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Budget airline's bag blunder hits passengers with £60 levy

17 min 42 sec ago

Customers of bmibaby were routinely asked at departure gates to put their hand luggage in a metal cage to ensure it met size restrictions but the dimensions were too small.

Police hunt for 14-year-old mother on the run with baby and boyfriend

22 min 30 sec ago

Relatives who reported Tinishya Marshall missing said she had vanished without taking any baby clothes or her daughter’s belongings with her.

Could Britain be about to get U.S. style murder law?

22 min 32 sec ago

The biggest overhaul of murder laws since the abolition of the death penalty 50 years ago could see some killers spend less time in jail.

BP admits 'failures' behind Gulf of Mexico oil spill but points finger at contractors

31 min 42 sec ago

The 193-page internal investigation plays down BP's culpability for America's worst ever oil leak, which took 87 days to plug and strained relations between the U.S. and Britain.

Bonfire of the quangocrats: Four more public sector chieftains facing the chop

35 min 1 sec ago

Four more public sector chieftains face the axe following the decision to sack 'incompetent' quango queen Jenny Watson, Whitehall sources said yesterday.

Time for change: Apple's new 'iWatch' is so tiny it can be worn on your wrist

45 min 47 sec ago

It's thought to be the smallest player on the market and measures just 1.48 inches by 1.61 inches by 0.35 inches and weighs in at a slender 21.1 grams.

Seven million now live in households where no one works

51 min 27 sec ago

New figures reveal that almost four million households contain no one who has a job – meaning more than seven million under-65s live without any experience of employment.

Britain's ghost towns: Up to a third of shops in high street are shut

55 min 12 sec ago

As well as growing competition from out-of-town supermarkets and online shopping, shops face falling demand from cash-strapped customers.

Briton killed trying to save his elderly father off Spanish beach

1 hour 16 sec ago

The 45-year-old died as he tried to rescue his 75-year-old father while swimming in choppy waters off the coast in Almunecar, in the province of Granada.

High-earning wives 'are more likely to end up in a divorce'

1 hour 6 min ago

Researchers admit that the reason is unclear, but it may be that male pride is wounded by not being the biggest earner in the household.

Write your own oath offer to Sinn Fein MPs: Coalition want them to take up seats

1 hour 10 min ago

Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson has written to the party asking it to come up with an 'alternative text' that would allow its MPs to take their seats.

Top bosses will pick up pensions of £4,000 a week

1 hour 12 min ago

Britain’s top bosses will retire on an average pension of nearly £4,400 a week, a report reveals today.

The taxman climbs down: Reprieve for millions caught in revenue fiasco

1 hour 15 min ago

The move is a relief for cash-strapped families and pensioners who had faced a struggle to meet the shock demand for underpaid tax.