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02/04/2012 10:01 AMNavy 'sends submarine to Falklands' The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Falkland Islands amid heightened tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed islands, it was reported today.
02/04/2012 09:59 AMSearch for 'cruise-fall' Briton A search was under way today for a British passenger who apparently went overboard from the world's biggest cruise ship in waters near Mexico.
02/04/2012 09:46 AMBritain braced for snow chaos Parts of Britain have been placed on amber alert today as the country lies in wait for widespread snow.
02/04/2012 09:45 AMProtesters attack Syrian embassy Five people were arrested today after gaining entry to the Syrian embassy in London as a protest erupted at the building, Scotland Yard said.
02/04/2012 09:39 AMChris Huhne must forfeit severance pay Chris Huhne faces pressure to decline a £17,000-plus severance payment available to him after he quit his job as a Cabinet minister to fight a criminal charge of perverting the course of justice.
02/04/2012 09:37 AM1,000 people expected in marches More than 1,000 protesters are expected to take part in marches by two opposing campaign groups today.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMBritain steps up its claim to the Falkland Islands 
Britain has told Argentina to go back to its own history books to understand why it can have no claim over the Falkland Islands and why there will be no negotiations on sovereignty as it is demanding.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMStruggling NHS trusts get £1.5bn bailout 
A £1.5bn bailout fund was announced by the Government yesterday to help NHS trusts struggling with the "dismal legacy" of private finance initiatives (PFIs). Seven cash-strapped hospital trusts have been identified as in critical need of the financial boost, which will be made available over the next 25 years.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMAndrew Grice: Sadly for them, Labour still owns the economy "Oh, the luxuries of opposition," David Cameron sighed as he reflected on a rare but important victory for Ed Miliband, who forced Stephen Hester, pictured, the Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, to give up his £1m bonus. Being in opposition has huge frustrations, but it also has its advantages. Exploiting the public anger about bankers' bonuses was a good wicket for Mr Miliband to bat on. It wasn't down to luck, but judgement; his decision to make "responsible capitalism" his signature tune at the Labour conference last autumn was widely criticised at the time but looks good now.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMPoint of order, Mr Speaker: Please stop speaking 
What a golden age it presently is for Speaker-watchers. We are witnessing the flowering of a great comic creation, and we haven't even had to make him up. John Bercow is in full command of the House, his authority is unquestioned, he's almost certain to be re-elected and serve his full nine years – his confidence expands like a weather balloon the higher he rises.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMBritain’s first benefit refugees 
Sandra Munoz finds it hard to sleep at night. Shortly before Christmas she received a letter from her landlord notifying her that the rent on her two-bedroom flat in Battersea, south London, had gone up. As a single mother of one she receives financial help to put a roof over her head. But rather than languishing on the already backlogged waiting list for social housing, she uses cash payments, known as local housing allowance, to put towards renting in the private sector.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMRedknapp 'condemned from own mouth,' prosecutor concludes 
Harry Redknapp was "condemned from his own mouth" in an interview with a reporter from the now defunct tabloid the News of the World according to the prosecutor in the Tottenham Hotspur manager's trial for tax evasion, a court heard yesterday.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMOsborne’s £30,000 refurb bill The Chancellor, George Osborne, spent more than £30,000 of public money on refurbishing 11 Downing Street and his Number 10 flat.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMChris Huhne: The affair, the phone call, and how it all went wrong for the millionaire minister 
Vicky Pryce was not cut out to be the tame little wronged wife hiding from the public eye after the humiliation of having her husband leave her for another woman. She did manage to keep her feelings to herself for 11 months, before deciding it was time to tell her story and show her ex-husband up as a man who could not be trusted.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMHuhne and the wife he left to be reunited – in a court 
Chris Huhne and his estranged wife, Vicky Pryce, are to be reunited in a Crown Court dock after England's most senior prosecutor ruled there was enough evidence to charge them both with perverting the course of justice.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMThe end of the road? Even Huhne's rivals aren't writing him off 
Normally, a resignation over an issue so serious as the one that caused Chris Huhne's downfall would spell the end of a politician's career. Yet both friends and rivals are refusing to write off the 57-year-old Liberal Democrat MP. "He still has a lot of fire in his belly," one close ally said yesterday.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMTerry loses England captaincy again as racism trial looms 
The end came at 10am yesterday morning when David Bernstein, chairman of the Football Association, rang John Terry to inform him he was being stripped of the England captaincy.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMHackers broadcast secret call between Met and FBI online The FBI and Scotland Yard suffered an embarrassing security breach yesterday when hackers from Anonymous broke into one of their conference calls and published a 17-minute discussion about operations targeting the group and splinter organisations.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMScience behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe? 
The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest influence.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMPrivate investigator attempts to gag media The jailed private detective at the centre of the News of the World's phone hacking scandal is taking legal action to prevent the media reporting any details of News International's illegal operations that could be revealed in a trial scheduled to begin later this month.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMA million taxpayers face £100 fine for late returns One million taxpayers face a £100 fine for failing to submit their self-assessment tax returns on time, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMMan arrested after cyclist is killed in crash A cyclist has been killed after being hit by a coach a day after government figures highlighted a rise in deaths and serious injuries to cyclists on Britain's roads.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMChurchmen close ranks (again) in battle over women bishops 
Twenty years after women were first allowed to become priests, the Church of England is bracing itself for a week of bitter rows over the consecration of female bishops as traditionalists gear up for a last-ditch attempt to stop full equality.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMMan jailed for texting friends to riot A man has been jailed for three years and three months after he admitted encouraging people to join in widespread riots during the summer.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMBriton falls off cruise ship on way to Mexico A British passenger on the world's biggest cruise ship is missing after falling overboard in the dark as the vessel approached Mexico.
02/04/2012 12:00 AMCash crisis slows justice for the vulnerable at Court of Protection Hundreds of vulnerable people seeking court decisions about where they live or whom they can meet could experience months of delays because the government expert protecting their interests has almost run out of money, The Independent can disclose.
02/04/2012 12:00 AM'There is a point where Islanders will say to the Argentines, "To hell with you..."' 
It is remarkable to see a senior British diplomat wearing a 19th-century colonial governor's uniform. The tight breeches and tunic, decorated with yards of brocade and fore-and-aft hat covered in white rooster feathers, tends not to suit today's corpulent diplomats. But in the Falkland Islands, governors are expected to display themselves in this fashion from time to time. Nigel Haywood is the latest to face this challenge.
02/03/2012 05:24 PMMother of six killed in collision A pedestrian who died after being struck by a car was identified today as a mother of six.
02/03/2012 05:15 PM'New evidence' over Omagh bombing New evidence on the Omagh bombing has emerged to strengthen calls for an international inquiry into the atrocity, bereaved families have said.
02/03/2012 05:02 PMHackers intercept phone call between FBI and Scotland Yard A sensitive conference call between FBI and British police's cybercrime investigators was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, officials and hackers said today.
02/03/2012 05:01 PMHarry Redknapp has 'back to the wall' court hears 
Jurors hearing Harry Redknapp's tax evasion trial were warned today to "keep their eyes on the ball" when they consider their verdicts.
02/03/2012 04:29 PMDavid Cameron accepts White House invitation David Cameron and Barack Obama will hold face-to-face talks on Afghanistan and the global economic crisis when the Prime Minister makes an official visit to the White House next month.
02/03/2012 02:03 PMFormer PCSO jailed for raping 12-year-old A former police community support officer has been jailed for 10 years for the rape of a 12-year-old girl.
02/03/2012 01:41 PM£1.5bn bailout for seven NHS trusts The Government has announced a £1.5 billion bailout for NHS trusts suffering serious financial problems.
02/03/2012 01:14 PMEd Davey takes over as Energy Secretary 
Ed Davey has replaced Chris Huhne as Energy Secretary, Downing Street announced today.
02/03/2012 01:00 PMMinus 11 as UK braces for widespread snow 
Britain is lying in wait for widespread snow this weekend after another bitterly cold day in which temperatures in some places struggled to get above freezing.
02/03/2012 12:40 PMTougher sentences to be imposed on arms traders Criminals who trade in illegal firearms face severe sentences, leading judges warned today as they doubled the number of years to be served by a man caught by police with a loaded revolver.
02/03/2012 12:23 PMOliver Wright: Huhne the bruiser will be a hard act to follow Today’s departure of Chris Huhne from the Cabinet will, in the short term, make little difference to the Coalition or its policy agenda.
02/03/2012 11:51 AMHuhne: The exchange of letters and Clegg's statement This is the full text of the resignation letter sent by former energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, and Mr Clegg's reply:
02/03/2012 11:49 AMHuhne entitled to £17,000 pay-off Resigned energy secretary Chris Huhne is entitled to a severance payment of more than £17,000.
02/03/2012 11:09 AMDivorce tycoon loses passport bid Property tycoon Scot Young today failed in his High Court bid to get his passport back.
02/03/2012 10:49 AMMiliband urges bankers to reconnect Ed Miliband warned bankers today they must wave goodbye to their culture of "excessive" bonuses and reconnect with the rest of the country.
02/03/2012 10:49 AMLib Dems win from Labour Liberal Democrats gained from Labour in this week's only reported council by-election.
02/03/2012 10:22 AMThe DPP's full statement on Huhne The Crown Prosecution Service explained how it arrived at the decision to bring charges against Chris Huhne and his former wife Vicky Pryce in a statement today.
02/03/2012 10:07 AMHuhne resignation sparks Cabinet changes 
Chris Huhne today quit his job as Energy and Climate Change Secretary in David Cameron's Cabinet to fight a criminal charge of perverting the course of justice.
02/03/2012 09:18 AMDale Farm clearance cost £7m The cost of clearing the UK's largest illegal travellers' site has been confirmed as £7 million - but the council in charge has warned that a fresh enforcement action remains likely.
02/03/2012 07:30 AMFreight train derailment halts Euston trains A freight train derailment caused major disruption to travellers on one of Britain's busiest rail lines today.
02/03/2012 01:08 AMCriminal records to be wiped early Thousands of former prison inmates and other offenders could have their past convictions cleared from their records under Government plans.
02/03/2012 01:06 AMChildren to be given right to see fathers after divorce The Government is considering changing the law to ensure that fathers get improved access to their children after a marriage breaks down.
02/03/2012 12:00 AMFemale staff win equal pay deal at council Nearly 1,000 women council workers including cleaners, carers and dinner ladies are to share a multi-million pound payout under a "historic" equal pay deal.
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