The half-term getaway could be under threat as Britain looks set to remain in the grip of a -15C blast from Siberia until at least the weekend. More...

The mother of Thusha Kamaleswaran broke down in court as she watched CCTV footage of an alleged gang-related shooting that paralysed her young daughter. More...

Rally driver George Miedecke was allowed to race his father’s prized car on two conditions – he didn't come second... or crash it. More...

Greek politicians have met to try and reach a deal on the tough cutbacks demanded by the nation’s creditors. More...

Thousands of flag-waving Syrians have lined the streets of Damascus to thank Russia for 'standing in the face of a world conspiracy'. More...

A plain clothes police officer chased himself for 20min after he was mistaken on CCTV for a burglary suspect. More...

Frontline Metropolitan police officers are banned from taking summer holidays this year, while senior officers are ‘free to take a fortnight’s break’, a leaked memo has revealed. More...

A disabled man who says £85,000  a year is not enough to meet his needs has taken his ‘landmark’ case to the Supreme Court. More...

Five killer whales are hoping to make a splash in the world of civil rights – if a judge will hear their cry. More...

Home secretary Theresa May has condemned the decision of a European court to grant bail to radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, and revealed the government wants to deport him before the London 2012 Olympics. More...

Russia has backed Syrian president Bashar Assad as the man to stop the violence between his regime and rebels despite the continued bombardment of the city of Homs. More...

Video of the final moments of two teenagers who died while car surfing has been shown to their emotional relatives in a Florida court. More...

Prince Charles led the glowing tributes to Charles Dickens as Britain marked the English novelist's 200th birthday with a series of commemorative events across the country. More...

The Metropolitan police service has accepted it failed to fulfil a legal responsibility to warn people they were victims of phone hacking. More...

The circuitous flight-path of a Thomas Cook passenger plane that eventually made a successful emergency landing at Belfast International Airport has been revealed. More...

Parents have reacted with fury after it was revealed girls as young as 13 were given contraceptive implants at schools in Southampton. More...

Energy companies are gaining up to £4billion a year simply because customers don't seek cheaper tariffs claims consumer charity. More...

A court clerk watched hardcore pornography while a rape trial defendant gave evidence, a court has heard. More...

When something is too good to be true, it normally is – but that attitude has seen thousands of commuters turn down free cash. More...

BP has signalled it is on the road to recovery by increasing its payout for shareholders. More...

A gang of Asian youths who battered a white teenager and left him for dead are being hunted by police who are treating the assault as a hate crime. More...

Comments made on Twitter by Joey Barton about the John Terry racism case would not prejudice the impending trial, the attorney general has reiterated. More...

The days of flicking through three channels are long gone. A revolution is taking place in television affecting when, where and even how we watch it. But what does the future hold? Is traditional ‘prime-time viewing’ soon to be a thing of the past? Metro talks to those in the industry to find out… More...

The winner of last week's Lotto jackpot has said he hopes to return to his job as a gardener, despite having an extra £2.2 million in the bank. More...

Almost £11billion in unpaid tax was written off in a year without anyone realising as chaos reigned among those supposedly in control of the nation’s finances, MPs say. More...

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