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Moat duo 'were willing accomplices'

Two men accused of helping shotgun killer Raoul Moat during his rampage were "willing accomplices" and pretended they were being held hostage by the...

No spite over hacking, Labour told

Senior Labour figures have been ordered to show restraint on the phone hacking row and avoid attacking Rupert Murdoch's News International "out of spite".An...

Ex-MP 'used expenses on overdraft'

A former Labour MP accused of fiddling his parliamentary expenses submitted false invoices to claim cash which cleared his overdraft, a court has heard.Jim...

MI5 'could have missed 7/7 clues'

MI5 may have failed to pull together crucial "threads" which could have revealed the 7/7 ringleader's transformation from an associate of terrorists to "prime...

BBC man is PM's communications boss

Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed BBC journalist Craig Oliver as his new director of communications.The 41-year-old, currently Controller of BBC Global News, replaces...

Straw gives final Iraq evidence

Former foreign secretary Jack Straw has described how, just days before the invasion of Iraq, he advised Tony Blair that they need not necessarily...

Forestry Commission to axe 400 jobs

At least 400 jobs are to be cut at the Forestry Commission in England and Scotland.Around 300 roles will be lost in England and...

PM calls for swift change in Egypt

Prime Minister David Cameron has urged the Egyptian government to accelerate the process of political change as violence erupted in the streets of Cairo.In...

Osborne 'needs a plan B on economy'

Chancellor George Osborne should prepare an "alternative plan" for the economy in case his austerity package of spending cuts and tax hikes fails to...

Optimism helps push FTSE past 6,000

Renewed economic optimism has helped the FTSE 100 Index push past the 6,000 mark despite profit-taking on America's top share index.News of a rebound...

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