Two men are charged with the murder of a man who was found decapitated and burnt in Stockport.

Council enforcement officers visit the Dale Farm travellers' site to warn owners of illegally parked caravans they must move on.

The education minister tells education boards to redo the reports on schools which he asked them to carry out last year.

A man previously accused of murdering journalist Martin O'Hagan has agreed to co-operate with police investigating the LVF killing, a court hears.

Ministers and Labour clash over who is responsible for RBS chief executive Stephen Hester's contract, amid anger about a £963,000 share bonus offer.

Wales prop Rhys Thomas undergoes heart surgery after being taken ill during training with the Scarlets.

A Bolton man is jailed for possessing a recipe for the deadly poison ricin and documents about how to make bombs.

Ballet-based school for boys bids for free school funding

A man described by his solicitor as a nerd and a trainspotter has appeared in court on terrorism charges.

Businessman Asil Nadir would have needed banknotes 300 times the height of Nelson's Column to balance the books of his empire, the Old Bailey hears.

Europe's largest bell will ring to start a £27m Olympic opening ceremony inspired by Shakespeare and featuring NHS nurses and 900 local pupils.

Five South Wales Police officers receive written warnings for disobeying orders to stop pursuing a man who went on to crash into a wall and later died.

A Nottingham farmer is jailed for a year after "horrific" scenes of animal cruelty were found on his property.

Jack Straw says there is so little government legislation for MPs to consider at the moment that ministers are having to "manufacture activity".

A man from Dorset reports a deluge of tiny blue balls falling from the sky over Bournemouth.

Seb Coe said the ticket rule for babies going to the Olympic Games was an 'anomaly'.

The teenager accused of murdering Jack Frew tells a court he did "not recall stabbing him 20 times and slitting his throat".

The child Holocaust survivors brought to Britain after WWII

Harry Redknapp told police he has paid "fortunes in income tax" and did not "fiddle anybody", a court hears.

The former England and Aston Villa footballer Lee Hendrie is declared bankrupt by the High Court.

An alternative map for 2012 visitors

The Chancellor George Osborne has revealed details about the new Financial Services Bill that will overhaul regulation of the sector.

Britain's Andy Murray misses out on a place in the Australian Open final, losing to Novak Djokovic in a five-set epic.

The Olympic ceremony's artistic director, Danny Boyle has revealed some details of the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.

Monty Panesar claims three wickets as England take a firm grip on the second Test against Pakistan on day three in Abu Dhabi.