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• Unemployment set to hit 17-year high
• Donate to charity when you use cash machine, suggests Government
• Regulating sex industry would protect women, says police chief
• No 10 recruits vocal critic to sell education reforms
• Joanna Yeates may have been held captive before her murder
• Pity the poor taxman – his working life isn't full of happy returns
• NHS is facing 'toughest year in its history'
• Three teenagers killed in car crash
• Police shoot siege gunman dead
• Joanna Yeates family 'live in hope' killer will be caught
• Community 'in shock' after horror crash
• Record number of millionaires created by National Lottery
• Joanna Yeates was strangled reveal police
• Online petition plans to go ahead
• Government play down flu epidemic fears
• Couple charged with murder of 15-year-old
• Man shot dead following armed siege with police
• Police chiefs back prostitution reform

Unemployment set to hit 17-year high Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Fresh doubt is cast today on government claims that the private sector will be able to absorb the 330,000 jobs ministers admit will be lost in the public sector by 2015.

Donate to charity when you use cash machine, suggests Government Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST People will be asked to make a small donation to charity every time they take money out of a cash machine, in a scheme that ministers are proposing after copying the idea from Colombia.

Regulating sex industry would protect women, says police chief Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Police forces should compile a national database of people with a track record of violence against prostitutes according to one of the country's most senior officers.

No 10 recruits vocal critic to sell education reforms Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Simon Hughes, the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, was yesterday handed the job of selling the Government's unpopular higher education reforms to prospective students.

Joanna Yeates may have been held captive before her murder Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST After detectives confirmed yesterday that Joanna Yeates was strangled, her father said that he believes the police know more about the landscape architect's death than they are telling the family.

Pity the poor taxman – his working life isn't full of happy returns Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST It seems an unlikely thing to say: but spare a thought for the taxman. Not only has the profession been despised since the time of Jesus, but Government research has now found that the practitioners are also the most miserable servants of the state.

NHS is facing 'toughest year in its history' Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Next year could be the "toughest" the NHS has faced in its 62-year history, hospital managers have warned the Government.

Three teenagers killed in car crash Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Three teenagers have died after a head-on traffic collision. South Yorkshire Police said the incident happened just outside Mexborough when the driver of a silver Vauxhall Corsa crashed into a VW Golf.

Police shoot siege gunman dead Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A man was shot dead by police after he shot one officer and continued to fire from a house during a seven-hour siege. Alistair Bell, 42, was killed by police marksmen at his home in the village of Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield.

Joanna Yeates family 'live in hope' killer will be caught Posted: 28 Dec 2010 09:57 AM PST The father of murdered architect Joanna Yeates said today he was "relieved" to be reunited with her body and is now hoping her killer will be brought to justice.

Community 'in shock' after horror crash Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:30 AM PST A pregnant woman, her unborn baby and two men were killed in an horrific multi-vehicle car crash that has left a community stunned.

Record number of millionaires created by National Lottery Posted: 28 Dec 2010 06:05 AM PST A record-breaking number of millionaires were created by the National Lottery this year, figures revealed today.

Joanna Yeates was strangled reveal police Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:08 AM PST Joanna Yeates, whose snow-covered body was found by dog walkers on Christmas Day, was strangled, police said today.

Online petition plans to go ahead Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:48 AM PST Moves to give the public a say on what new laws are debated in Parliament would put power in the hands of "the obsessed and the fanatical", a Labour MP said today.

Government play down flu epidemic fears Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:27 AM PST Under-fives were excluded from this year's flu vaccination programme on medical not cost grounds, the Government insisted today as it played down concerns that the UK was headed for an epidemic.

Couple charged with murder of 15-year-old Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:26 AM PST A man and woman were today charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was found dead in a bath on Christmas Day.

Man shot dead following armed siege with police Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:23 AM PST A man shot dead by police following an armed siege was today named locally as Alistair Bell.

Police chiefs back prostitution reform Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:22 AM PST A database of men suspected of attacking sex workers should be introduced as part of a wider review of prostitution laws that could see some restrictions relaxed, police chiefs said today.

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