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• Tories and Lib Dems discuss bold election pact
• Miliband attacks Cameron over 'vanity staff'
• Five officers injured in prison riots
• MI5 told to make July 7 files public
• Google escapes with fine for beaking data laws
• Silicon Valley – but in the East End, promises PM
• Rooney to be fall Guy for bonfire night
• Judge questions father's kidnap charge
• Fury mounts over £9,000-a-year tuition fees
• Tommy Sheridan visited swingers' club, worker tells court
• No closed sessions ruling over MI5 evidence
• Vicar guilty of downloading child porn images
• Unions offer to lift threat of Christmas Tube strikes
• Senior judge to oversee G20 protests inquest
• MoD criticised over Nimrod death compensation battle
• Drunken dog owner jailed for animal's bridge death
• Paul Gascoigne represents himself before case adjourned
• Baby P killer 'would be forced to give evidence at inquest'
• Remains of suspected IRA victim removed from beach
• Police officer charged after fare dodger knocked down by van
• David Cameron defends immigration cap
• Oil millionaire's ex-wife seeks higher divorce settlement
• David Cameron under fire over photographer appointment
• Suspect linked to cargo bomb plot arrested
• Israeli government to stop visits until arrest threat lifted
• Detective sacked over prisoner contraband
• Scrapping quangos 'not ideological', says Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude
• Woman jailed for 15 years for Stephen Timms murder bid
• BA cabin crew lose appeal over cuts
• Man faces court over hospital rape
• MP in call for pre-abortion counselling provision
• Call to scrap jury trials for lesser offences
• Child killer takes fight for vote to appeal court
• Man arrested over nightclub car incident
• Teenager in court over schoolgirl's murder
• Marksman 'put song titles in Mark Saunders evidence'

Tories and Lib Dems discuss bold election pact Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT The conservatives are considering an informal pact with the LibDems under which they would urge people to make Nick Clegg's party their second choice at the next general election.

Miliband attacks Cameron over 'vanity staff' Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT David Cameron has been mocked by Labour after he added two "vanity staff" – his personal photographer and personal film-maker – to the public payroll at the moment that the state sector faces heavy job losses.

Five officers injured in prison riots Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT More than 100 inmates rioted at two young offenders' institutions yesterday. Officers in riot gear were needed to restore order after at least five officers were injured, including a woman who suffered a fractured jaw, in the disturbances in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and Woodbridge, Suffolk, which started on Tuesday night. About 60 offenders aged between 15 and 18 refused to return to their cells at Warren Hill, in Woodbridge, Suffolk, the Prison Service said.

MI5 told to make July 7 files public Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT MI5 officers will have to give evidence to the 7 July inquests publicly, after the coroner rejected a plea from the Home Secretary to hold closed hearings.

Google escapes with fine for beaking data laws Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT Google committed a "significant breach" of data protection laws when its Street View cars "mistakenly" collected people's email addresses and passwords over unsecured WiFi networks, the Information Commissioner has ruled. However, the company escaped a fine and was asked only to promise not to do it again.

Silicon Valley – but in the East End, promises PM Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT London's East End can be transformed into a world-leading technology city to rival Silicon Valley in California, David Cameron will claim today.

Rooney to be fall Guy for bonfire night Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT A bonfire society unveiled its annual guy in the form of Wayne Rooney.

Judge questions father's kidnap charge Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:18 AM PDT A judge questioned why a father who grabbed an abusive teenager and made him apologise to younger children following a squabble was charged with kidnapping the youth.

Fury mounts over £9,000-a-year tuition fees Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:00 AM PDT The Government was facing mounting fury tonight over plans to charge students up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees.

Tommy Sheridan visited swingers' club, worker tells court Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:16 AM PDT Former MSP Tommy Sheridan was identified as being at a swingers' club for "liberated adults" in court today.

No closed sessions ruling over MI5 evidence Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:14 AM PDT MI5 faces having to disclose secret documents to the families of those killed in the 7/7 bombings after a coroner ruled she could not hear confidential evidence in closed sessions.

Vicar guilty of downloading child porn images Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:00 AM PDT A married clergyman was ordered to register as a sex offender today after being convicted of repeatedly viewing pornographic images of children on the internet.

Unions offer to lift threat of Christmas Tube strikes Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:00 AM PDT Leaders of striking London Underground workers today offered to lift the threat of disruption over Christmas and the New Year as a war of words erupted over the effect of the latest walkout on jobs.

Senior judge to oversee G20 protests inquest Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:56 AM PDT A senior judge will be appointed to oversee an inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson at the "earliest opportunity", it emerged today.

MoD criticised over Nimrod death compensation battle Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:38 AM PDT The father of a soldier killed when an RAF Nimrod exploded over Afghanistan criticised the Ministry of Defence today for making the battle for compensation "as difficult as possible".

Drunken dog owner jailed for animal's bridge death Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:37 AM PDT The owner of a dog found hanging from a bridge where it was left chained up was jailed for 10 weeks today.

Paul Gascoigne represents himself before case adjourned Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:10 AM PDT The trial of former England football star Paul Gascoigne, who is accused of drink driving, was adjourned today following hours of legal wrangling.

Baby P killer 'would be forced to give evidence at inquest' Posted: 03 Nov 2010 08:51 AM PDT One of the men responsible for causing the death of Baby P would be forced to give evidence at an inquest into his death, a coroner said today.

Remains of suspected IRA victim removed from beach Posted: 03 Nov 2010 08:22 AM PDT Body remains dug up on a beach in Northern Ireland where an IRA murder victim was secretly buried after going missing nearly 40 years ago were removed today.

Police officer charged after fare dodger knocked down by van Posted: 03 Nov 2010 07:46 AM PDT A British Transport Police officer was today charged with knocking over a fare dodger with a police van.

David Cameron defends immigration cap Posted: 03 Nov 2010 07:44 AM PDT The Government's immigration cap should not affect inter-company transfers for global firms, David Cameron said today.

Oil millionaire's ex-wife seeks higher divorce settlement Posted: 03 Nov 2010 06:45 AM PDT An oil technology millionaire's former wife today asked judges to double her divorce settlement, saying £5 million was "far too low".

David Cameron under fire over photographer appointment Posted: 03 Nov 2010 06:36 AM PDT David Cameron came under fire today after it emerged his personal photographer was on the civil service payroll.

Suspect linked to cargo bomb plot arrested Posted: 03 Nov 2010 06:19 AM PDT The Government will invest further in stopping terrorists overseas before they can target Britain, Home Secretary Theresa May said today.

Israeli government to stop visits until arrest threat lifted Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:59 AM PDT Israel announced today that it would not resume a special strategic dialogue with Britain while its ministers and officials risked possible arrest for war crimes when visiting the country.

Detective sacked over prisoner contraband Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:17 AM PDT A detective was sacked today after an inmate got hold of drugs and mobile phones while in his care outside prison.

Scrapping quangos 'not ideological', says Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:04 AM PDT Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude insisted today that the Government was not on an "ideological" drive to scrap quangos.

Woman jailed for 15 years for Stephen Timms murder bid Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:01 AM PDT A student who tried to murder a Labour MP after being inspired by a radical al-Qa'ida cleric linked to the air cargo bomb plot was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years today.

BA cabin crew lose appeal over cuts Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:22 AM PDT British Airways cabin crew lost their court appeal over the airline's cost-cutting proposals today.

Man faces court over hospital rape Posted: 03 Nov 2010 01:02 AM PDT A 43-year-old man will appear in court today charged with the rape of a woman at a hospital, police said.

MP in call for pre-abortion counselling provision Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:58 AM PDT Doctors give more information to patients with ingrowing toenails than they do to vulnerable women seeking abortions, a Tory MP said.

Call to scrap jury trials for lesser offences Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:01 AM PDT Scrapping the right to a jury trial for lesser offences that "clog up the courts" could save £30 million a year in prosecutors' costs alone, the Government's victims' commissioner said today.

Child killer takes fight for vote to appeal court Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:01 AM PDT Convicted child killer Peter Chester today takes his groundbreaking fight for the right to vote to the Court of Appeal.

Man arrested over nightclub car incident Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:01 AM PDT A man suspected of driving a car into a group of revellers outside a nightclub was due to be questioned by police today.

Teenager in court over schoolgirl's murder Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:01 AM PDT A teenage boy accused of murdering schoolgirl Rebecca Aylward will make a second appearance before magistrates today.

Marksman 'put song titles in Mark Saunders evidence' Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT A Scotland Yard firearms officer is being investigated after it was alleged that he inserted song titles into his evidence at the inquest of a barrister shot dead by police. Mark Saunders died after a siege at his home in Markham Square, Chelsea, in May 2008. An inquest found he was lawfully killed.

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