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• Snow in the UK: Your winter 2010 pictures
• Arrest warrant on Assange to be served today
• Lansley hands 80 per cent of health budget to GPs despite Treasury fears
• MP's assistant is fighting deportation
• Government drops pledge of mandatory jail for carrying knife
• Picture of the Day: Prayers for the fallen
• Independent Appeal: Ben's mother couldn't save him. then Barnardo's stepped in...
• Three Lib Dems threaten to quit posts over fees
• Trial could help blinded policeman see again
• £1.2m violin stolen as musician got a sandwich
• Aid worker's parents see 'harrowing' rescue footage
• 7/7 victim saved by 'favourite seat'
• Five in court over 'EU's most serious fake medicine scam'
• Nick Clegg facing mounting pressure over tuition fees
• Temperatures plummet again after brief respite
• Security concerns raised after 'spy' allegations
• Exclusion of scientists from drugs council 'worrying'
• Government to invest £830m on superfast broadband

Snow in the UK: Your winter 2010 pictures Posted: 15 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST It's wonderful when snow blankets the UK, muffling the country and making even the dullest landmarks beautiful.

Arrest warrant on Assange to be served today Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST The journalist at the centre of the international storm surrounding the WikiLeaks disclosures was served with an arrest warrant yesterday evening over sex offence allegations in Sweden.

Lansley hands 80 per cent of health budget to GPs despite Treasury fears Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will press ahead with handing GPs control of £80bn of the £100bn health budget tomorrow despite No 10 and the Treasury undergoing a "wobble" over his controversial plan.

MP's assistant is fighting deportation Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST An MP's assistant who was arrested over suspicions that she is a Russian spy said last night that she was "absolutely sure" she would win an appeal against deportation.

Government drops pledge of mandatory jail for carrying knife Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A key Conservative election pledge that anyone caught carrying a knife could expect a jail term has been dropped by the Justice Secretary.

Picture of the Day: Prayers for the fallen Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST The army's 4th Mechanized Brigade pay their respects to fallen comrades at a memorial service in York Minster yesterday, a day after the death of a British soldier who may have been killed by friendly fire from a US aircraft in Afghanistan. The troops in York completed their own six-month deployment alongside US troops in Helmand province in October.

Independent Appeal: Ben's mother couldn't save him. then Barnardo's stepped in... Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST When Ben Wilson's behaviour started to go badly awry soon after his 13th birthday his mother tried the usual remedies. She read books about dealing with adolescents, set out rules, offered incentives and drew up progress charts, but the calls kept coming from school complaining about his threatening attitude.

Three Lib Dems threaten to quit posts over fees Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Nick Clegg's attempts to hold his party together suffered another setback yesterday when three Liberal Democrats threatened to resign their government posts over plans to allow universities to charge £9,000 a year in tuition fees.

Trial could help blinded policeman see again Posted: 06 Dec 2010 09:52 AM PST The police officer blinded by gun maniac Raoul Moat said today he was taking part in a trial which could restore his sight using new technology pioneered in the United States.

£1.2m violin stolen as musician got a sandwich Posted: 06 Dec 2010 09:32 AM PST Thieves made off with a £1.2 million antique Stradivarius violin when a classical musician went to buy a sandwich.

Aid worker's parents see 'harrowing' rescue footage Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:14 AM PST The parents of Linda Norgrove, the British hostage mistakenly killed by US forces in Afghanistan, said they have watched "harrowing" footage of the failed rescue attempt.

7/7 victim saved by 'favourite seat' Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:08 AM PST A scientist only survived the 7/7 attacks because he was sitting in his "favourite" seat on one of the Tube trains targeted by suicide bombers, an inquest heard today.

Five in court over 'EU's most serious fake medicine scam' Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:14 AM PST Five men put the health of sick patients at risk in the most serious fake medicine scam ever seen in the European Union, a court heard today.

Nick Clegg facing mounting pressure over tuition fees Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:12 AM PST Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was facing mounting pressure over tuition fees today amid more signs of splits among his MPs.

Temperatures plummet again after brief respite Posted: 06 Dec 2010 05:32 AM PST Britain woke to sub-zero temperatures again today, paving the way for another week of bitterly cold weather.

Security concerns raised after 'spy' allegations Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:33 AM PST MPs have questioned parliamentary security following revelations that a suspected Russian spy worked undetected in the House of Commons.

Exclusion of scientists from drugs council 'worrying' Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:41 AM PST Government plans which could potentially see no scientists sitting on its drugs advisory council are "worrying", campaigners said today.

Government to invest £830m on superfast broadband Posted: 05 Dec 2010 11:01 PM PST The Government is to spend £830 million in a drive to give the UK the best broadband network in Europe by 2015, it was announced today.

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