Thousands of innocent adults are being punished by constant ID checks that fail to tackle the problems of under-age drinking, a civil liberties group has said.
Community service has been criticised as a "holiday camp for offenders" by the Government's victims' commissioner after undercover footage showed criminals sitting around drinking tea and smoking illegal drugs.
A 10-year-old girl was taken to hospital after she was bitten by a dog in the second attack of its kind this week in Scotland.
Crossword puzzles and other mentally stimulating pursuits may hide rather than prevent the progress of Alzheimer's disease, research has shown.
Police have shot dead a gunman who took three people hostage at the Discovery Channel network headquarters, they said.
Sharon Shoesmith has been granted leave to appeal against a High Court ruling that upheld her sacking after the Baby P tragedy.
A Ministry of Defence scientist died following a blast during top secret explosives tests which were inappropriately planned and appeared to be inadequately organised, an inquest jury has ruled.
The BBC is facing the threat of strikes after thousands of journalists, technicians and other staff voted massively in favour of industrial action in a row over pensions, it has been announced.
The High Court has refused to ban a book which reveals that Top Gear's The Stig is racing driver Ben Collins.
David Miliband has told Labour members he would move the party on from the Blair-Brown era if his leadership bid was successful.
The rise to political power of David and Ed Miliband and their battle to head the Labour Party is to be dramatised by Channel 4, it has been announced.
Gareth Barry accepts no matter how well England perform in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign they will still have to win over a sceptical public once they get to Poland and Ukraine.
Shahid Afridi was set to lead the charm offensive in Taunton this morning, as Pakistan tried to keep the pressures of the 'spot-fixing' crisis off the field.
Rafael van der Vaart described Tottenham as "a beautiful club" after completing his £8million move from Real Madrid on Wednesday.