Britain is gripped by a deep freeze as temperatures plunge to -10C - colder than the Antarctic - and 2,800 motorists call for assistance every hour after accidents or breakdowns.
A German tycoon who lost £1billion of his fortune in a stock market gamble last year has killed himself.
One in ten shops will stand empty by February as the crisis on the high street pushes store vacancy rates to record levels, according to research out today.
Tanks shells killed at least 40 Palestinians sheltering in a United Nations school today in what Gordon Brown described as the 'darkest moment yet' in the Gaza crisis which would affect 'the whole world'.
A secret leaked memo last night revealed 200 bail hostels for dangerous criminals are being opened in residential streets across Britain without any consultation with the public.
A young model dubbed the new Twiggy has died after being struck down with cancer weeks into her dream career. Toni Chorley, 23, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma just after moving to London to start work as a fashion model two years ago.She eventually died two days after Christmas Day.
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A man who promised to buy his son a toy shop if he won the Lottery had to backtrack when he scooped more than £1 million.
A baby has died and seven other are in an isolation ward after the outbreak of a deadly bug at a hospital neo-natal unit.
Throughout war, disaster and recession, it has kept Britain illuminated for more than 120 years. But the traditional lightbulb is finally being switched off .
Russia cut gas exports to Europe by 60 per cent today, plunging the continent into an energy crisis 'within hours' as a dispute with Ukraine escalated.
House prices fell by 15.9 per cent last year in their biggest annual drop on record, figures showed today. The average price of a home in the UK fell another 2.5 per cent in December.
Cash-strapped council bosses believe they have come up with a new approach to fighting the credit crunch - by hiring a £100k anti-recession guru.
A boy of 12 died after out-of-hours doctors refused to make a house call - and told his mother to treat his mystery illness with paracetamol.
This is the first picture of the woman who died when the car she was in was hit by a train after getting stuck on a level crossing..
A vicar has removed a sculpture of the crucifixion from the front of his church because it was a 'horrifying depiction of pain and suffering' that was scaring off worshippers.
A violent gang stole and restole dozens of cars up to six times in a sophisticated scam targeting middle-class families.
During his career, Martin Shaw has played an agent with a shadowy law enforcement agency and a High Court judge. Today, he took on the real-life role of victim of crime as he told a court how an 'unhinged' stalker had made his life a misery. ...read
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