'Jacko's drug use concerned family'

8:43pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Friends and family of Michael Jackson had grown increasingly concerned over the pop star's use of heavy medication in the last years of his life, it has emerged.

Teacher quizzed over pupil 'attack'

8:08pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A science teacher is being questioned over the attempted murder of a schoolboy who suffered serious head injuries in a classroom attack.

G8 accord on climate change target

7:47pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Leaders of the world's biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, including Britain, have agreed to seek measures to limit global warming to 2C.

Phone-hacking claims to be probed

7:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Prosecutors are to look again at claims of alleged phone hacking by the News of the World.

Police rule out phone-hacking probe

6:18pm Thursday 9th July 2009

The Metropolitan Police will not conduct a new investigation into claims thousands of public figures had their phones hacked by the News of the World, Scotland Yard said.

Teacher quizzed over pupil attack

6:18pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A science teacher is being questioned over the attempted murder of a schoolboy who suffered serious head injuries in a classroom attack.

Knife crime convictions rise by 60%

5:51pm Thursday 9th July 2009

The number of criminals convicted for carrying a knife has increased by more than half in ten years, it has been revealed.

PM ready to negotiate Trident cuts

4:31pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Britain is ready to negotiate on reductions to its Trident nuclear arsenal at multilateral non-proliferation talks called by US President Barack Obama for next spring, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated.

Dog abandoned while having puppies

4:26pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A dog was tied to a tree and abandoned as it went into labour, the RSPCA said.

UK swine flu death toll hits 14

4:26pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Fourteen people are now thought to have died in the UK after contracting swine flu, the Government has announced.