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First Great Western has apologised after hundreds of passengers were left stranded on a broken down train for almost six hours…

Posh Spice, Rihanna and Jay-Z are guilty of it. Now, the modern-day phenomenon of snubbing someone in favour of your phone is facing a Twitter…

A fast food fan who burned his lips on a piece of fried chicken was sent an ambulance in the latest blunder by the NHS…

Two hot spells where temperatures push 30C (86F) could see this month be the hottest August for nine years…

A million workers are on zero-hours contracts, with some forced to accept work abroad, according to new research…

Fracking could cause houses to shake and fires to burn at the bottom of their drives, a minister joked…

Paralysed Paul Stewart is returning to climb a 60m (200ft) cliff – to defy the fall that broke him…

A shopper died after he was allegedly punched in a row over a disabled parking space…

Almost 20,000 people pedalled 160km (100 miles) through London and the Surrey countryside yesterday as the capital's new festival of cycling reached its climax…

A girl of ten has weighed in at more than 152kg (24st) in a controversial national survey…

The odds on finding it appeared more remote than the chances of Blackbeard going straight and opening a seaside tea rooms…

The Duke of Edinburgh is set to make his first official public appearance since recovering from an operation…

One of Scotland's most senior Catholics has apologised to pupils at a Highlands boarding school who were molested and beaten by monks between the 1950s…

Prince William took time out from being a new father to enjoy a charity polo match - but couldn't take his mind off his son…

A blind couple are set to marry after being drawn together by their lovestruck guide dogs…

An 87-year-old man has suffered a stroke after he was robbed and assaulted in his home in Bolton…

Giles Coren has courted controversy after criticising historian Mary Beard, who broke her silence on Twitter following more online threats.…

Mary Beard has become the latest high-profile figure to receive a bomb threat via Twitter, as many users of the social networking site began a…

Controversial immigration spot checks at train stations across London were not conducted on the basis of skin colour, the government's immigration minister has insisted…

The police watchdog investigating the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan has found no evidence of criminality by officers…