New Northern Rock chief to pocket £1.2m
A BUMPER pay packet that includes £1.2 million in compensation for Northern Rock's new chief executive has been attacked by opposition politicians, who say the reward is u
It's 141 times dearer than tap water – but half can't taste difference
NO MAJOR sporting event goes by without close-up shots of competitors throwing their heads back and quenching their thirst with prominently displayed bottles of water from som
Mosley wins damages claim over paper's Nazi orgy slur
MOTOR racing boss Max Mosley has won his damages claim against a Sunday newspaper.
Rowling takes home £150m in last year to top rich list
HARRY Potter author JK Rowling was today named as the highest earner in the rich lists compiled by US business magazine Forbes.
Q and A: Julian Hunt
Britons are still eating almost 50 per cent more than the recommended levels of salt. Julian Hunt, director of communications at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), e
£30 charge targets internet music pirates
INTERNET users could face an annual charge of up to £30 to download music under plans to tackle illegal file-sharing, it emerged last night.
Web firms sign up for crackdown on illegal downloads
BRITAIN'S six biggest internet service providers have signed up to a government-backed drive to clamp down on illegal downloading of music and films.
Firms putting pressure on the old and unwell for sales
SOME companies are using high-pressure and unlawful techniques to sell mobility aids to vulnerable customers, a consumer group said today.
Degrees 'do not offer test of knowledge'
UNIVERSITY degrees no longer provide a "serious test of knowledge, intelligence or critical ability", a historian said today.
Leslie's relief after rape allegations are dropped
JOHN Leslie, a former Blue Peter presenter, yesterday said he was "delighted" after a rape allegation was dropped.
Tribute to Scots Guard killed by IRA sniper
A SCOTS Guardsman killed by an IRA sniper in Northern Ireland more than 35 years ago was remembered at a military service yesterday.
Police injured smothering a man on fire
Surrey: Two police officers were taken to hospital after using their own bodies to smother flames engulfing a knife-wielding man who had set himself ablaze.
Ancient Bible reconnected
ONE of the oldest copies of the Bible, which has been scattered around the globe for more than a century, will be put online today.
Inquest wait 'is denying closure'
BEREAVED families are being denied closure because they are having to wait too long for inquests to be completed, a senior coroner said today.
O'Connor out for the Countdown
DES O'CONNOR is to step down as host of Countdown at the end of the current series in November.
Holidaymaker dies on Greek island
A TEENAGER has died while on holiday on a Greek island, the Foreign Office confirmed yesterday.
Hamza loses extradition plea
ABU Hamza, the radical Muslim cleric who was jailed for stirring up religious hatred, was yesterday refused permission to appeal to the House of Lords over his extradition
PC killer wins 'life means life' appeal
THE killer of PC Ian Broadhurst, who was shot at point-blank range during a routine check on a stolen vehicle in Leeds in 2003, has won an appeal against his "life means
Airport link plan for Chunnel trains
A £4.5 BILLION private-sector plan to extend the Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link to Heathrow Airport was presented to the government yesterday.
Father charged over girl's death
GARY Cooke, 46, the father of seven-year-old Elizabeth who died after the quadbike she was riding was in collision with a Range Rover, was last night charged with manslaughte
Briton charged over baby's death
A BRITISH woman has been charged with causing the death of her newborn baby son in a hotel room in Crete.
Baby Spice stands in for TV Judy
EMMA Bunton will today step in as Richard Madeley's TV wife while Judy Finnegan recovers from knee surgery. Bunton, known as Baby Spice in her Spice Girls days, starts a f
Court date for sheep farmer
A FARMER is facing a court appearance after allegedly breaching an Asbo banning him from grazing sheep in a Forest of Dean village.
58% of women worry about bearing flesh
MILLIONS of women are dreading their summer holidays because they hate their figure, according to research by Debenhams.
Bunton steps in for TV's Judy
EMMA BUNTON will step in as Richard Madeley's TV wife while Judy Finnegan recovers from knee surgery.
Diver helps clear mines
A LEITH-based Royal Navy diver has been helping clear mines in shipping routes off Iraq and Kuwait.
Recession? Who's saying there's a recession? British International Motor Show revs up
THE storm clouds of a threatened recession may be gathering, but a collection of supercars most hard-pressed drivers can only dream about are gleaming under the bright lights
Evidence on McCanns was 'slight'
PORTUGUESE detectives made Madeleine McCann's parents suspects on the "slightest chance" they could have been involved in her disappearance, a leaked report revea
Mother left brain-damaged after 'fad diet' wins £800,000
A MOTHER of two has won more than £800,000 in damages after a radical detox diet left her brain-damaged and epileptic, it emerged yesterday.
Darwins jailed for canoe death fraud
JOHN and Anne Darwin were each jailed for more than six years today for carrying out a £250,000 con by faking his death in a canoeing accident.
