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Nadir to sue for wrongful arrest

Former Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir is to issue a writ for wrongful arrest, his lawyers said.The 69-year-old millionaire was arrested on Saturday afternoon...

Police warn ministers over cuts

Policing leaders have warned ministers that they may not be able to protect frontline forces because of heavy cuts to their budgets over the...

MPs urge tuition fee vote delay

A small group of Liberal Democrat backbenchers are trying to postpone Thursday's crucial vote on university tuition fees, as the party struggles to find...

£830m to improve broadband network

The Government is to spend £830 million in a drive to give the UK the best broadband network in Europe by 2015.An action plan...

Inspiration for Tintin dies at 98

Danish actor Palle Huld, who reportedly inspired a Belgian cartoonist to create the comic book reporter Tintin, has died at the age of 98....

Malaysian prison canings 'epidemic'

Caning of convicts and asylum seekers in Malaysian prisons has reached "epidemic proportions" and is often inflicted so severely that flesh is torn off...

HSBC 'helped pass funds to Madoff'

The court-appointed New York-based trustee trying to recover losses for victims of Bernard Madoff has accused HSBC of fuelling the disgraced financier's massive fraud.Trustee...

Assange to fight extradition moves

The lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has vowed to fight moves to extradite his client from the UK to Sweden.Swedish authorities are seeking...

Sub zero temperatures return to UK

Sub zero temperatures will return to the UK following a brief reprieve from the freezing weather, forecasters warned.Sunny spells graced many parts of the...

Security concerns after spy claims

MPs have questioned parliamentary security following revelations that a suspected Russian spy worked undetected in the House of Commons.Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock has...

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