Drug addicts and alcoholics rendered unable to work by their condition will face active intervention in their lives to make them clean and employable, a Cabinet minister is to say. More »Move to make addicts employable
Favourites Great Britain will be looking for a successful tune-up for the London Olympics when play begins Wednesday in hockey's seven-nation Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia. More »Britain field hockey team seek Olympic tune-up
Government plans to enable residents to force police to take action over anti-social behaviour after three separate incidents or five complaints are not good enough, a victims' group has said. More »Anti-social measures 'not enough'
The coalition is preparing a significant boost in state-backed infrastructure investment in a fresh push on growth, the Deputy Prime Minister has indicated. More »Clegg: Investment move 'not plan B'
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has been urged to call in police to investigate the scandal of a failed bid involving senior Northern Ireland civil servants to set up a bioscience and technology institute, a report has revealed. More »Call for police to probe failed bid
A new style of leadership in the NHS could lead to reduced infection and mortality rates and bring financial savings, according to a new report. More »Better bosses 'make NHS healthier'
Three police detectives face accusations of taking illegal payments from private investigators for information in an alleged case of "apparent corruption right at the heart of Scotland Yard". More »Yard detectives 'took payoffs'
Prince Charles pledged on Tuesday to pass along to his mother a request by Canadian aboriginal leaders for an audience with Canada's titular head of state, to right old treaties. More »Prince Charles meets with Canada aboriginals
Computer auto-correct technology has left many British adults unable to spell simple words such as "definitely" and "separate", a Mencap survey has found. More »Auto-Correct Adults 'Definitely' Can't Spell
An anti-paedophile vigilante who murdered a gay man he wrongly believed was a child molester has been told he may never be freed from jail. More »Anti-Paedophile Vigilante Jailed For Murder
After weeks of grey skies and rain, Britons have finally been able to strip off their winter woollies and bask in sunshine as the UK records its hottest weather of the year so far. More »Britons Bask In Hottest Weather Of The Year
Marks & Spencer has revealed pre-tax profits have declined for the first time in three years to £706m for the 12 months to April. More »First Drop In M&S Profits For Three Years
The sister of killed teenager Shafilea Ahmed has described in court how her parents physically abused Shafilea "nearly every day". More »Parents 'Starved And Threatened' Killed Teen
LONDON (Reuters) - Inflation fell to its lowest in more than two years in April, raising the prospect that the Bank of England will be able to inject more stimulus later this year to support the economy. The Office for National Statistics said consumer price inflation eased to 3.0 percent in April from 3.5 percent in March, freeing BoE Governor Mervyn King from the obligation to write an explanatory letter to finance minister George Osborne. ... More »April inflation hits lowest in more than two years
LONDON (Reuters) - MP Tom Watson, an outspoken critic of Rupert Murdoch who played a prominent role in exposing phone hacking at his British newspaper business, said on Tuesday politicians had been scared of being targeted by the media mogul's tabloids. Watson, a member of the opposition Labour Party, said ministers and members of Parliament (MPs) had been unwilling to take on Murdoch's News International because of its "mystique" and the threat of "ridicule and humiliation. ... More »MPs scared of News International - Watson
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it had not offered General Motors any special treatment to persuade it to build the next generation of its Astra compact in England rather than Germany. General Motors, which operates under the Vauxhall brand in Britain, said last week it would build the car in the UK after workers at its factory in Ellesmere Port, north-west England, agreed a new labour deal. The decision left a plant in Bochum, Germany, run by GM's Opel arm, in danger of closure. ... More »Britain says GM given no special deal over Astra
Cannes veteran Ken Loach brought the rain-soaked Riviera a burst of sunshine Tuesday -- and jolted a few consciences along the way -- with a bittersweet comedy about whisky, kilts and the scourge of joblessness. More »Kilts-and-whisky comedy tells Cannes hard truth with a smile
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain moved a step closer to renewing its Trident nuclear weapons system on Tuesday, awarding 350 million pounds worth of contracts to design a new generation of submarines that critics say are the result of outdated, Cold War thinking. The Successor class submarine would be used to replace the four Vanguard class vessels currently carrying Britain's Trident nuclear missiles, but a debate has raged about whether like-for-like renewal at an estimated cost of up to 20 billion pounds is necessary. ... More »UK steps closer to renewing nuclear firepower
More than 40 politicians, religious leaders and journalists have signed a letter calling for an independent inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber's conviction. More »Open letter urges Lockerbie inquiry
The row over prisoners' voting rights has erupted again as human rights judges gave David Cameron six months to change the law in Britain. More »UK given prisoner votes deadline
It's all aboard at a pub which has been turned into a ship to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. More »Pub pushes boat out for Jubilee
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that governments can decide for themselves how to oversee votes for prisoners. More »Government Victory Over Votes For Prisoners
A decade ago, residents of Comberton in Kidderminster dubbed their estate a no-go area - but things have changed. More »Fears Over Asbo Overhaul In Once-No-Go Estate
The families of murdered honeymoon bride Michaela McAreavey told of their distress and asked for privacy as the trial of her alleged killers started in Mauritius. More »Honeymoon Murder: Trial Begins In Mauritius
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's embattled Serious Fraud Office faces further humiliation over its bungled investigation of property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz, after saying it will urgently review his status as a suspect. The agency has already been accused of "sheer incompetence" by a judge over its handling of the high-profile investigation into Vincent and his brother Robert's dealings with Iceland's Kaupthing Bank, which collapsed in 2008 under massive debts. ... More »UK's SFO may back down on "suspect" Tchenguiz