Towns and villages across England are bracing themselves for 'bombshell' news on the location of hundreds of new and upgraded gipsy and traveller camps. Work on some of the proposed 7,500 extra pitches will get the go-ahead within weeks under a controversial £97million scheme. Targets imposed by the Government mean local authorities must provide a specified number of permanent sites with rubbish collection, running water, electricity and other services.
A teenager committed suicide live on the internet while 1,500 people watched, it was claimed today.
According to reports, some viewers even encouraged him to kill himself.
Banks facing fury from ministers over their refusal to boost lending were today warned they could be nationalised if they refused to increase the flow of loans to firms and mortgages.
A British-born playboy has been convicted of murdering his model girlfriend by hurling her from the top of a cliff. Gordon Wood, 46, was found guilty today of killing 24-year-old model Caroline Byrne and now faces life in prison. Miss Byrne's body was found 'wedged like a spear' at the bottom of the Gap, a notorious 100ft cliffside suicide spot at the entrance to Australia's Sydney harbour in June 1995. ...read
A Cambridge undergraduate has caused uproar by becoming the first to pose topless in a student magazine.
A boy of 12 collapsed and died after using 'copious' amounts of deodorant in a cramped bathroom, an inquest heard.
A British holidaymaker died in an Indonesian hospital after doctors refused to treat him until they received hundreds of dollars in bribes, an MP has claimed.
A stand-up comedy course for a convicted al Qaeda terrorist and other maximum-security prisoners has been halted by Jack Straw, who branded it 'totally unacceptable'.
Baby buggies which face forwards may stunt children's development and turn them into anxious adults, according to a study. Infants suffer more stress in modern buggies with seats facing away from their parent.
It was a scientific breakthrough that could change the future of medicine - but the revolutionary procedure almost failed to take off.
A suspected BNP member was the victim of a firebomb attack last night. The attack comes after a list of 12,000 members of the nationalist party was published on the internet.
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One in five homes on the market is being sold because the owner can no longer afford mortgage payments.
Shoppers descended on the high street yesterday to take advantage of massive sales that retailers hope will kickstart the Christmas shopping season.
A growing campaign to out Baby P's mother and her sadistic boyfriend has seen them named on internet sites, through text messages and now in posters. The impetus has come from parents and campaigners angered by a court order banning the media from naming the pair. However, police have now begun investigating the websites which list the names of the 17-month-old boy's mother, her boyfriend and lodger. ...read
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