs at docks in a Cornish town. |
The Environment Agency decides against dredging watercourses in Gloucester angering flood victims. |
A 255m redevelopment plan is under way to transform the former Courage Brewery site in the heart of Bristol. |
Players' chief Gordon Taylor tells BBC Sport that Steven Gerrard and other England footballers are being placed under too much strain. |
Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe condemns 150,000-a-week Premier League wages as "obscene" and criticises Man Utd's increased prices. |
THE first statue to be erected on George Street in more than 100 years has been given the go-ahead by city planners. |
A DRUNK driver killed his friend in a car crash after ignoring his terrified passengers' pleas to slow down. |
UNION leaders have mounted a fierce attack on the Royal Mail after it emerged that the head of the company and its board members had received bumper pay rises. |
EDINBURGH ZOO bosses today announced the attraction will stay in Corstorphine, dismissing reports they were considering moving it to Glasgow. |
CONTRACTORS who walked away from a community centre building project just two weeks after starting work are facing the threat of legal action from the city council. |
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