Millionaire's daughter Laura Johnson has been jailed for two years for driving looters on a late-night crime spree during last summer's riots. More »Millionaire's Daughter Jailed For Riots Role
America has withdrawn $33m in aid from Pakistan in protest at the 33-year sentence given to a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden. More »US Cuts Pakistan Aid After Bin Laden Doc Jailed
The Government is making contingency plans to cope with a potential increase in immigration should the euro currency collapse, the Home Secretary has revealed. More »UK Plans Border Controls For Euro Meltdown
More than £4m worth of fake one pound coins have been seized by detectives. More »Police Seize Record Haul Of Counterfeit Coins
A teenager thought to weigh more than 50 stone had to have part of her home dismantled because she was too big to get out of the house. More »Home Dismantled To Free '50-Stone' Teenager
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - With rousing speeches, patriotic music and support from actor Sean Connery, supporters of independence for Scotland launched a campaign on Friday which they hope will lead to the demise of a 305-year-old union with England and the breakup of Britain. "This is the beginning of something really special - the beginning of the campaign to restore nationhood to Scotland," Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), told hundreds of supporters in hall in the capital Edinburgh. "We want a Scotland that is fairer and more prosperous. ... More »Scots begin push to be a nation once again
A man has told New York police that he suffocated a six-year-old boy who disappeared 33 years ago. More »US: Man Held Over Missing 'Milk Carton' Boy
Britain is hotter than parts of Europe and Africa as temperatures soar and the sunshine is set to last throughout the weekend. More »Britain Hotter Than Africa As Mercury Soars
Standards of elderly care in Britain are lagging behind some of our European rivals, according to a new report. More »'Britain Fails On Quality Of Elderly Care'
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser has told the Leveson Inquiry he was told to resign after damaging emails revealing the close relationship between his department and the Murdoch empire were released. More »Hunt's Ex-Special Adviser: I Was Told To Quit
One British man has died and another is missing after falling into a crocodile-infested river in India. More »Briton Dies In Crocodile Infested River
A 23-year-old man has been killed and three others hurt after a masked gunman opened fire in a crowded pub in Greater Manchester. More »Masked Gunman Kills One In Pub Shooting
‘Froods’ are celebrating Towel Day across the globe to remember the work of the late British author Douglas Adams. More »Happy Towel Day: Douglas Adams remembered across the world
Britons are expected to spend more than £800m celebrating the Queen's Jubilee, according to new research. More »Jubilee: Britons Set For Big Spending Spree
The east Lancashire town of Nelson may have a higher proportion of boarded up shops than almost anywhere else in the country. More »Names Of Portas Pilot Towns Are Unveiled
Even a spell of extreme weather couldn’t stop this couple from tying the knot. More »Video: Tornado causes wedding ceremony distraction
The father of uncapped England player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has indicated his family could still travel to the Euro 2012 football tournament despite fears of racial abuse in Ukraine. More »Player's Family May Go To Euros Despite Fears
A new law comes into force this weekend requiring all websites to ask permission from users before using 'cookies' - data files that remember computer logins, email addresses and previous internet activity. More »Online Privacy Controls Come Into Effect
Tributes have flooded in for a Scottish schoolboy who died after suffering head injuries in an alleged school fight. More »Schoolboy In Court After 14-Year-Old Dies
More than 4,000 Diamond Jubilee beacons will be lit across the globe in celebration of the Queen's 60-year reign. More »Diamond Jubilee: 4,000 beacons to be lit across the world for the Queen