30-year-old had already pleaded guilty to killing policewomen Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, and father and son David and Mark Short
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Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Nigel Farage is easy to laugh at… that means he’s dangerous
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Ambassador Dimitrov was very, very cross with Ukip’s “unacceptable” and “extremely serious” “propaganda leaflets” suggesting that millions of Bulgarians were about to flood into Britain. He would have been much more cross if it had been at a lunch at which Ukip’s leader was regaling reporters with his full-on cheeky chappie routine worthy of the man he himself described as “that late, great comedian Bob Monkhouse”: stand-up with an electoral twist.
Cable in new bid to save vanishing British pubs by clamping down on companies that exploit freelance 'tied' publicans
Monday 22 April 2013
Code of conduct plan to help landlords fight harsh terms imposed by property giants
I never wished them harm, says woman accused of fire that killed five
Monday 22 April 2013
A woman accused of starting a fire that killed five members of the same family living above her today told jurors she had never wished any harm on the family.
'Liquid gold' Britain's Got Talent singer turned down by The Voice
Monday 22 April 2013
Hopeful singer Alice Fredenham looked a world away from the shy hopeful with stage fright who featured on last week's Britain's Got Talent when she appeared on The Voice on Saturday night.
'Rust in peace': Former mining village Grimethorpe bids final farewell to Margaret Thatcher as effigy is hanged
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Hanged, paraded, punched and spat on before finally being set alight – cheered on by the jeering crowd.
I hope the news that rowing caused Andrew Marr’s stroke won't put anyone off exercising
Monday 15 April 2013
As I'm a similar age I know it's easy to get carried away. The urge to prove something to oneself – which may indeed be a middle-aged male thing – is strong
Safety 'jobsworths' exposed as 150 false rules revealed
Tuesday 02 April 2013
Bubbles banned from a child’s birthday party and toothpicks removed from a restaurant are among a list of health and safety ruses exposed in the past year.
Buoyant services firms fend off fears of a triple-dip recession
Friday 29 March 2013
Sector's growth exceeds hopes with best performance since last summer
Mark Leftly: Why we should engineer better careers for our best and brightest youngsters
Friday 29 March 2013
Outlook. Plus: Blaming the weather isn’t much of an excuse
IPCC heavily critical of Hillsborough chief constable Sir Norman Bettison
Thursday 28 March 2013
Bettison would have a case to answer for gross misconduct
'The night I shot David Short I had the best sleep of my life': One-eyed police killer Dale Cregan fantasised about decapitating victim, court told
Thursday 21 March 2013
A man who admitted killing two unarmed female police officers fantasised about decapitating another of his victims, a court heard.
Budget 2013: Glasses raised at Royal Oak over news that 'alcohol escalator' tax has gone for a Burton
Wednesday 20 March 2013
It is estimated that one in every eight pints drunk in Britain is brewed in Burton. Four miles down the Trent at the 250 year old Royal Oak pub in the pretty village of Barton-under-Needwood the fire was roaring and foaming glasses of Marston Pedigree were going down a treat with locals as was news of the Chancellor’s penny off beer.
Budget 2013: 'a penny off a pint' beer tax cut by George Osborne could be challenged in court
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Moves to cut duty on beer, but to increase the tax take from wine and spirits may be illegal
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Diary of Second World War German teenager reveals young lives untroubled by Nazi Holocaust in wartime Berlin
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'Jail reckless bankers': Report urges the Government to introduce new criminal offence for reckless management
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender's secret life as a Mossad and CIA agent revealed
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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