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Vase sells for record-breaking £43m

A Chinese vase discovered in a house clearance in a London suburb has sold for a world record-breaking £43 million. The 18th century Qianlong porcelain...

Britons fall silent over war dead

Millions of Britons have fallen silent to honour the war dead on the anniversary of Armistice Day.Prime Minister David Cameron laid a wreath in...

Cameron in G20 summit consensus bid

David Cameron has warned of the dangers of repeating the mistakes which led to economic depression in the 1930s, as world leaders struggled to...

Police riot response to be probed

Failures in police intelligence will be investigated in the wake of violent student fees protests which exposed a response that "clearly did not go...

Welfare dependency culture 'a sin'

The UK's culture of welfare dependency is a "national crisis", Iain Duncan Smith has warned, as he unveiled the most radical shake-up of benefits...

Cholera confirmed in Haiti capital

Haiti's cholera epidemic has spread into the capital endangering nearly three million people. Nearly half of those in Port-au-Prince are camped in tents, still homeless...

Boeing 787 in test flight drama

An investigation is under way after a Boeing 787 jet on a test flight over Texas made an emergency landing when smoke was detected...

Ex-CIA chief cleared over tapes

US CIA Wed04 US CIA The CIA's former top clandestine officer and others will not face any criminal charges for destroying videotapes that showed waterboarding...

France retirement bill becomes law

FRANCE Retirement wed09 FRANCE Retirement French President Nicolas Sarkozy's reform raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 has become law after months of protests...

Stranded cruise ship towed to port

US Cruise Wed04 US Cruise UD A cruise ship hit by an engine fire is finally on the move as tugboats begin towing it towards...

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