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• Phone-hacking files are passed to prosecutors
• Minor British Institutions: Battenberg cake
• The great animal rights betrayal
• British Gas raises fuel bills again
• Student arrested as more days of national protests are planned
• Discovery of body disrupts Underground network
• Mother loses appeal over mercy killing
• Twitter anger over airport conviction
• Climbdown on plan to grant anonymity to rape accused
• This is the weekend for...Scouring the attic for treasure
• Editor 'forced to watch Sheridan confession in his underwear'
• Village People: Lembit Opik to reveal feline side in return to limelight
• Student suspected of throwing fire extinguisher arrested
• Armed husband lawfully shot dead by police
• Policeman accused of rape 'had chance to avoid jail'
• Top economies strike deal to prevent 'currency wars'
• No public funds to oppose July 7 inquest application
• Mother's case highlights mercy killing' issues
• Entangled parachute deaths a 'tragic accident'
• Three children killed in house fire
• And finally... bizarre real life stories
• Wanted man missing from mental health hospital
• Mother who killed brain-damaged son loses appeal
• Greenpeace makes legal bid to stop UK offshore drilling
• Government scraps anonymity pledge for rape accused
• Tory hopes shot down amid airbases concern
• Woman impaled by storm tree dies
• Tube passengers hit as body found on line

Phone-hacking files are passed to prosecutors Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Scotland Yard detectives passed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service last night containing "new material" about the alleged widespread culture of phone hacking at the News of the World.

Minor British Institutions: Battenberg cake Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Battenberg cake is exemplarily British: interesting origins, often mocked, implausibly symbolic. Discerning palates dry before its combination of sponge and marzipan, while others love the windows on our childhood, even if the colours are not so unnaturally vigorous now.

The great animal rights betrayal Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Millions of hens will have their beaks mutilated; game birds will remain in cages; pigs, sheep and cows in abattoirs will lose crucial protection from abuse; badgers will be culled and lions, tigers and other wild animals will continue to perform in the big top.

British Gas raises fuel bills again Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Around eight million British Gas customers will face higher utility bills from next month after the energy supplier confirmed a 7 per cent rise in tariffs. The increases to gas and electricity bills will come into effect on 10 December, amounting to a rise of £1.50 on the average weekly dual-fuel bill, or £80 a year. The hikes apply to customers on standard and variable tariffs.

Student arrested as more days of national protests are planned Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST A student suspected of hurling a fire extinguisher from a 30-storey building during this week's protests over tuition fees has been arrested.

Discovery of body disrupts Underground network Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Commuters faced delays during yesterday morning's rush hour after a grisly discovery disrupted two London Underground lines.

Mother loses appeal over mercy killing Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST A mother who claims she acted out of compassion when she ended her son's life with a lethal injection must serve five years in prison because the law does not recognise mercy killing, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Twitter anger over airport conviction Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Twitter users are retaliating after a court failed to overturn the conviction and sentence of a trainee accountant who posted a message on the site threatening to blow up an airport.

Climbdown on plan to grant anonymity to rape accused Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Plans to grant anonymity to men charged with rape in England and Wales have been abandoned by the Government.

This is the weekend for...Scouring the attic for treasure Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Instead of hoping that the National Lottery balls might drop in your favour, take the matter into your own hands and clear out the attic.

Editor 'forced to watch Sheridan confession in his underwear' Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST The editor of the Scottish News of the World was ordered to strip to his underpants by Tommy Sheridan's best man before being shown a secretly filmed video which allegedly proved the politician lied in court during his successful libel trial against the newspaper, Glasgow High Court was told yesterday.

Village People: Lembit Opik to reveal feline side in return to limelight Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Lembit Opik, the former Liberal Democrat MP, is so ridiculous that he is rather lovable.

Student suspected of throwing fire extinguisher arrested Posted: 12 Nov 2010 10:11 AM PST A university student suspected of throwing a fire extinguisher at police during the Millbank riot was arrested tonight.

Armed husband lawfully shot dead by police Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:53 AM PST Police acted lawfully when they shot dead an armed man who was left suicidal after being told he could not look after his sick wife, an inquest jury ruled today.

Policeman accused of rape 'had chance to avoid jail' Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:52 AM PST A rogue police officer accused of raping vulnerable women was offered a "get out of jail free card" and told his own force would stop investigating him if he quit, a trial heard.

Top economies strike deal to prevent 'currency wars' Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:45 AM PST Leaders of the world's biggest economies papered over their differences at the G20 today with agreement to develop new guidelines to prevent so-called "currency wars".

No public funds to oppose July 7 inquest application Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:36 AM PST Relatives of people killed in the July 7 attacks will not receive public funding to oppose a Government application to have some of the evidence heard in secret.

Mother's case highlights mercy killing' issues Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:10 AM PST The appeal by Frances Inglis against her murder conviction for taking the life of her brain-damaged son to end his "living hell" threw the spotlight on the current state of the law relating to the "profoundly sensitive" issue of mercy killing.

Entangled parachute deaths a 'tragic accident' Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:08 AM PST The deaths of two people killed after their parachutes became entangled in a routine jump was a "tragic accident", a coroner ruled today.

Three children killed in house fire Posted: 12 Nov 2010 07:29 AM PST A community was in shock today after three children died in a house fire in a seaside town.

And finally... bizarre real life stories Posted: 12 Nov 2010 07:10 AM PST

Wanted man missing from mental health hospital Posted: 12 Nov 2010 06:11 AM PST Police warned the public not to approach a man accused of assaulting an elderly woman after he disappeared from a mental health hospital.

Mother who killed brain-damaged son loses appeal Posted: 12 Nov 2010 06:02 AM PST A devoted mother who injected her brain-damaged son with a fatal dose of heroin as an act of mercy, believing he was suffering a painful "living death", failed in a bid to overturn her murder conviction today.

Greenpeace makes legal bid to stop UK offshore drilling Posted: 12 Nov 2010 05:16 AM PST Greenpeace has launched legal action in a bid to stop UK offshore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Government scraps anonymity pledge for rape accused Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:13 AM PST The Government today abandoned its pledge to grant anonymity to men charged with rape in England and Wales.

Tory hopes shot down amid airbases concern Posted: 12 Nov 2010 03:12 AM PST Tories tumbled to defeat in a Scottish council by-election amid concerns over defence cuts.

Woman impaled by storm tree dies Posted: 12 Nov 2010 01:20 AM PST A woman who was impaled by a branch when a tree crashed onto her car in high winds has died, police said today.

Tube passengers hit as body found on line Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:31 AM PST London Underground passengers faced fresh delays today when services were disrupted on three lines in the morning rush hour.

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