The Metropolitan Police has defended its handling of phone-hacking allegations after former home secretary Alan Johnson suggested an independent investigation.Read
Temper tantrums are nothing new on The X-Factor but Saturday night's show takes things to a whole new level when two contestants come to blows on stage.Read
More than three quarters of Britons think the taxpayer should not contribute to the cost of Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming visit to Scotland and England, according to a survey.Read
Nearly six million people will be informed over the coming months that they have paid the wrong amount of tax, with about 1.4 million facing demands for more payments, it was revealed.Read
A surge in the number of four-year-olds will require primary schools to find an extra 350,000 places over the next four years, at a time when education spending is set to be cut by up to 20%, it was reported.Read
A long-standing friend and political colleague of William Hague called on the press to "back off", branding coverage of the Foreign Secretary's personal life "contemptible".Read
A long-standing friend and political colleague of William Hague called on the press to "back off", branding coverage of the Foreign Secretary's personal life "contemptible".Read
The director general of the BBC has defended the Corporation's impartiality after it was disclosed he met a senior government aide in Downing Street to discuss coverage of the Government's spending cuts.Read
Worshippers believed to be trapped inside a blazing Hare Krishna temple after an explosion have all been accounted for, the fire and rescue service said.Read
There may be a case for HM Inspector of Constabulary to be called in to investigate allegations relating to phone-hacking by journalists at the News of the World, shadow home secretary Alan Johnson has said.Read
