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France dead babies: Couple arrested after bodies of EIGHT babies found |
 Dominique Cottrez, 45, faces a life sentence. Her husband Pierre-Marie, 47, has been charged with the concealment of the bodies and not reporting a crime. |
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29/07/2010 12:22 PM
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4 babies died at John Radcliffe hospital after junior surgeon left to cope alone |
 Caner Salih was the surgeon in all four cases at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, but a report states that he is not to blame for the deaths. |
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29/07/2010 12:13 PM
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Girl, 13, attacked by fox while she camping with friends in back garden |
 Bethany Blackburn received hospital treatment after the snarling animal ripped a hole in her tent and sank its teeth into her left foot. |
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29/07/2010 12:09 PM
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 The Qatari royal family decided not to take advantage of Harrods' valet parking and will have to pay £150 to have each car released. |
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29/07/2010 12:05 PM
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BP boss Tony Hayward is axed... but British Gas sailing mate Sam Laidlaw toasts 98% profit hike |
 Sam Laidlaw and Tony Hayward are co-owners of the £200,000 yacht Bob, which Mr Hayward got into enormous trouble for racing when he should have been overseeing the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. |
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29/07/2010 12:05 PM
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The 'must-have' gadgets you really don't need (and which cost you £400!) |
 Consumer experts insist our lives would be far simpler – and cheaper – if they had never been invented in the first place. |
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29/07/2010 11:58 AM
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School caretaker 'planted child porn on boss's computer in bid to get his job' |
 Neil Weiner did not like Eddie Thompson and hoped he would get promoted if he was fired, jurors were told. |
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29/07/2010 11:57 AM
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Massive 40% decline in ocean's phytoplankton puts entire food chain under threat |
 Phytoplankton, described as the 'fuel' on which marine ecosystems run, are experiencing declines of about 1 per cent of the average total a year. |
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29/07/2010 11:54 AM
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Now the right to work past 65: Firms banned from forcing employees to retire |
 From next October, it will be illegal for firms to get rid of staff when they reach 65. The law change has comes too late for Leslie Seldon (pictured) who claimed he was wrongly dismissed at 65. |
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29/07/2010 11:53 AM
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Assault victim knocked down and killed by car after stepping out of ambulance |
 A man being taken to hospital was killed after he got out of the ambulance and was knocked down by a car in Devon. An investigation has been launched. |
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29/07/2010 11:45 AM
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David Cameron ambushed on Indian TV over 105-carat Koh-i-noor diamond |
 The Prime Minister was asked directly if he would give it back. After an awkward hesitation Mr Cameron said no. |
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29/07/2010 11:41 AM
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Denise D'Courtenay: Strip club owner stabbed to death in Dominican Republic |
 Denise D'Courtenay, 60, had been missing for a week before her decomposing body was discovered in bushes on the Caribbean island's north coast on Monday. |
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29/07/2010 11:30 AM
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The end of multiple 'eyesore' wheelie bins as ministers plan household waste shake-up |
 Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is also expected to call for a major reduction in the packaging of household appliances and toys. |
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29/07/2010 11:29 AM
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Kickboxer Adrienne Simmons killed by left hook during championship fight |
 Adrienne Simmons became the first woman to be killed in the sport after being punched during a bout against Lindsay Scheer at an international kickboxing event. |
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29/07/2010 11:22 AM
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 Peter Andre, Sarah Brown, David Miliband and Richard Bacon remember Mrs Bean, after she died during the night. |
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29/07/2010 11:11 AM
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Kicking and lashing during sleep 'could signal dementia or Parkinson's disease |
 Researchers found a link between people with rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorders and brain conditions many years later. |
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29/07/2010 11:09 AM
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 'Looks like the minister's got the problem sorted... Whoops. There goes old Mr Farqueson...' |
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29/07/2010 11:06 AM
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 With his 'Maid Marian' - a stunning Brazilian model - by his side, Robin uses his skills as a professional blackjack player to secure cash for people in need. |
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29/07/2010 11:06 AM
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Facebook privacy fears as details of millions of users published on Pirate Bay |
 An online security consultant who wished to highlight the social networking site’s privacy issues published a list of data taken from more than 100million users’ profiles. |
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29/07/2010 11:04 AM
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House prices fall for first time in six months due to shortage of buyers |
 Uncertainty over jobs and the economic crisis has fuelled a fall in property prices because people are no longer looking to move. |
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29/07/2010 10:55 AM
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Thin passenger thrown off plane to make way for fat 14-year-old who needed two seats |
 The eight stone woman's vacated seat was then given to an overweight 14-year-old girl who was travelling alone. |
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29/07/2010 10:49 AM
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 Researchers claim that varying hours of daylight throughout the year affect a pubescent youngsters state of mind. |
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29/07/2010 10:43 AM
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Squirrels in the aisles: Grocery store's latest range attracts criticism... and a lot of shoppers |
 A Budgens supermarket is selling grey squirrels for meat - and, despite calls of animal cruelty, is reporting 'huge interest' in the high-protein, low-fat dish. |
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29/07/2010 10:42 AM
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Smoking ban extension that would outlaw lighting up outside pubs is axed |
 The last government had proposed enlarging ‘smoke-free’ zones to include the areas around building entrances, but this has been shelved. |
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29/07/2010 10:39 AM
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 Theo Albrecht goes to his grave as one of the richest men on the planet with a fortune in excess of £10billion. He passed away on Saturday in Essen, his hometown. |
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29/07/2010 10:39 AM
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Which came first? Crème brûlée or burnt cream? UK claims French classic as its own |
 It may have the somewhat less romantic name of 'burnt cream' in English, but British cooks created the dish decades before the French did, according to Waitrose. |
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29/07/2010 10:38 AM
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Flip-flops 'injure 200,000 a year' costing the NHS an astonishing £40m |
 Once worn only at the beach, flip-flops have become the regular summer footwear of choice for many, with one in five women owning at least one pair. |
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29/07/2010 10:38 AM
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The 'grow your own' hip and knee replacements with full range of movement |
 Researchers have shown it is possible to grow properly working joints inside the body using a patient's own stem cells, after damaged bone has been removed. |
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29/07/2010 10:37 AM
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David Cameron on why he kept Queen in the dark over coalition government |
 The seeds of the coalition were to be found in a 45-minute chance encounter with Mr Clegg before the election when Labour opened the new Supreme Court. |
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29/07/2010 10:36 AM
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Cash crisis Dorset hospital paid NHS chief £2,557 a day... to cut costs! |
 Derek Smith was paid £248,041 for just 97 days work with the Dorset County Hospital NHS Trust in Dorchester. |
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29/07/2010 10:35 AM
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It's heartbreaking how the banks are starving businesses of cash, says King |
 Small businesses are being repeatedly refused funds from the very banks that have been propped up by their taxes. |
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29/07/2010 10:34 AM
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Overturned minibus shuts M25 and leaves thousands stuck in their cars |
 The rush-hour accident, which left two passengers trapped in the wreckage, led to 10-mile tailbacks on the clockwise carriageway of the M25 last night. |
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29/07/2010 10:34 AM
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 Wildlife experts are warning that a superfly with a taste for human blood is being blamed for a surge of infected insect bites that has left some victims hospitalised. |
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29/07/2010 10:33 AM
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Former mayor hangs himself after being caught spying on naked teenage girls |
 Father-of-three Paul Thomas spiralled into depression when the sex allegations were made public, having resigned his mayorship and lost his job as a sales director. |
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29/07/2010 10:29 AM
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 Conservative MP Philip Davies told C4 bosses that they should employ people on merit rather than their ethnic background. |
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29/07/2010 10:06 AM
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Police officer on sick leave for eight years suing over missing holiday pay and long service medal |
 Alison Doyle is now fighting for compensation for disability discrimination after claiming she was treated unfairly throughout her time of absence. |
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29/07/2010 09:40 AM
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Stunning image of huge bright star more than 5,000 light years from Earth |
 WR 22 is a member of a double star system and has been measured to have a mass at least 70 times that of the Sun. |
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29/07/2010 09:29 AM
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 Anthony Currant, 65, and Abul Hussain, 30, have been jailed for stealing thousands of pounds worth of goods from innocent travellers arriving at Luton Airport. |
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29/07/2010 09:29 AM
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Debt-ridden father who killed wife and two children had 'spent thousands on IVF to have family' |
 Andrew and Vicki Case are said to have paid for the fertility procedure at a private clinic after failing to conceive naturally. |
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29/07/2010 08:58 AM
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Daughter relives tandem parasail that ended in father's death in Turkey |
 A daughter watched in horror as her father plunged to his death during a tandem parasail with her on a family beach holiday in Turkey. |
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29/07/2010 08:36 AM
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Nearly 100,000 new homes must be built every year for immigrants |
 Over a 25-year period, immigrants will require 2.5million extra homes unless the Government meets pledges to reduce numbers arriving to live in Britain. |
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29/07/2010 06:18 AM
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Nurse suspended after having sex with patient waiting for heart and lung transplant |
 Rebecca Bayliss, 29, met the man on her ward when he was receiving treatment for cystic fibrosis while on the donor waiting list. |
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29/07/2010 03:40 AM
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 BBC North director Peter Salmon - overseeing the £877million relocation - has already admitted he will rent a flat at the licence fee payers' expense. |
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29/07/2010 03:31 AM
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Up to 45,000 failed asylum seekers given right to work in Britain |
 The Supreme Court ruled that failed asylum seekers whose cases have not been dealt with after 12 months must be given access to jobs. |
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29/07/2010 03:22 AM
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 John Hacker and his family were stunned when council officers sped across the grass in a 4x4 and told them they were 'breaking the law' before ordering him to take it down. |
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29/07/2010 01:59 AM
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Samuel Kunz: Nazi 'death camp guard' charged with involvement in murder of 430,000 Jews |
 Samuel Kunz was informed last week of the indictment citing participation in the murders at the Belzec death camp in Poland where he served as a guard from January 1942 to July 1943. |
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29/07/2010 01:13 AM
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Puppy saved from death by thugs using it as a football in Afghanistan is flown to UK for a new life |
 A British female army medic serving in war-torn Afghanistan rescued a tiny puppy from certain death by snatching it from children who were using it as a football |
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29/07/2010 12:47 AM
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'Feral and sadistic' women jailed for beating and torturing love rival in horrifying 18-hour ordeal |
 Lucy Viner-Mood, 22, and 18-year-old Lois Gibson knocked the victim unconscious, stubbed a cigarette out on her back and poured boiling water on her. |
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28/07/2010 08:29 PM
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