Chris Huhne should not accept his severance package after stepping down as energy secretary having been charged with perverting the course of justice, according to Labour MP Chris Evans. More...

A search operation has been launched after a British passenger was reported to have gone overboard from a cruise liner in Mexican waters. More...

David Cameron is to make an official visit to the White House to hold talks with US President Barack Obama next month. More...

Nathaniel Brown has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he killed his ex-wife Zandra Maxwell-Nelson in a 'savage' knife attack in front of their children. More...

Sam Lowe has been jailed for three years and three months after he admitted using BlackBerry Messenger to encourage people to join in last summer's riots. More...

A third British tourist has died in Spain after contracted Legionnaire's disease, the Foreign Office has confirmed. More...

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Kate Middleton made a private visit to her addiction charity to meet recovering alcohol and drug users being treated there. More...

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Energy secretary Chris Huhne has quit the coalition government after being told he would face prosecution over allegations he asked his ex-wife Vicky Pryce to take a speeding penalty for him. More...

Family members dressed up as Disney characters for the funeral of a nine-month-old baby who died after three failed liver transplants. More...

Michelle Obama proved she practises what she preaches when she accepted a push-up challenge from Ellen DeGeneres on her TV talk show – and completed 25 to beat the host in front of a studio audience. More...

An elderly motorist has been handed an out-of court settlement ‘in excess of £20,000’ after police in Wales stopped him and smashed his 4x4’s windows. More...

The mother of four children who died in a house fire fought back tears as she took part in an appeal to help catch their killer. More...

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A squeeze on household spending and a freeze on business growth will send the country back into recession for the first half of this year, a thinktank warns. More...

Prince William has arrived in the Falklands amid simmering tensions between Westminster and Buenos Aires over the sovereignty of the islands. More...

Thousands of commuters found themselves unable to get to London after a freight train derailed overnight on one of the country's busiest lines. More...

Bonus packages of up to £340,000 to Network Rail bosses were have been branded 'unacceptable' by transport secretary Justine Greening. More...

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Cycling in London is more dangerous than it was three years ago, with the rate of injuries going up 13 per cent. More...

Britain is in the icy grip of bitterly cold weather again with temperatures as low as -11C and snow forecast for the weekend. More...

People have a ‘significantly’ higher risk of dying if they are admitted to hospital at weekends, new evidence reveals. More...

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