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Appeal for two missing teenage girls

Monday, 6 June 2011

Police are appealing to the public for help in the search for two 13-year-old girls who have been missing since Saturday night.

New safeguards to protect adults in care

Monday, 6 June 2011

Legal protection for adults in care is to be speeded up in the wake of the abuse scandal at a residential hospital in Bristol, the Government has indicated. Details of a system of "safeguarding" boards, similar to those in place for vulnerable children, are to be published within a fortnight.

'Irregularities' in Oxfam Pakistan flood funds

Monday, 6 June 2011

Oxfam has launched an investigation into its finances after finding "irregularities" in their flood relief programme in Pakistan.

Four die in head-on collision

Monday, 6 June 2011

Four people were killed and another four injured in a head-on collision in West Bromwich in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The people versus the cuts (and, as ever, the lawyers will be the winners)

Sunday, 5 June 2011

Matt Chorley After protests and petitions, campaigners turn to judges to halt spending decisions.

HIV: Britain heads for 100,000 cases

Sunday, 5 June 2011

Emily Dugan: Medical progress means the disease need not be fatal.

Aristocrats offer war veterans sanctuary

Sunday, 5 June 2011

A group of former soldiers has found a unique way to rebuild their lives. Jonathan Rendall joins them in Surrey.

Three women killed in car crash

Sunday, 5 June 2011

Three women were killed in a two-car crash which also left a 21-year-old man with life-threatening injuries, police said today.

Interest rates set to stay on hold

Sunday, 5 June 2011

The Bank of England will defy inflation and hold interest rates at a record low this week, amid signs that Britain's economic recovery is faltering.

Help for Heroes to hit �100 million mark

Sunday, 5 June 2011

Armed Forces charity Help for Heroes is set to reach �100 million in public donations - just three and a half years after it was formed.

Britain gets a taste for the drive-in movie

Sunday, 5 June 2011

Film lovers are discovering the delights of outdoor showings. At £25 per car, Kate Youde finds a growing band of devotees

Oil site blaze under control

Saturday, 4 June 2011

A major blaze at a waste oil storage site was brought under control today after more than 60 firefighters worked through the night.

Money talks: the men who really own Britain

Saturday, 4 June 2011

The abuse scandal at a Bristol care home has put the shadowy world of private equity in the spotlight.

£10k for man who slipped on grape

Saturday, 4 June 2011

A shopper has won a £10,500 pay-out after slipping on a grape in a branch of Asda.

John Lewis boss says chain is too 'beige'

Saturday, 4 June 2011

Shoppers love its prices and service but John Lewis can be a bit boring, according to one of its most senior managers. Craig Inglis, the first director of marketing at Britain's biggest chain of department stores, said it could be accused of being "beige".

Tim Westwood the war-monger

Friday, 3 June 2011

It’s your favourite hip-hop and R ‘n’ B radio DJ, Tim Westwood, broadcasting LIVE from a British military camp in Afghanistan!

A silent tribute, then a burst of applause as Marines repatriated

Friday, 3 June 2011

Terri Judd: Even by Wootton Bassett standards, yesterday's repatriation was a solemn affair.

Man critical after refinery blast

Friday, 3 June 2011

An oil worker is being treated for severe burns after an explosion that killed four of his colleagues.

Video: Chevron 'saddened' by blast

Friday, 3 June 2011

A spokeswoman for Chevron says the tragedy at the Pembroke Dock refinery has "hit everyone very hard".

Camelot gives �1.7bn to good causes

Friday, 3 June 2011

National Lottery operator Camelot today said it delivered �1.7 billion to good causes in the last financial year, after sales hit an all-time high.

Pedestrian crossing may spell the end for Westminster peace camp

Friday, 3 June 2011

Sarah Morrison: Previous attempts to evict the camp have failed because it has not been deemed to be causing an obstruction.

The other North/South divide: why Londoners have worst commutes

Friday, 3 June 2011

Nationwide, three out of four workers took half an hour or less to get to work. But in London only 44 per cent travelled for less than 30 minutes - and 16 per cent took an hour or more.

Cheese fire causes meltdown on A359

Friday, 3 June 2011

A lorry containing 24 tonnes of cheese caught fire on a rural road in Somerset yesterday morning. Four fire crews fought the putrid blaze, which forced the closure of the A359 at Galhampton Hill, near Castle Cary.

Protest over care home rent move

Thursday, 2 June 2011

Union leaders representing thousands of staff in Southern Cross care homes staged a demonstration today outside a meeting attended by private equity companies.