Flood victims face further chaos
Hundreds of people in Cumbria face another day of chaos after the county is devastated by floods.

Fatal nightclub double shooting
A man is killed and another man is injured in a double shooting during the early hours at a nightclub in the West Midlands.

Fallen soldiers honoured by town
Two UK servicemen who were shot by an Afghan police trainee are brought back to North East Lincolnshire.

Appeal for yacht couple's release
The family of a British couple seized by pirates appeals for their release after seeing footage of them with gunmen.

Bogus callers in council tax scam
Criminals posing as council staff are luring homeowners across England into revealing details of their bank accounts.

Easyjet sorry for Holocaust error
Easyjet apologises after fashion photographs shot at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin were published in its in-flight magazine.

Police urged to visit all victims
Police should visit each victim of crime no matter how minor the offence, the home secretary says.

Barbie dolls get naked for art's Turnip Prize
Entries for the Turnip Prize, a spoof art competition held each year in Somerset, are invited.

Police get involved with something fishy in Lancashire
Police in Lancashire are using the monthly visits by a fresh fish seller to reach out to residents in rural areas.

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Cudicini 'to miss rest of season'
Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini leaves hospital after undergoing wrist and pelvic surgery, but is unlikely to play again this season.

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Rain wipes out England ODI opener
The opening match of the one-day international series between South Africa and England in Johannesburg is abandoned due to rain.

'Heroic' officer
Tributes paid to policeman swept away by floods

Prolonging life
'I'm dying from lung disease, but I keep fighting'

Addict carjacker
Crack-fuelled violence of driver who hit woman

Floods first hand
Cockermouth residents describe the deluge

Honour case Tulay 'still alive'
A man accused of murdering his 15-year-old daughter in a so-called "honour killing" tells a court he believes she is still alive.

Officer jailed for Pc sex assault
A sergeant with the Metropolitan Police is jailed for eight months for sexually assaulting a sleeping colleague after a Christmas party.

Cash-crisis university criticised
A report into financial chaos at a north London university finds board members were aware false claims for funding were made.

Mayor 'blocked' public space plan
The Mayor of London's architectural aide resigned as he felt Boris Johnson had "blocked" his attempts to create public spaces.

Doctor charged with abusing girls
A former GP is charged with carrying out a series of indecent assaults on young girls over an eight-year period.

Pay-out for asbestos death family
The family of a former railway worker who died from asbestos-related cancer has won a pay-out of almost £100,000.

Teenager killed as car hits tree
An 18-year-old dies and a man suffers life-threatening injuries when a car hits a tree in Essex.

'Brum Eye' opens following delays
Birmingham's newly-installed wheel opens to the public six days later than expected because of adverse weather conditions.

Jail for handbag fire row woman
A woman guilty of attempting to murder a transvestite in a row over a missing handbag is jailed for 20 years.

Murder suspect in police guard
A man is under police guard at hospital after being arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman found dead at a house in Suffolk.

JCB plans to cut up to 196 jobs
JCB announces plans to cut up to 196 jobs at five sites in Staffordshire and Wrexham because of a lack of orders.

Tagged fish yield migration data
Two hundred tagged fish are released into a Norfolk river so anglers and the Environment Agency can monitor migrations.

Work to restore Victorian parks
Work to return two Preston parks to their original Victorian design is due to start.

MP joins calls for Brown to quit
A West Yorkshire MP joins calls for Gordon Brown to quit and force a leadership race before the next election.

Child-beating mother sentenced
A mother who struck her 12-year-old daughter with a computer cable, a broom and a wooden spoon is given a suspended jail sentence.

Ex-policeman jailed in fraud case
Seven men, including a former police officer, are jailed after the theft of £1.4m from an insurance company in York.

Freed Asbo boy killed pedestrian
A 15-year-boy who killed a man in a hit-and-run-crash in Manchester hours after his release from a youth detention centre is jailed indefinitely, a court hears.

Man in court over Gerrard robbery
A man appears in court charged over a robbery at the home of Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard.

Severe weather warning for SW
The Met Office predicts about an inch of rain will fall in a three-hour period in the south-west of England.

Flood heroes return for training
Italian hovercraft pilots return to Gloucestershire to train the county's new rescue team.

Police to review death inquiry
A police force is to review an investigation by Wiltshire officers into the death of a man found fatally injured in Trowbridge.

Woman's body locked in toilet
A council apologises to the family of an 89-year-old woman whose body was discovered locked inside a day centre toilet.

Temporary councillors to run town
Six temporary councillors are appointed to run a Somerset town after 12 members walked out in a row over a blog.

Taxi licence zone change debated
Taxi drivers are warning that their businesses could suffer if Cornwall Council abolishes the current zones in which their licences are issued.