The renaissance in British film-making is down to daring directors

One of Britain's most historic vessels, the Cutty Sark, had her masts raised yesterday for the first time since the ship was damaged by fire four years ago.

Traces of Stephen Lawrence's blood linked to a jacket belonging to one of the men accused of his murder totalled just two cubic millimetres, a court heard today.

A tiny bloodstain found on the jacket of a man accused of murdering Stephen Lawrence could have come from the knife pulled from the teenager's body during the fatal attack by a racist gang, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.

The tale of three money managers claiming the biggest lottery payout in Connecticut history last week had already defied the traditional rags-to-riches plot everyone loves. Now it appears that the more than $100m (£64m) in cash will not go to their pockets at all but rather to a client of their firm, who needs it even less.

Stephen Lawrence's best friend wept in court today as he described the black teenager's heartbreaking final moments.

Could it be that this is the last weekend that Britain's hard-working families (and everyone else) will enjoy an extra hour in bed, thanks to the switch to winter time?

A crew member who fell in the River Thames in London after his tug capsized and sank was presumed drowned today as marine accident experts launched an investigation into the accident.

A search for a crew member missing after a tug capsized and sank on the Thames in south-east London was called off yesterday afternoon.

A search for a crew member missing after a tug capsized and sank on the River Thames in London was called off tonight as marine accident experts began an investigation into the accident.

It was heart-warming to see the good folk of Clapham, Hackney and the rest mobilise themselves for a mass clear-up, using the same social media that had summoned the urban pillagers less than 24 hours before. Raising their brooms and dustpans aloft, they appeared the very model of David Cameron's Big Society. Whoever would have forecast that it would be looting mobs in London that would give it birth?

The 2011 Astronomy Photographer of the year competition has received more spectacular pictures than ever before.

The streets of London have appeared relatively calm on Tuesday night, with residents in Eltham gathering to 'protect' their town centre.

The Department for Education was today accused by councils of issuing misleading information about SureStart centre closures.