The son of a village postmaster was shot dead by masked gunmen during a robbery today. Craig Hodson-Walker, 29, who was engaged to be married, suffered fatal chest injuries in the attack at a family-run business in Fairfield, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. His father Ken, 56, was shot in the leg as raiders armed with a handgun and a sledgehammer targeted Fairfield Post Office and Stores.
The lead actor of a West End show has been sacked after he refused to work with disgraced comedian Chris Langham.
A vulnerable patient starved to death in an NHS hospital after 26 days without proper nourishment.
A senior French politician today launched a blistering attack on Britain’s ‘inhumane and illegal’ immigration policies.
Within minutes of handing her number over to a BT call centre worker, a young woman found herself on the receiving end of a barrage of text-messages, peppered with kisses.
A seven-year-old hanged herself with a pink dressing gown cord while watching a Bratz movie on Mother's Day, an inquest heard. Siana Hannon, who was described by her family as their 'little princess', was found in her bedroom by her mother, with the DVD still running in the background. Just 30 minutes earlier she had been happily playing with her three younger brothers. ...read
A teacher has been suspended after it was alleged that a pupil witnessed him having sex with a temporary teacher in a school changing room.
A road safety campaigner was killed on the very route she warned would claim lives.
An 'adventurer' has died following a horrific accident while 'tubing' on the River Mopan in Belize.
Just weeks ago, Gordon Brown claimed that he had saved the entire world from disaster with his economic nous but today he declared he would not mind a hand from Transformer Optimus Prime.
The UFO allegedly responsible for wrecking a wind turbine could have been a secret unmanned stealth bomber on test flights.
Supermarket Aldi today starts a campaign to offer a choice of ten to 12 holiday deals every two weeks - promising to beat the big tour operators by up to 50 per cent.
The United Nations has cited witnesses accusing Israel of killing 30 people inside a house filled with Palestinians who had been evacuated there by Israeli troops.
Squatters evicted from a £6 million house in Mayfair have found a new home - a £22.5 million property just around the corner. The squatters, a collective of young artists, have been living in Clarges Mews near Berkeley Square since last month.
An atheist advertising campaign claiming 'there's probably no God' has been reported to the regulator.
The chain has broken one of the terms of its £260 million of bank loans following the collapse in its commission income.
Child killer Mary Bell has become a grandmother, it emerged yesterday. Bell became notorious at 11 after being convicted of strangling two small boys 'solely for the pleasure and excitement' of killing. June Richardson, 64, whose four-year-old son Martin Brown was suffocated by Bell, said: 'A child is a blessing.She took my blessing and left me with grief for rest of my life. ...read
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Minor celebrities are fuelling a culture of 'high heels and low IQs' in which girls abandon intellectual endeavour in favour of pursuing fame, headmistresses have warned.
Gallery bosses believed they had stumbled across a major new artistic talent in the rarefied world of abstract painting.
The shambolic theme park dubbed 'Winter Blunderland' has gone bust, leaving 50,000 disgruntled customers out of pocket.
Dangerous drugs prescribed to sedate thousands of Alzheimer's sufferers in care homes double the risk of death, say researchers.
A spray that might stop flu in its tracks is being developed by scientists. It would fight off all strains of the virus, including those behind bird flu and winter flu.
Two young mothers have died of pneumonia since Christmas after being told by medical staff that they had nothing worse than a bout of flu or a virus.
A police investigation is underway after a man died at an airport. Police were called to Newcastle International Airport at 4.15am today following an incident which resulted in the death of a 50-year-old man.
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