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03/16/2010 12:00 AMFamous names whose final stop was Golders Green crematorium 
Golders Green Crematorium has been the final destination for an amazing list of the talented and famous. It is one of the best known crematoria in the world, and the oldest in London, having been opened in 1902, 17 years after cremation was legalised in Britain.
03/16/2010 12:00 AMAristocracy of the left turns out for Foot 
The age of great political oratory came quietly to a close in a north London crematorium yesterday. There is no practising politician now who could work a live audience like Michael Foot, the man they laid to rest who died this month aged 96.
03/16/2010 12:00 AMRape victims 'let down' by failures of prosecutors Hundreds of suspects are walking free from court because of widespread failures by prosecution lawyers, a damning report into the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in London has found.
03/16/2010 12:00 AMBritain's plan to cut deficit inadequate, says Brussels 
Britain is to be told to take tougher action to cut the country's debt mountain in an embarrassing rebuke from the European Commission.
03/16/2010 12:00 AMMummified hand stolen from pub Thieves took an unusual trophy from a Wiltshire pub – a mummified hand amputated from a cheating gambler.
03/16/2010 12:00 AMAlcopops, hair straighteners and babygros: that's how we live in 2010 ... They may be less celebrated than Samuel Pepys, William Cobbett or Charles Dickens but the number crunchers at the Office for National Statistics see themselves as no less acute observers of social change.
03/16/2010 12:00 AMWembley Way 'laid by Germans' Wembley Stadium has hosted some of English football's most famous victories over its historic foes, most notably in 1966 when Bobby Moore's team defeated West Germany in the World Cup Final.
03/16/2010 12:00 AM'Hairshirt' Budget back to haunt Labour 
After Alistair Darling presented his pre-Budget report in December, some Labour figures answered criticism that he had not announced detailed spending cuts by hinting that further measures would be included in the Budget.
03/16/2010 12:00 AMNaval commander found responsible for sub crash 
A Royal Navy commander crashed his nuclear-powered submarine into an underwater hill that he had failed to spot on navigation charts, a court martial heard.
03/16/2010 12:00 AMThe Big Question: Should 12, rather than 10, be the age of criminal responsibility? 
03/15/2010 07:00 PMBacteria may help police identify suspects Police forces may soon be able to add another forensic tool to their armoury following a study showing that it is possible to identify a person from the bacteria they leave behind after touching an inanimate object such as a computer keyboard or telephone.
03/15/2010 05:59 PMMP Ashok Kumar found dead Tributes were paid to the Labour MP Ashok Kumar today after he was found dead at his constituency home. Anxious staff raised the alarm after being unable to contact Dr Kumar, 53, who was only the fifth Asian to be elected to Parliament since the Second World War.
03/15/2010 05:55 PMGordon Brown leads funeral tributes to Michael Foot The Prime Minister hailed the man famed for his dazzling oratory and fiery debating skills - but who nevertheless led his party to electoral disaster in 1983 - as "one of the greatest parliamentarians ever".
03/15/2010 05:46 PMAmol Rajan: Justice to the victims I got into a bit of trouble in conference this morning for making the point - not as sensitively as I should have, perhaps - that the spectacle of grieving mothers may feed the tabloid beast, but is irreconcilable with the demands of post-modern law.
03/15/2010 05:31 PMBA plans to keep 60% of passengers flying 
British Airways today announced emergency plans to leep 60 per cent of its customers flying during the planned cabin crew strike this weekend – either on its plane or other airlines – as the dispute threatened to hit Labour’s general election campaign.
03/15/2010 03:47 PMTeenager killed by gunshot to head A 14-year-old boy found dead at his home was killed by a single gunshot wound to his head, it was revealed today.
03/15/2010 03:43 PMGrenade found in litter bin Bomb disposal experts were called out to a remote village today when a park warden found what he believed to be a hand grenade in a litter bin.
03/15/2010 01:06 PMJames Bulger killers were not 'intrinsically evil', claims Ed Balls James Bulger's killers were not "intrinsically evil", Ed Balls said today, as he waded into the row over trying youngsters in adult courts.
03/15/2010 12:40 PMMan denies murdering taxi driver A 28-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to the murder of a taxi driver who was stabbed to death.
03/15/2010 12:19 PMModel 'dragged underneath bus' A 23-year-old model is recovering after she was dragged under a bus, it was reported today.
03/15/2010 09:37 AMPolice could face legal action over 'unfair' searches Police forces were threatened with legal action today as the Government's equality watchdog said black and Asian Britons were still being unfairly targeted for stop and searches.
03/15/2010 09:33 AMSubmarine officers sentenced over vessel grounding A submarine commander and two of his officers are to be sentenced at a court martial hearing today after being charged over the grounding of their vessel.
03/15/2010 07:01 AMCoroner to give verdict on patient deaths A coroner will give his verdicts today following inquests into the deaths of three patients of a family GP.
03/15/2010 07:01 AMMPs criticise equalities watchdog chairman Trevor Phillips Embattled equalities watchdog chairman Trevor Phillips was today criticised by an influential group of MPs and peers.
03/15/2010 07:01 AMCBI urge radical changes to avoid gridlocked roads Radical changes to the way staff work and commute are needed to avoid future gridlock on the roads, the CBI said today.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMBritain's rape laws to be rewritten 
The reporting, investigation and prosecution of rape in England and Wales must undergo a fundamental change or thousands more women will continue to be failed by the criminal justice system, a landmark review finds today.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMClegg quells dissent over choice of ally 
Nick Clegg was forced to quell dissent from within his own ranks and fight off attempts by Labour and the Tories to woo his party yesterday, as he pleaded with voters to take a "once-in-a-generation opportunity for real change" at the next election.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMCameron 'losing battle for liberal votes' David Cameron has hit a "glass ceiling" in support and needs to do more to convince liberal voters to back his rebranded Tory party, a senior member of his team has admitted.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMPlans to reform House of Lords in the pipeline After almost a century of promises from politicians of differing hues, the Government is finally poised to publish firm plans to make the House of Lords wholly elected, it has emerged.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMIs the Army losing its war against drug abuse? More than 6,000 soldiers have failed drugs tests over the past decade, an investigation by The Independent has found. Figures from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that the main drug of choice for military personnel has been cocaine, with a fivefold increase in the number of soldiers failing tests for it between 2000 and 2008.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMWhat really happened on Bloody Sunday? 
Given it will stretch to several million words, Lord Saville's report on Bloody Sunday is bound to contain surprises when it is finally published.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMEta suspect is held in London A man wanted for alleged terrorist offences in Spain was arrested in London yesterday. Officers from Scotland Yard's extradition unit detained Garikoitz Murua, 29, in Soho. Murua is a suspected member of Basque separatist group Eta, and is accused of taking part in street violence in the turbulent Basque region of northern Spain.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMThree prison officers stabbed by inmate with broken bottle Three prison officers have been stabbed by an inmate at the high- security Frankland prison in County Durham.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMFirst Night: Trevor McDonald meets David Cameron, ITV 1 
Airbrushed or not, David Cameron's face looks a bit like a stress ball. If you gave it a squeeze, however forcefully, it would probably just spring back into shape, as fresh and boyish as ever. The same seems to be true of Cameron himself when interviewed; however hard you press him, he regains composure almost instantly. Unlike Gordon Brown, he has well and truly mastered the art of the Blair chuckle: lob a tough question at him, and he simply laughs it off.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMBlack and Asian youths still victims of rough justice 
Black teenagers accused of crime in Britain face discrimination in the criminal justice system, an investigation has found.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMArrest made over blaze at nightclub Police have arrested a man in connection with an arson attack on a nightclub which led to 230 people being evacuated, police said today.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMBulger killer Venables may not be prosecuted for parole breach Speculation was growing last night that James Bulger killer Jon Venables will escape prosecution for the parole breach which landed him back in jail.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMThe band played on (and the chef cooked sautéed chicken lyonnaise) 
In first class they enjoyed filet mignons lili with pâté de foie gras, while in third class they made do with vegetable soup and cabin biscuits. Later, an iceberg in the mid-Atlantic would ruin the meal for everyone.
03/15/2010 12:00 AMGordon Brown bids for women's vote with promise of legal right to home births 
Gordon Brown wooed female voters yesterday by promising a new legal right for mothers to choose where they have their babies, including home births for those who want them.
03/14/2010 06:15 PMBA strike 'totally unjustified' says Lord Adonis 
The Government was embroiled in a row with the country's biggest union tonight after a cabinet minister launched an extraordinary attack against a planned strike by British Airways cabin crew.
03/14/2010 09:30 AMBulger mother calls for sacking of Children's Commisioner James Bulger's mother called for the Children's Commissioner to be sacked for "twisted and insensitive" comments about the murder of her two-year-old son.
03/14/2010 12:00 AMCan Ashcroft put a spell on Pendle? Tories spend heavily in the Pennines 
"I don't know who's spending the money and I don't care." Joey Riley, a "recently unemployed" mechanic scratching a living in the Lancashire town of Nelson, is unmoved by the row over the amount being spent to win his vote. "Is it against the law? Is it harming anybody? No. All I am interested in is who's going to help me get a new job, or promise not to cut my dole while I'm waiting to find one."
03/14/2010 12:00 AMThe strange and sudden fall of Labour's rising star He was the undisputed star of the Scottish Labour Party – tipped as a future First Minister, perhaps even a potential incumbent at 10 Downing Street itself. But for Steven Purcell, Glasgow's youngest and first openly gay council leader, the fall from grace was to be as spectacular as it was rapid.
03/14/2010 12:00 AM2010: The mother of all elections 
Britain's eight million mothers of school-age and young children are to be offered a major extension of family-friendly working hours as Labour does battle with the Conservatives for the votes of women at the election.
03/14/2010 12:00 AMBNP fights extremism strategy 
British National Party leaders were under fire yesterday after it emerged that they were plotting to "derail" a government programme aimed at quashing violent extremism throughout the UK.
03/14/2010 12:00 AMLeaders' wives: The not-so-secret weapons 
First, Sarah Brown told us of her "hero", the Prime Minister. Again and again, it seemed. Then, Samantha Cameron, it was announced, was entering the fray, revealing in a television interview today how her "Dave" makes a terrible mess in the kitchen, but has never let her down.
03/14/2010 12:00 AMNow Brown, the Romantic, turns to Keats 
Gordon Brown has inspired many literary comparisons: from the troubled and brooding Heathcliff to mad- woman-in-the-attic Mrs Rochester. An aide to Tony Blair once even described Mr Brown's life as a "Shakespearean tragedy".
03/14/2010 12:00 AMClegg tries to pacify his party over talk of pact with Cameron 
Nick Clegg yesterday tried to calm fears in his party that he would plunge into a post-election pact with David Cameron after the threat of a major rebellion by left-wingers in his ranks.
03/14/2010 12:00 AMSolicitor General to examine 'News of the World' hacking 
The News of the World phone-hacking scandal took a fresh twist yesterday as it emerged that Britain's second most senior law officer is to examine concerns of collusion between the newspaper and police.
03/14/2010 12:00 AMRobber gangs target UK war memorials 
Britain's war memorials are being hit by a wave of thefts, with valuable bronze plaques being ripped off for scrap and commemorative statues stolen to order, according to heritage organisations.
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