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• Nearly two-thirds of voters are open to changing the system
• CoE rebels made Catholic priests
• Chilcot to grill Blair on how he 'misled' Iraq war inquiry
• Covert police officer: 'After 12 years undercover, I was a broken biscuit'
• Stuart Wheeler: Nice, but dangerous
• Jai Ho! 'Slumdog' comes to 'Emmerdale' country
• Support for Ed Miliband falters
• Andy Coulson's 'offer to quit was rejected by No 10'
• Policeman who posed as activist is 'in hiding in fear for his life'
• Overdue! The fight to save our libraries begins
• Library emptied in bid to fight closure
• Man in court over body in flat
• Retired school caretaker jailed for abusing boys
• Spelman promises to close travellers' sites loophole
• Former bishops to be ordained as Catholic priests

Nearly two-thirds of voters are open to changing the system Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST The battle to overhaul Britain's voting system is wide open, with almost two-thirds of people amenable to ditching first past the post.

CoE rebels made Catholic priests Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Three former Church of England bishops were ordained as Roman Catholic priests in a ceremony at Westminster Cathedral yesterday. Archbishop Vincent Nichols, leader of Catholics in England and Wales, ordained Andrew Burnham, former bishop of Ebbsfleet, Keith Newton, ex-bishop of Richborough, and John Broadhurst, former bishop of Fulham.

Chilcot to grill Blair on how he 'misled' Iraq war inquiry Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Tony Blair will face allegations that he has "misled" members of the Iraq inquiry when he returns to give evidence to the panel this week.

Covert police officer: 'After 12 years undercover, I was a broken biscuit' Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST "The gangster pulled his car over on a dark country lane. He stuck the barrel of his gun into my mouth: 'You're a cozzer, aren't you?' Any hint of doubt in his mind and I would have been killed; my body dumped. Training had prepared me for this moment. I didn't flinch. He believed my denials and we went for a drink.

Stuart Wheeler: Nice, but dangerous Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST The thing about Stuart Wheeler is that he seems perfectly harmless, a snowy-haired giant in a shambling suit. Peering out from square-rimmed glasses, the 75-year-old doesn't strike you as a multimillionaire card shark, the man who invented spread-betting, and whose firm IG Index netted him £90m 10 years ago.

Jai Ho! 'Slumdog' comes to 'Emmerdale' country Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST The North Yorkshire village of Arncliffe has many virtues: picturesque buildings, a traditional pub and rolling hills so postcard-perfect that for years it was the location for ITV's soap opera Emmerdale Farm. A multiplex cinema, though, is not one of them.

Support for Ed Miliband falters Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Ed Miliband's new year relaunch has failed to persuade even half of Labour voters that he is the man to lead their party. Only 22 per cent of all voters think he is turning out to be a good Labour leader, according to ComRes.

Andy Coulson's 'offer to quit was rejected by No 10' Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST David Cameron refused to accept the resignation of his communications chief, Andy Coulson, over the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, it was reported last night.

Policeman who posed as activist is 'in hiding in fear for his life' Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST The undercover policeman who controversially posed as an environmental activist, last night claimed he had been made a "scapegoat" and was hiding in the US in "genuine fear for [his] life". Mark Kennedy claimed his undercover policework was highly sensitive and at one time the intelligence he gathered had been passed directly to the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

Overdue! The fight to save our libraries begins Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Britain's public libraries, for generations a source of enjoyment and education to millions of children and adults, will become the focus of bitter political battles and legal action this month as users fight to prevent mass closures.

Library emptied in bid to fight closure Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:42 AM PST A town has emptied its library in a bid to fight plans to close it down.

Man in court over body in flat Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:01 AM PST A man was remanded in custody today when he appeared in court charged with the murder of a man found dead in his flat.

Retired school caretaker jailed for abusing boys Posted: 15 Jan 2011 02:56 AM PST A retired school caretaker and football coach who sexually abused young boys for 35 years was starting an indefinite prison sentence today.

Spelman promises to close travellers' sites loophole Posted: 15 Jan 2011 12:57 AM PST Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman today promised to stop travellers obtaining retrospective planning permission to allow them to remain permanently in camps which they have set up illegally.

Former bishops to be ordained as Catholic priests Posted: 15 Jan 2011 12:08 AM PST The Archbishop of Westminster will today ordain three former Church of England bishops as Roman Catholic priests as a new Vatican scheme for disaffected Anglicans gets under way.

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